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Arash Dayani joined the Department of Finance at Clemson College of Business as an Assistant Professor in 2020. He earned his Ph.D. in Finance at the University of Oregon. Prior to his Ph.D., Arash received an M.S. degree in Financial Engineering and a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering at Amirkabir University of Technology. His primary research interests are empirical corporate finance and asset management. His research has been published in the Journal of Quantitative and Financial Analysis, Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Management, Journal of Empirical Finance, and Finance Research Letters.

Research Interests

• Corporate Finance, corporate Innovation, Compensation, Corporate Debt, Corporate Restructuring, Asset Management, Mutual Funds.

Research Publications

• "Mutual Fund Strategy: Swing for the Fences or Bat for Average", with John Chalmers, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Forthcoming.
• "Dual-class Ownership Structure and Voluntary Disclosure of Earnings Guidance", Financial Management, Forthcoming.
• "Patent Trolls and The Market for Acquisitions", Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2023, Volume 58, 2928-2958.
• "CEO Inside Debt and Mutual Fund Investment Decisions", Journal of Banking & Finance, 2022, Volume 145, 106-641.
• "Running a Mutual Fund: Performance and Trading Behavior of Runner Managers", with Sima Jannati, Journal of Empirical Finance, 2022, Volume 69, 43-62.
• "Transient Emotions, Perceptions of Well-being, and Mutual Fund Flows", with William Bazley and Sima Jannati, Finance Research Letters, 2021, Volume 41, 101-825.