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Gennaro Bernile

Gennaro Bernile

Assistant Professor, Finance

(305) 284-6690
Jenkins 514A
g.bernile@miami.edu


Research Interests

  • Theoretical and Empirical Corporate Finance
  • Corporate Governance and Control
  • Venture Capital and Private Equity
  • Applied Game Theory and Industrial Organization

Selected Publications

“The size of venture capitalists’ portfolios: theory and evidence” (with Evgeny Lyandres and DouglasCumming), Journal of Corporate Finance, Volume 13, Issue 4, September 2007, Pages 564-590

“The Impact of the Options Backdating Scandal on Shareholders” (with Gregg Jarrell) – third round review at Journal of Accounting and Economics

“A Theory of Strategic Mergers” (with Evgeny Lyandres and Alexei Zhdanov), 2007 – first round review at Review of Financial Studies

“Strategic mergers in rising and declining industries” (with Evgeny Lyandres and Alexei Zhdanov), 2006

“Determinants and consequences of merger synergies forecasts disclosure”, 2006

“The effect of merger financing, relative equity size, and insiders’ ownership on the credibility of synergies forecasts”, 2006

“The information content of insiders’ merger synergies forecasts” (job market paper), 2006

“The size of venture capitalists’ portfolios: theory and evidence” (with Evgeny Lyandres and Douglas Cumming), 2004

“Bidder motives in takeover contests”, 2003

“Timing of horizontal mergers and investments in cost-reducing technologies”, 2002

“Merger waves and learning: are managers responding to a market signal?”, 2001


Degrees

  • Ph.D., Business Administration, University of Rochester, 2006
  • M.S., Applied Economics, University of Rochester, 2002
  • B.A., International Economics, University of Naples, 1998
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