Gayle L. DeLong

Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance

Gayle.Delong@baruch.cuny.edu

Education:

BA	American University	Economics	1980
MA	University of South Carolina	International Business Studies	1984
PhD	Stern School of Business, NYU	Finance and International Business	1998

 

Areas of Expertise:

International Finance, Financial Institutions, Money and Banking

 

Selected Publications:

Stockholder Gains from Focusing versus Diversifying Bank Mergers." Journal of Financial Economics, 59 (2): 221-52, 2001.

"The Geographic Location of Risk and Cross-Border Bank Mergers" (with Y. Amihud and A. Saunders). Forthcoming in the Journal of International Money and Finance .

"Does Long-Term Performance of Mergers Match Market Expectations? Evidence from the U.S. Banking Industry." Forthcoming in Financial Management .

"Determinants of Cross-Border Bank Mergers: Is Europe Different? with Claudia Buch. Forthcoming in proceedings of the Bundesbank Conference on "Foreign Direct Investment in the Real and Financial Sector of Industrial Countries".

 

Academic Activities:

Former Instructor, Finance Department, New York University.

 

Professional Activities:

DeLong, G. and Saunders, A. “Did the Introduction of Fixed-Rate Federal Deposit Insurance Increase Long-Term Bank Risk-Taking?” Journal of Financial Stability, forthcoming

Buch, C. and DeLong, G. “Do Weak Supervisory Systems Encourage Bank Risk-Taking?” Journal of Financial Stability, 2008, 4, 23-39.

DeLong, G. and DeYoung, R. “Learning by Observing: Information Spillovers in the Execution and Valuation of Commercial Bank M&As” Journal of Finance, 2007, 62, 181-216.

Berger, A., Buch, C., DeLong, G., and DeYoung, R. “Exporting Financial Institutions Management via Foreign Direct Investment Mergers and Acquisitions,” Journal of International Money and Finance, 2004, 23, 333-366.

Buch, C. and DeLong G. “Cross-Border Bank Mergers: What Lures the Rare Animal?” Journal of Banking and Finance, 2004, 28, 2077-2102.

 

Awards, Honors, etc.:

Zicklin Fellow, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, 2001.

Outstanding Teaching Award, New York University, 1997.

Doctoral Fellowships, New York University, 1992-94.