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Victor Taurizano is a Real Estate Lecturer in the Department of Finance, bringing more than two decades of experience in residential and commercial real estate, mortgage lending, and property management to the classroom. He is a Doctor of Business Administration candidate at Florida International University, having completed all coursework and now in the dissertation phase.

Recent highlights: his paper on Spanish-language access frictions and firm valuation (Tobin's Q) was accepted for presentation at the 2026 DBA Scholars Conference (University of Rhode Island), where he will also serve as a reviewer. His case study "Beyond Affordability" was accepted for discussion at the 2026 NACRA Annual Conference, and his co-authored paper, "International Assignment Characteristics and Employee Retention Intention in U.S.-Based Multinational Enterprises: The Roles of Perceived Value and Cultural Distance," was accepted for poster presentation at the AIB U.S. Southeast Chapter conference, where he also reviewed two other papers. In September 2026, he contributed a behavioral finance module to NAHREP's 2026 Homeownership Report at NAHREP at AVANCE Global in Las Vegas.

He is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) and a Certified Trainer with the Hispanic Wealth Project.

Research Interests

• Victor Taurizano's research examines the financial and behavioral dimensions of homeownership decisions, with a focus on the Hispanic community in Florida. Drawing on the Theory of Planned Behavior, his dissertation investigates how financial literacy, financial inertia, and financial anxiety shape attitudes and perceived control over homeownership, and how language proficiency, language bridging, and long-term temporal distance moderate the path from attitude to intention.
• His broader interests include behavioral finance and bounded rationality in household financial decisions; language access frictions in financial and real estate markets, including their relationship to firm valuation (Tobin's Q); cultural distance and its effects on international business outcomes such as expatriate retention; and applied case-based research on affordability and homeownership access.

Research Publications

• Paper on Spanish-language access frictions and firm valuation (Tobin's Q) — accepted for presentation, Annual DBA Scholars * Conference (DBASC 2026), University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, October 2–4, 2026.
• Beyond Affordability" (start-up case study) — accepted for discussion, NACRA 2026 Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, October 15–17, 2026.
• "International Assignment Characteristics and Employee Retention Intention in U.S.-Based Multinational Enterprises: The Roles of Perceived Value and Cultural Distance" (with Alexandre Squarize and Enrique Ramos O'Reilly) — accepted for poster presentation, Academy of International Business, U.S. Southeast Chapter Conference, Washington, D.C., November 5–7, 2026.
• Behavioral finance module contributor, NAHREP 2026 Homeownership Report — presented at NAHREP at AVANCE Global, Las Vegas, NV, September 14–16, 2026.

Links

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