The University of Texas at Austin
McCombs School of Business
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Sheridan TitmanWalter W. McAllister Centennial Chair in Financial ServicesProfessor, Department of Finance Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University M.S., Carnegie Mellon University B.S., University of Colorado, Boulder, |
Dr. Sheridan Titman has a national reputation for his research on finance and real estate topics, as well as corporate governance. His research focuses on the Banking, Capital Markets, Energy and Investment Banking industries.
He has authored articles on urban land development, valuation of commercial mortgages, and real estate investment trusts. He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, Editor of the International Review of Finance, and Associate Editor of such leading academic journals as Real Estate Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, and Journal of Finance.
In addition to UT Austin, Dr. Titman has taught at the University of California, Los Angeles; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; Boston College; and the University of British Columbia.
He has served as editor to prestigious publications such as: Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Finance, Real Estate Economics and International Review of Finance
Dr. Sheridan Titman’s current research projects include: "Debt and Corporate Performance: Evidence from Unsuccessful Takeovers"; "Debt Valuation, Real Options, Capital Structure, and Portfolio Strategies"; and "Understanding Stock Market Volatility: The Case of Korea and Taiwan".
Some of his recent and representative publications are: "Debt and Corporate Performance: Evidence From Unsuccessful Takeovers," (with Assem Safieddene), Journal of Finance; Financial Markets and Corporate Strategy (with Mark Grinblatt), Irwin-McGraw-Hill; and "Pricing Strategy and Financial Policy," (with Sudipto Dasgupta), Review of Financial Studies.



