Amir Rubin, Finance

 

 

Finance Professor
Simon Fraser University, FBA
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, B.C.
Canada V5A 1S6

Major Interests in Finance:

* Corporate finance and governance

* Ownership structure

* Executive compensation

* Market efficiency

* Interaction between real and financial decisions

* Corporate social responsibility

* Liquidity

 

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Contact Information

E-mail address

arubin@sfu.ca

Office phone

778-782-5834

Publications

* Rubin, Amir; Rubin, Eran; and Dan Segal, 2023, “Editors Home Bias?”, Research Policy 52(6), 104766.

* Michaely, Roni; Rubin, Amir; Segal, Dan; and Alexander Vedrashko, 2023, “Do Differences in Analyst Quality Matter for Investors Relying on Consensus Information?”, Management Science.

* Rubin, Eran and Amir Rubin, 2021, “On the Economic Effects of the Text Completion Interface: Empirical Analysis of Financial Markets”, Electronic Markets 3 (3), 717-735.

* Rubin, Amir and Eran Rubin, 2021, “Systematic Bias in the Progress of Research”, Journal of Political Economy 29 (9), 2666-2719. 

* Review in Nature News: Else, H., 18 June 2021, Journal closure leads to dip in in papers' citations.

* Alex Tabarrok (Blog), Marginal Revolution, September 8, 2021 Strategic Citing.

* Rubin, Amir and Dan Segal, 2019, “Directors Skill and Financial Reporting Quality”, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting 46(3-4), pp.457-493.

* Rubin, Amir; Segal, Bini; and Dan Segal, 2017, “The Interpretation of Unanticipated News Arrival and Analysts’ Skill”, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 52 (4), 1491-1518.

* Michaely, Roni; Rubin, Amir; and Alexander Vedrashko, 2016, “Are Friday Announcements Special? Overcoming Selection Bias”, Journal of Financial Economics 122, 65-85.

* Michaely, Roni; Rubin, Amir; and Alexander Vedrashko, 2016, “Further Evidence on the Strategic Timing of Earnings News: Joint Analysis of Weekdays and Times of Day”, Journal of Accounting and Economics, 62, 24-45. (Friday evening announcements data (by I\B\E\S ticker) xls)

* Rubin, Amir and Dan Segal, 2015, “The Effects of Economic Growth on Income Inequality in the US”, Journal of Macroeconomics 45, 258-273.

* Michaely, Roni; Rubin, Amir; and Alexander Vedrashko, 2014, “Corporate Governance and the Timing of Earnings Announcements”, Review of Finance 18, 2003-2044 (Lead Article).

* Rubin, Eran and Amir Rubin, 2013, “The Impact of Business Intelligence Systems on Stock Return Volatility”, Information and Management 50, 67-75. (Lead Article)

* Rubin, Amir and Daniel. R. Smith, 2011, “Comparing Different Explanations of the Volatility Trend”, Journal of Banking and Finance 35, 1581-1597.

* Barnea, Amir and Amir Rubin, 2010, “Corporate Social Responsibility as a Conflict between Shareholders”, Journal of Business Ethics 97, 71–86.

* Rubin, Amir and Eran Rubin, 2010, “Informed Investors and the Internet”, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting 37, 841-865.

* Kraus, Alan and Amir Rubin, 2010, “Reducing Managers’ Incentives to Cannibalize: Managerial Stock Options when Shareholders are Diversified”, Journal of Financial Intermediation 19, 439-460. (Lead Article)

* Rubin, Amir and Daniel. R. Smith, 2009, “Institutional Ownership, Volatility and Dividends”, Journal of Banking and Finance 33, 627-639.

* Rubin, Amir, 2008, “Political Views and Corporate Decision Making: The Case of Corporate Social Responsibility”, Financial Review 43, 337-360.

* Rubin, Amir, 2007, “Ownership Level, Ownership Concentration and Liquidity”, Journal of Financial Markets 10, 219-248. (Lead Article)

* Rubin, Hillel; Rubin, Amir; Reuter, Christian; and Jόrgen Kφngeter, 2006, “Sustainable Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in a Semi-Arid Area”, International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability  2 (3), 165-180.

* Rubin, Amir, 2006, “Diversification and Corporate Decisions”, Corporate Ownership and Control 3 (3), 209-212.

* Rubin, Amir, 2005, “A Rationale for the Market Maker Structure”, Journal of International Finance and Economics 2 (1), 84-97.

* Kraus, Alan and Amir Rubin, 2003, “The Effect of Short Sale Constraint Removal on Volatility in the Presence of Heterogeneous Beliefs”, International Review of Finance 4 (3), 171-188.

 

Working Papers

* “Talent versus University Nurturing in Research Productivity”, with Eran Rubin. 

* “Guidance, Governance, and Equity Prices”, with Alexander Vedrashko.

* “Divided We Fall”,with Joshua Livnat and Dan Segal.

*  “CEO Trading and Managerial Talent”, with Alexander Vedrashko.

 

 

Biographical Information

Link to Curriculum Vitae

 

Google Scholar page (right click and open link in new window)

 

 

 

 

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