Allan Zebedee

Education Background

Ph.D. - University of California, San Diego

Courses Taught

• FN575/576 - Professional Fund Management
• FN607 - Financial Management
• FN462 - Investments
• FN464 - Advanced Corporate Finance

Service

Clarkson University

• Member of the following committees:
  • CUSB Strategic Planning Committee (Fall 2019- Spring 2020),
  • CUSB Faculty Development Committee (Fall 2015-2017, Fall 2021-present),
  • Mid-tenure review Professor Mohamed Mekhaimer (Fall 2016),
  • Mid-tenure review Professor Linying Zhou (Fall 2016),
  • CUSB Accounting Search Committee Chair (Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018),
  • CUSB Finance Search Committee Chair (Fall 2013-Spring 2014, Fall 2018),
  • CUSB Economics Search Committee (Fall 2010-Spring 2011),
  • CUSB Undergraduate Policy Committee (Fall 2008-Spring 2010),
  • CUSB Finance Curriculum Committee (Fall 2008-Spring 2009),
  • CU Pension Committee (Fall 2012-present),
  • CU Board of Trustee’s Investment Committee, Advisory Member (Fall 2018-present),
  • CU Socially Responsible Investment Subcommittee (Fall 2015-present),
  • CU Fulbright Mock Interviewer (Fall 2020),
  • CU Undergraduate Research Awards Committee (Fall 2018-present),
  • CU Common Education Task Force (Fall 2019-Spring 2020).
• Faculty Advisor, Clarkson Strategic Investments Group (2007-present) Faculty Advisor, Clarkson University Student Association (2018-present)
• Faculty Mentor:
  • Assistant Professor of Accounting Anna Brown (Fall 2019-)
  • Assistant Professor of Accounting Jay Vega (Fall 2015-Spring 2018)
  • Assistant Professor of Finance Mohamed Mekhaimer (Fall 2014-Spring 2018)
• Accompanying Faculty, Canada – Global Business Programs (3 trips)
• Research Mentor, Levinus Clarkson Award Winner Matthew Gammariello (Fall 2011-Spring 2012)
• Academic Consultant, CU Honors program sophomore project (Spring 2010)

Research Interests

Zebedee's current research focuses on corporate finance issues, such as initial public offerings, share repurchase programs, stock splits and secondary market activity for syndicated loans.

Awards

• Provost Fellow, Clarkson University 2021
• Fulbright Grant, University of Roehampton, London, England Fall 2013
• Clarkson University Dean’s Summer Research Grant 2010
• Financial Markets and Portfolio Management Best Paper of the Year Award 2008
• Canadian Studies Seed Grant Program 2008
• Research, Creative Activity Program Grant, San Diego State University 2007, 2005, 2003, 2002
• Most Influential Faculty Member, selected by Student Winner of Vice-Presidential “Quest for the Best Award,” San Diego State University 2005
• Grant-in-Aid Program, San Diego State University 2005
• Graduate Studies Fellowship, University of California, San Diego 1996-1999

Publications

• Hear Me Write: Does CEO Narcissism Affect Disclosure?” (with Gilberto Marquez-Illescas and Linying Zhou), Journal of Business Ethics (forthcoming).
• “The Impact of Mandated Employment Verification Systems on State-level Employment by Foreign Affiliates,” (with Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Cynthia Bansak), Southern Economic Journal, April 2015, Volume 81, Issue 4, pp. 928–946.
• “In and Out-of-the-Money Convertible Bond Calls: Signal or Price Pressure?” (with Ken Bechmann and Asger Lunde), Journal of Corporate Finance, February 2014, Volume 24, Number 2, pp. 135-148.
• “Business Cycles and Gender Diversification: An Analysis of Staffing Patterns by Industry and Firm Size,” (with Cynthia Bansak and Mary Graham), American Economic Review, May 2012, pp. 561-565.
• Business Cycles and Gender Diversification: An Analysis of Staffing Patterns by Industry and Firm Size, (with Cynthia Bansak and Mary Graham), American Economic Review, May 2012, pp. 561-565.
• The Effects of Gender Composition of Top Management on the Economic Fallout, (with Cynthia Bansak and Mary Graham), Applied Economics Letters, November 2011, 18, pp. 1603-1607.
• Examining bank SEOs: Are offers made by undercapitalized banks different? (with C.N.V. Krishnan, O. Emre Ergungor, Ajai K. Singh and Paul Laux), Journal of Financial Intermediation, April 2010, Volume 19, Number 2, pp. 207-234.
• Intraday Volatility Responses to Monetary Public Policy Events," (with Asger Lunde), Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, December 2009, Volume 23, Number 4, pp. 383-399.
• A Closer Look at Co-movements among Stock Returns," (with Maria Kasch-Haroutounian), Journal of Economics and Business, July-August 2009, Volume 61, Issue 4, pp. 279-294.
• Do Banks Price Expected Liquidity in Syndicated Loans? (with Anurag Gupta and Ajai K. Singh), Journal of Financial Markets, November 2008, Volume 11, Issue 4, pp. 339-452.
• Share Repurchase Programs and Liquidity: An Examination of Dutch Auction Repurchases, (with Nandkumar Nayar and Ajai K. Singh), Financial Management,Summer 2008, Volume 37, Issue 2, pp. 251-270.
• The Greenspan Years: An Analysis of the Magnitude and Speed of the Equity Market toFOMC Announcements, (with Eric Bentzen, Peter Hansen, and Asger Lunde), Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, March 2008, Volume 22, Number 1, pp. 3-20.
• An Examination of Large Sell Orders in Cold IPO Aftermarkets, (with C.N.V. Krishnan and Ajai K. Singh), Journal of Financial Markets, May 2006, Volume 9, Issue 2, pp. 119-143.
• The Impact of a Trade on National Best Bid and Offer Quotes: A New Approach to Modeling Irregularly Spaced Data, Journal of Multinational Financial Management,December 2001, Volume 11, Issue 4-5, pp. 363-383.