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Yoonsoo Nam
Teaching Assistant
Finance and Management Science
Education
- PhD (Washington State University)
- MA (University of Montana)
- BS (University of Oregon)
Yoonsoo Nam
Dr. Yoonsoo Nam will join Gonzaga University as an Assistant Professor of Finance in Fall 2021. He has published five articles in such journals as "Financial Management," "Pacific Basin Finance Journal," "Australian Journal of Management," "Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money," and "Journal of Behavioral Finance." His article has been referenced in Columbia Law School (CLS) Blue Sky Blog on Corporate Governance. He has three times taught financial management course at the undergraduate level and once taught first year doctoral seminar in empirical methods. His current research interests are in the areas of capital raising, capital structure, corporate governance, law, lease, regulation, and risk management. His major awards are the Dr. Bong-Soo Lee Memorial Scholarship for Ph.D. Student Award (2020), the Carson College of Business Outstanding Doctoral Student Research Award (2019), and the Shinhan Bank & Korea America Finance Association (KAFA) Scholarship for Ph.D. Students (2018). He received a Doctor of Philosophy in Finance from Washington State University, a Master of Arts in Economics from University of Montana, and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from University of Oregon.
Research Interests
cash holdings
corporate control
corporate finance
corporate financing and investment policies
corporate governance
corporate policy and decision-making
domestic and international capital investments
law and technology issues
liquidity management
risk management
corporate control
corporate finance
corporate financing and investment policies
corporate governance
corporate policy and decision-making
domestic and international capital investments
law and technology issues
liquidity management
risk management
Teaching Interests
finance
financial management
financial management
Journal Articles
- Douglas Fairhurst, Yoonsoo Nam Corporate Governance and Financial Peer Effects, Financial Management , 2020
- Douglas Fairhurst, Yoonsoo Nam The Practice of and Motivation for Equity Recycling: Evidence from the Asia-Pacific Region, Pacific Basin Finance Journal , 2019
- Keith Jakob, Yoonsoo Nam Heaping on Dividends: The Role of Dividend Size and Information Uncertainty, Journal of Behavioral Finance , 2019
- Yoonsoo Nam, Scott Niblock, Elisabeth Sinnewe, Keith Jakob Do Corporate Directors 'Heap' Dividends? Evidence on Dividend Rounding and Information Uncertainty in Australian Firms, Australian Journal of Management , 2018
- Keith Jakob, Yoonsoo Nam Do Cultures Influence Abnormal Market Reactions before Official Sovereign Debt Rating Downgrade Announcements?, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money , 2017
Presentations
- Yoonsoo Nam Product Market Threats and Leases, Presented by co-author, Southwestern Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2021
- Yoonsoo Nam Do U.S. Multinationals Use Income Shifting to Facilitate and Hide Corruption?, Hawai'i Accounting Research Conference, 2021
- Yoonsoo Nam Outside Director Protection, Reduced Monitoring, and Capital Structure Decisions, Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2020
- Yoonsoo Nam Outside Director Protection, Reduced Monitoring, and Capital Structure Decisions, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, 2020
- Yoonsoo Nam Outside Director Protection, Reduced Monitoring, and Capital Structure Decisions, Financial Management Association Doctoral Student Consortium, 2020
- Paul Demere, Jeffrey Gramlich, Yoonsoo Nam Do U.S. Multinationals Use Income Shifting to Facilitate and Hide Corruption?, Annual MannheimTaxation Conference, 2020
- Paul Demere, Jeffrey Gramlich, Yoonsoo Nam Do U.S. Multinationals Use Income Shifting to Launder Corrupt Activity?, Presented by co-author, EIASM Conference on Current Research in Taxation, 2020
- Yoonsoo Nam Do U.S. Multinationals Use Income Shifting to Launder Corrupt Activity?, Presented by co-author, Berlin-Vallendar Tax Conference, 2020
- Douglas Fairhurst, Yoonsoo Nam Equity Recycling, Financial Constraints, and Corporate Governance: Evidence from Asia-Pacific Countries, Presented by co-author, China Financial Market Conference, 2018
- Douglas Fairhurst, Yoonsoo Nam Equity Issuance Proceeds and Cash Management, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, 2018
- Douglas Fairhurst, Yoonsoo Nam Corporate Governance and Financial Peer Effects, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, 2017