Paul Povel

Older Papers

• The Information Content of Put Warrant Issues (joint with Scott Gibson and Raj Singh)
• Optimal Investment Under Financial Constraints: the Roles of Internal Funds and Asymmetric Information (joint with Michael Raith)
• Core Allocations For a Salary-Adjustment Process With Worker Offers

Teaching Experience

• 2014– : FINA7A30, Advanced Corporate Finance (MBA, half-semester course), Bauer College of Business, University of Houston
• 2013– : FINA6A35, Managerial Finance (MBA core, half-semester course), Bauer College of Business, University of Houston
• 2013– : FINA7A10, Intermediate Corporate Finance: Valuation (MBA, half-semester course), Bauer College of Business, University of Houston
• 2019: FINA6335, Managerial Finance (EMBA), Bauer College of Business, University of Houston
• 2012–2013 : FINA6335, Managerial Finance (full-time MBA core), Bauer College of Business, University of Houston
• 2009–2013 : FINA7330, Advanced Corporate Finance (MBA), Bauer College of Business, University of Houston
• 2009–2011: FINA4330, Corporate Finance (undergraduate), Bauer College of Business, University of Houston
• 2002–2008: FINA6241, Corporate Finance Analysis and Decisions (MBA), Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
• 2000–2001: FINA4241, Corporate Financing Decisions (undergraduate), Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

Other Academic Activities

Editorial Appointments

Associate Editor, Journal of Corporate Finance (2018-20)

Ad Hoc Refereeing

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy | American Economic Review | American Law and Economics Review | Berkeley Electronic Journals in Theoretical Economics | Berkeley Electronic Journals in Economic Analysis & Policy | Canadian Journal of Economics | Economic Journal | Economic Theory | Economica | European Economic Review | Finance Research Letters | Financial Review | German Economic Review | International Economic Review | International Journal of Industrial Organization | International Review of Law and Economics | Journal of Accounting and Public Policy | Journal of Accounting Research | Journal of Banking & Finance | Journal of Business | Journal of Comparative Economics | Journal of Corporate Finance | Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control | Journal of Economics | Journal of Economics & Management Strategy | Journal of the European Economic Association | Journal of Finance | Journal of Financial Economics | Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis | Journal of Financial Intermediation | Journal of Industrial Economics | Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization | Management Science | RAND Journal of Economics | Review of Corporate Finance Studies | Review of Economic Studies | Review of Finance | Review of Financial Studies | Review of Law & Economics | Schmollers Jahrbuch Southern Economic Journal |

Papers Presented at Conferences

• Erasmus Corporate Governance Conference (2023)
• SFS Cavalcade North America (2022)
• CFEA Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting (2021)
• Review of Corporate Finance Studies Winter Conference, annual meeting, online (2021)
• European Finance Association, annual meeting, online (2020)
• Midwest Finance Association, annual meeting, online (2020)
• American Finance Association, annual meeting in San Diego (2020)
• Midwest Finance Association, annual meeting in Chicago (2017)
• 2014 Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries (SEEDEC), Bergen, Norway (2014)
• Experimental Finance Conference, Zürich, Switzerland (2014)
• Western Finance Association, annual meeting in Monterey (2014)
• Summer Real Estate Symposium in Monterey (2014)
• Edinburgh Corporate Finance Conference 2014
• Adam Smith Workshops for Asset Pricing and Corporate Finance
• Finance Theory Group, meeting at Columbia University (2013)
• American Finance Association, annual meeting in San Francisco (2009)
• China International Conference in Finance, Dalian, PR China (2008)
• National University of Singapore International Conference in Finance, Singapore (2008)
• 4th Annual Conference on Corporate Finance, Washington U. St. Louis (2007)
• Review of Financial Studies/Indiana University conference “The Causes and Consequences of Recent Financial Market Bubbles”, Indiana University (2005)
• Conference on "People and Money: The Human Factor in Financial Decision-Making", DePaul University (2005)
• Eastern Finance Association, annual meeting in Norfolk (2005)
• American Finance Association, annual meeting in Philadelphia (2005) (two papers)
• 15th Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, USC (2004)
• Journal of Financial Intermediation conference “Corporate Governance: Present and Future”, Washington U. St. Louis (2004)
• CEPR-SITE Conference on “Understanding Financial Architecture: On the Economics and Politics of Corporate Governance”, Stockholm (2004)
• Financial Management Association, annual meeting in New Orleans (2004)
• Northern Finance Association, annual meeting in St. John's, Canada (2004) ("Best Paper in Managerial Finance" award)
• European Finance Association, annual meeting in Maastricht, Netherlands (2004)
• Western Finance Association, annual meeting in Vancouver (2004)
• Econometric Society, North American Winter Meeting in San Diego (2004)
• American Finance Association, annual meeting in Atlanta (2002)
• CEPR European Summer Symposium in Financial Markets in Gerzensee, Switzerland (1998)
• Western Finance Association, annual meeting in Monterey (1998)
• CEPR European Summer Symposium in Financial Markets in Gerzensee, Switzerland (1997)
• Verein für Socialpolitik, annual meeting in Kassel, Germany (1996)
• Econometric Society, European meeting in Istanbul, Turkey (1996)
• Econometric Society, 7th World Congress in Tokyo (1995)
• Royal Economic Society, annual meeting in Canterbury, England (1995)

