Michael Faulkender

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Michael Faulkender is an associate dean of master's programs and professor of finance at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. [1] He is known for his research on executive compensation and the corporate tax practices of multinational firms.

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In March 2018, President Donald Trump nominated Faulkender to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy. [2]

As associate dean at Maryland Smith, he helped create the business school’s online master of science degree in business analytics. [3]

Research

Faulkender was awarded the Barclays Global Investors' Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award in the Review of Financial Studies in 2013, for "Investment and Capital Constraints: Repatriations Under the American Jobs Creation Act," co-authored with Mitchell Petersen. Faulkender was a runner-up for that prize in 2006. [4] [5]

Education

Professor Faulkender received B.S. in Managerial Economics from the University of California, Davis in 1994 and his PhD in finance from Northwestern University in June 2002. [6]

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References

  1. "Michael Faulkender". Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland.
  2. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Post". The White House.
  3. GmbH, finanzen net. "Maryland Smith to Offer Online Master of Science in Business Analytics Degree | Markets Insider". markets.businessinsider.com.
  4. "Awards – The Review of Financial Studies".
  5. Faulkender, Michael; Petersen, Mitchell (1 August 2009). "Investment and Capital Constraints: Repatriations Under the American Jobs Creation Act". Working Paper Series. doi:10.3386/w15248 via National Bureau of Economic Research.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. "Michael Faulkender CV" (PDF). University of Maryland.