Michael Lemmon
Professor
Department of Finance
Email: finmll@business.utah.edu
Degrees:
1995 PHD University of Utah
1987 MS University of Utah
Teaching Areas:
Cases In Corporate Finance (mba)
Empirical Methods (phd)
Finance In The E-era (mba)
Organizations And Markets (phd)
Valuation
Research Statements:
Corporate Finance, Managerial Compensation, Capital Structure, Mergers and Acquisitions
Recent Awards:
2003 Wasatch Advisors Professor - David Eccles School of Business
2001 Doctoral Teaching Award - DESB
2001 Best Paper Award - Southern Finance Association
2000 Best Corporate Finance Paper - Western Finance Association
Journal Articles
- "Option Backdating and Board Interlocks" Review of Financial Studies. (2009)
Co-Author(s): John Bizjak and Ryan Whitby - "Back to the Beginning: Persistence and the Cross-Section of Capital Structure" Journal of Finance. (2008)
Co-Author(s): Michael Roberts and Jaime Zender - "Has the Use of Peer Groups Contributed to Higher Levels of Executive Compensation" Journal of Financial Economics. (2008)
Co-Author(s): John Bizjak and Lalitha Naveen

