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LEE F. PINKOWITZ
Associate Professor


EDUCATION:
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1999
M.A., The Ohio State University, 1997
B.S., Miami University, 1993

Phone: 202-687-2689

Email Address: lfp@georgetown.edu

Research
Professor Pinkowitz is an award winning researcher in the areas of corporate cash holdings and corporate governance. His research has been published in Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance. His article “The Determinants and Implications of Corporate Cash Holdings”, coauthored with Tim Opler, René Stulz, and Rohan Williamson, won the 1999 Jensen Prize for best paper published in the Journal of Financial Economics. His article “Corporate Governance and the Home Bias”, coauthored with Magnus Dahlquist, René Stulz, and Rohan Williamson, won the 2003 William F. Sharpe Award for Scholarship in Financial Research, for the best paper published in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Professor Pinkowitz has been awarded the Junior Faculty Research Fellowship, the Steers Faculty Research Fellowship, and the distinction of Dean’s Fellow twice. His research has been discussed in the popular press and was cited in a March 2003 speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan at the Bank of France International Symposium on Monetary Policy, Economic Cycle, and Financial Dynamics. Professor Pinkowitz has served as a referee for various finance and economics journals. He has served on the program committee for the Financial Management Association annual meeting.

Teaching
Professor Pinkowitz has taught corporate finance at both the undergraduate and MBA levels.

Teaching Resources

• Lecture Videos related to Finance I - Financial Markets (i.e. Time Value of Money, Portfolio Theory, and Cost of Capital)
• Lecture Videos related to Finance II - Corporate Finance (i.e. Capital Budgeting, Capital Structure, and Options)
• Training Videos for learning to use the BA-II+ Financial Calculator
• Training Videos for learning to use Excel: Including DCF Valuation Model

Curriculum Vita
Click here to view Professor Pinkowitz' curriculum vita including links to published and working papers.