Finance  

Faculty Profile

Vojislav (Max) Maksimovic
Dean's Chair Professor of Finance

Ph.D., Harvard University

4417 Van Munching Hall
Phone: 301-405-2125
E-mail: vmaksimovic@rhsmith.umd.edu
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Max Maksimovic

"Max" Maksimovic is the Dean's Chair Professor of Finance at the Smith School. His recent research focuses on how a firm's organizational structure affects the flow of resources across its divisions. He has also worked on how competition in high technology industries determines the timing of initial public offerings. Maksimovic is interested in international finance, specifically in how a country's legal and institutional environment influences the financing and investment by firms. Maksimovic's research has been published in the Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Rand Journal of Economics, Journal of Financial Economics, and Journal of Banking and Finance. He is an associate editor of Financial Management and a member of the board of directors of the Western Finance Association.