Michael Faulkender
Michael Faulkender is an associate dean of master’s programs and professor of finance at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.[1] He is known for his research on executive compensation and the corporate tax practices of multinational firms.
In March, 2018, President Donald Trump nominated Faulkender to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy.[2]
As associate dean at Maryland Smith, he helped create the business school’s online master of science degree in business analytics.[3]
Faulkender has been frequently quoted on corporate finance topics in news and finance publications.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
Education
Faulkender grew up in Sacramento and attended El Camino High School. Faulkender earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Davis, and a PhD from Northwestern. He taught at Washington University in St. Louis and Northwestern University before teaching at Maryland .
Research
Faulkender was awarded the Barclays Global Investors’ Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award in the Review of Financial Studies in 2013, for “Investment and Capital Constraints: Repatriations Under the American Jobs Creation Act,” co-authored with Mitchell Petersen. Faulkender was a runner-up for that prize in 2006. [16][17]
References
- ^ "Michael Faulkender". Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland.
- ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Post". The White House.
- ^ GmbH, finanzen net. "Maryland Smith to Offer Online Master of Science in Business Analytics Degree | Markets Insider". markets.businessinsider.com.
- ^ Fisman, Ray (May 11, 2009). "The real reason CEO compensation got out of hand". Slate Magazine.
- ^ "A Lot of Apple's Overseas Cash Is Already in the U.S." Bloomberg. October 5, 2017.
- ^ Sheiner, Vivien Lee and Louise (September 14, 2017). "Hutchins Roundup: Large-scale asset purchases and bank risk taking, effects of credit availability, and more".
- ^ "High Corporate Taxes Incentivize Corporate Debt | Science 2.0". www.science20.com. August 27, 2014.
- ^ "Obama targets 'tax inversions' by US firms, but real reform needs Congress". September 23, 2014 – via Christian Science Monitor.
- ^ "Liberty Global, a Colorado company, did tax inversion last year". August 29, 2014.
- ^ Smith, Elliot Blair (April 29, 2014). "The Man Pushing CEO Pay to the Stratosphere". CNBC.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-11. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Tim Hortons, Burger King say tie-up going ahead despite U.S. crackdown on inversions | Financial Post". September 23, 2014.
- ^ Rubin, Neil. "US takeover of B'nai B'rith pension plan raises questions about group's future". www.timesofisrael.com.
- ^ Whoriskey, Peter (October 3, 2011). "Cozy relationships and 'peer benchmarking' send CEOs' pay soaring" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ Sanati, Cyrus (July 26, 2010). "Study: Boards Use Peers to Inflate Executive Pay". DealBook.
- ^ "Awards – The Review of Financial Studies".
- ^ Faulkender, Michael; Petersen, Mitchell (1 August 2009). "Investment and Capital Constraints: Repatriations Under the American Jobs Creation Act" – via National Bureau of Economic Research.