Armen Hovakimian
Associate Professor of Economics and Finance
Armen.Hovakimian@baruch.cuny.edu
http://faculty.baruch.cuny.edu/ahovakimian/
Education:
BS Yerevan Polytechnic Institute Computer Engineering 1984 MBA American University of Armenia 1993 PhD Boston College Finance 1998
Areas of Expertise:
Corporate Finance, Financial Institutions
Selected Publications:
A. Hovakimian and G. Li, "In search of conclusive evidence: How to test for adjustment to target capital structure” Journal of Corporate Finance, 2011, volume 17, No. 1, 33-44.
A. Hovakimian and I. Hutton, "Merger motivated IPOs" Financial Management, 2010, volume 39, No. 4, 1547-1573.
A. Hovakimian and E. Saenyasiri, "Conflicts of interest and analyst behavior: Evidence from Global Analyst Research Settlement." Financial Analysts Journal, 2010, volume 66, No. 4.
T. Bali, O. Demirtas, and A. Hovakimian, “Corporate financing activities and contrarian investment,” Review of Finance, 2010, volume 14, No. 3.
A. Hovakimian and I. Hutton, "Market feedback and equity issuance: Evidence from repeat equity issues," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2010, volume 45, No. 3, 739-762.
Academic Activities:
Conference Presentations:
- American Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2003, 2005.
- European Finance Association Annual Meeting, Berlin, 2002.
- Financial Management Association Annual Meetings, 1996, 2000, 2002.
- Financial Management Association International, European Conference, 1999.
- Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, Stern School, NYU, November 1998.
- Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, Chicago, 1998.
- FMA Doctoral Student Consortium, 1996.
- New England Finance Doctoral Students Symposium, 1996.
Professional Activities:
Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Review, International Review of Finance.
Awards, Honors, etc.:
FDIC Center for Financial Research Funding Recipient, 2004.
Eugene Lang Junior Faculty Research Fellowship, Baruch College, 1999.