Invited Presentations

• Australian National University (Canberra, Australia), Finance (2021)
• Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (Frankfurt, Germany), Finance (2017)
• Universidad de los Andes (Santiago, Chile), Finance (2014)
• Rice University, Finance (2012)
• University of Texas, Austin, Finance (2012)
• York University (Toronto), Finance (2012)
• University of Iowa, Finance (2009)
• Wharton, Finance (2007)
• University of Houston, Finance (2007)
• University of Southern Switzerland (Lugano), Finance (2006)
• University of Houston, Finance (2005)
• University of Wisconsin at Madison, Finance (2002)
• Carleton University, Economics (2001)
• Duke, Finance (1999)
• University of Minnesota, Finance (1999)
• Washington University, Finance (1999)
• Trinity College (Dublin), Economics (1999)
• Saïd Business School (Oxford), Finance (1999)
• Michigan, Economics (1999)
• Wharton, Finance (1999)
• UC-Irvine, Finance (1999)

Discussant

• American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, ASSA Meetings, Boston, MA (2015)
• SFS Finance Cavalcade, annual meeting in Miami, FL (2013)
• Western Finance Association, annual meeting in Victoria, BC (2010) [2 papers]
• American Economic Association, annual meeting in New Orleans (2008)
• Financial Management Association, annual meeting in Orlando (2007)
• European Finance Association, annual meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia (2007)
• 3rd Annual Conference on Corporate Finance, Washington U. St. Louis (2006)
• Western Finance Association, annual meeting in Keystone (2006)
• Minnesota-Wisconsin Corporate Finance Conference (2006)
• Western Finance Association, annual meeting in Portland (2005)
• Financial Distress, Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring conference, Wharton (2005)
• European Finance Association, annual meeting in Maastricht, Netherlands (2004) (two papers)
• CEPR European Summer Symposium in Financial Markets in Gerzensee, Switzerland (2004)
• Econometric Society, North American Winter Meeting in San Diego (2004)
• Western Finance Association, annual meeting in Tucson (2002)

Conference Program Committees

• Western Finance Association (2024)
• American Finance Association (2015)
• Conference on Corporate Finance, Washington U. St. Louis (2006- )
• Financial Intermediation Research Society (2011- )
• European Finance Association (2007-8, 2010-12, 2015- )
• Midwest Finance Association (2018- )
• Northern Finance Association (2019- )
• Financial Management Association(2005-8, 2013, 2015- )

Other

• Reviewer, National Science Foundation

Awards and Scholarships

• 2021 Group Teaching Excellence Award (Cougar Investment Fund program),
• 2016 Teaching Excellence Award, University of Houston
• 2014 LeRoy and Lucille Melcher Faculty Excellence Award for Excellence in Teaching, Bauer College of Business, University of Houston
• 2010 Finalist for the Brattle Group Prize, “Stapled Finance” (Journal of Finance, joint with Raj Singh)
• 2008-2010 Bauer Fellow, Bauer College of Business, University of Houston
• 2006 Research grant, McKnight Foundation ($28,846.00) for research on corporate governance
• 2005 Research grant, McKnight Foundation ($14,118.53) for research on auctions in bankruptcy
• 2004 "Best Paper in Managerial Finance" award, Northern Finance Association, annual meeting in St. John's, Canada, for “The U-Shaped Investment Curve: Theory and Evidence” (joint with joint with Sean Cleary and Michael Raith)
• 1996 Grant from the Abteilung Stipendien, Erziehungs- und Kulturdirektion, Kanton Basel-Landschaft (Switzerland),
• 1995 Individual Fellowship from the European Union, Human Capital and Mobility Program
• 1994 Grants from Stiftung der Basler Kantonalbank, Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft Basel (both Switzerland), and the European Doctoral Program in Quantitative Economics (EDP)
• 1993 Grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation, from Abteilung Stipendien, Erziehungs- und Kulturdirektion, Kanton Basel-Landschaft, and from Stiftung zur Förderung der jungen WissenschaftlerInnen an der Universität Basel (Switzerland)
• 1992 Grant from the Abteilung Stipendien, Erziehungs- und Kulturdirektion, Kanton Basel-Landschaft (Switzerland)
• 1991 Grant from the Jubiläumsstiftung der Basellandschaftlichen Kantonalbank (Switzerland)