Robert S. Hansen	Professor Hansen is the Francis Martin Chair in Business at Tulane University, where he joined the finance faculty in 2001. He previously taught at Virginia Tech, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, the University of Michigan, and the University of Florida. His teaching and research interests include ownership structure, the cost of capital, valuation, financing, investment banking, and underwriting. He is published in many academic journals, including Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies, and has made numerous presentations at universities and conferences around the world, and to policymakers at NASD, the SEC, and the Department of Justice. Professor Hansen has received many awards for teaching and research, most recently the Irving G. Lavalle Research Award, Tulane University.
Francis Martin Chair in Business
Contact
rob.hansen@tulane.edu (office) 504.865.5624 (secretary) 504.865.5496
Vita
Teaching
Recent publications
The Discounting and Underpricing of Seasoned Equity Offers, with Oya Altınkılıç, 2003, Journal of Financial Economics
Do Investment Banks Compete in IPOs? The Advent of the "7% Plus Contract", 2001, Journal of Financial Economics
Are there economies of scale in underwriter fees?, with Oya Altınkılıç, 2000, Review of Financial Studies
Selected manuscripts
On the information role of analyst recommendations, 2007, with Oya Altınkılıç
Underpricing to buy holding, 2007, with Suman Banerjee and Emir Hrnjić
Investment bank governance, 2007, with Oya Altınkılıç and Emir Hrnjić
The puzzling wealth loss around equity offerings: Is it merely price pressure or is there more information? 2007, with Oya Altınkılıç