Faculty Profile

Michael Faulkender Associate Professor and Director of the Masters Program in Finance Ph.D., Northwestern University 4419 Van Munching Hall Phone: 301-405-1064 E-mail: mfaulken@rhsmith.umd.edu Personal Web site

Michael Faulkender’s research focuses on empirical corporate finance, primarily in the areas of capital structure, risk management, corporate liquidity, and executive compensation. His work has been published in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies and has been cited in the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. His paper “Does the Source of Capital Affect Capital Structure?” (with Mitchell Petersen) was awarded the Barclay’s Global Investors / Michael Brennan Best Paper Award – Runner Up for 2006. Professor Faulkender teaches in the MBA and MS Finance programs at the Smith school, as well as serving as the Director of the MS Finance program. Prior to joining Smith, Professor Faulkender taught at Washington University in St. Louis and Northwestern University.