Armen Hovakimian
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, A. Kayhan, S. Titman, "Are corporate default probabilities consistent with the static tradeoff theory?" Review of Financial Studies, 2012, volume 25, No. 2, 315-340.
T. Bali and A. Hovakimian, "Volatility spreads and expected stock returns," Management Science, November 2009, volume 55, 1797-1812.
A. Hovakimian, G. Hovakimian and H. Tehranian, "Determinants of target capital structure: The case of dual debt and equity issues," Journal of Financial Economics, March 2004, volume 71, No. 3.
A. Hovakimian, T. Opler, and S. Titman, "Debt-equity choice," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, volume 36, No. 1, March 2001.
A. Hovakimian and E.J. Kane, "Effectiveness of capital regulation at U.S. commercial banks, 1985-1994," Journal of Finance, volume 55, No. 1, February 2000.
Academic Activities:
Selected conference presentations and seminars:
- Rutgers University, 2011.
- International Conference on Corporate Finance and Financial Markets, City University of Hong Kong, 2011.
- Syracuse University, 2010.
- Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, 2010.
- Asian Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2008.
- American Finance Association Annual Meetings, 2003, 2005.
- European Finance Association Annual Meeting, Berlin, 2002.
Professional Activities:
Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Finance, and others.
Awards, Honors, etc.:
FDIC Center for Financial Research Funding Recipient, 2004.
Eugene Lang Junior Faculty Research Fellowship, Baruch College, 1999.
