Hugh Colaco
Assistant Professor of Finance
P: 617-521-3877
F: 617-521-3880
hugh.colaco@simmons.edu
Ph.D. University of Connecticut; M.B.A. Xavier University; B.Com. University of Bombay
Specialization
Finance
Current Course(s)
- Financial Management (Undergraduate & M.B.A.)
- Fixed Income Analysis – CFA Level I material (Undergraduate & M.B.A.)
- Investments (Undergraduate)
- Risk Management & Insurance (Undergraduate)
- Personal Finance (Undergraduate)
Research
- “IPOs, clustering, indirect learning and filing independently”, 2009, Journal of Banking and Finance, with C. Ghosh, J. Knopf and J. Teall.
- “Paths to Leadership: Women's Experiences with and Aspirations for Board Service”, 2008, Center for Gender in Organizations (CGO) Insights, with P. Deyton, I. Guertler, P. Myers and M. Nitkin.
- “Pathways to Leadership: Board Independence, Diversity, and the Emerging Pipeline in the U.S. for Women Directors”, 2nd round at International Journal of Disclosure & Governance, with P. Myers and M. Nitkin.
- “Information realized during IPO post-amendment periods”, working paper, with C. Ghosh, J. Knopf and J. Teall.
- “Behind the Enron-Andersen collapse: Auditor's conflict of interest or failure of internal governance?”, working paper, with C. Ghosh.
Speaking Engagements
Presentations
- European Financial Management Association, 2009, “Information realized during IPO post-amendment periods”, with C. Ghosh, J. Knopf and J. Teall.
- Dhruva College of Management, 2009, "Pathways to Leadership: Board Independence, Diversity, and the Emerging Pipeline in the U.S. for Women Directors", with P. Myers and M. Nitkin.
- Financial Management Association, 2008, “The information content of the length of the IPO registration period”, with C. Ghosh, J. Knopf and J. Teall.
- American Accounting Association, 2008, "To Serve or Not to Serve, That is the Question: Formal Board Service by Women and Their Aspirations to Future Formal Board Service", with P. Myers and M. Nitkin.
- European Financial Management Association, 2008, “IPOs, Clustering, Indirect Learning and Filing Independently”, with C. Ghosh, J. Knopf and J. Teall.
- Financial Management Association, 2007, “IPOs, Clustering, Indirect Learning and Filing Independently”, with J. Knopf and J. Teall.
- Fourth Annual Corporate Reporting & Governance Conference, 2007, "Women Aspirations to Formal Board Service", with M. Nitkin.
- Eastern Finance Association, 2007, “IPOs, Clustering, Indirect Learning and Filing Independently”, with J. Knopf and J. Teall.
- Seton Hall University, 2007, “IPOs and the Degree of Independence”, with J. Knopf and J. Teall.
- Financial Management Association, 2003, “The Stock Market Perception of Andersen’s Role in the Enron Collapse”, with C. Ghosh.
- European Financial Management Association, 2003, “The Stock Market Perception of Andersen’s Role in the Enron Collapse”, with C. Ghosh.
- European Financial Management Association Doctoral Student Consortium, 2003, “The Stock Market Perception of Andersen’s Role in the Enron Collapse”, with C. Ghosh.
Discussant
- Financial Management Association, 2007, “VCs and the expropriation of entrepreneurs”.
- Eastern Finance Association, 2007, “Underpricing of Cross-Border Initial Public Offerings Over Time: The Experience of US Issuers”.
- Financial Management Association, 2003, “Why have auctions been losing market share to bookbuilding in IPO markets?”.
- European Financial Management Association, 2003, “The Pricing of Investment Banking Services: The Case of Standby Underwritten Convertible Calls”.
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