David Mitchell Reeb

at National University of Singapore

Mr & Mrs Lin Jo Yan Professor in Banking and Finance, Professor at Booth School of Business

Schools

  • Booth School of Business
  • National University of Singapore

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National University of Singapore

David Reeb is a Professor of Finance and holds the Mr. and Mrs. Lin Jo Yan Professorship in Banking and Finance in the Department of Finance at National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School. Dr. Reeb also serves as a Senior Fellow of the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER), a Fellow of the Academy of International Business, and as the Director of Business Doctoral Programs at NUS.

Dr. Reeb’s academic research interests range from founding-family ownership to the properties of mandatory disclosure rules, spanning the incentives of financial regulators to the economics of information. His work has appeared in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Accounting Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Management Science, American Economic Review, Journal of Law and Economics, and the Journal of International Business Studies. His body of research has generated over 3,000 citations in other academic works, according to Web of Science (Google Scholar 12,000+). In addition, his work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, The Economist, Forbes, the Financial Times, the International Herald Tribune, Inc. Magazine, SmartMoney, MSNBC, and several other leading publications in the US, Canada, and Australia. He has also been interviewed by CNN, Comcast and Bloomberg TV.

Dr. Reeb has been consistently recognised for his academic contributions. His 2003 study on founding-family firms is the mostly cited paper in the Journal of Finance that year. Similarly, his research on accounting report integrity is the mostly highly cited paper in the Journal of Accounting and Economics in 2004. More recently, his research on board of director heterogeneity and R&D disclosures are some of the most highly cited paper in Financial Management (2011) and Journal of Accounting and Economics (2015).

Dr. Reeb completed his Master of Science at Georgia State University and PhD in Business Administration at the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina.

Booth School of Business

Education Qualifications

  • PhD, Business Administration, University of South Carolina, Moore School of Business, Columbia, SC, USA, 1996
  • MSc, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA, 1992
  • BA, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, 1990

Research Interest

  • Investment Policy
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Venture Capital
  • Multinational Firms
  • Disclosure Policy
  • Family Business
  • Family Firms
  • Corporate Finance

Academic Experience

  • Mr and Mrs Lin Jo Yin Professor of Banking and Finance, National University of Singapore, 2013 - current
  • Professor of Finance, National University of Singapore, 2013 - current
  • Professor of Strategic Management, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2011 - 2013
  • Professor of Accounting, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2007 - 2013
  • Professor of Finance, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2007 - 2013
  • Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore, 2011 - 2013
  • Visiting Professor of Accounting, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2010
  • Visiting Professor of Accounting, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2009
  • Associate Professor, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2003 - 2007
  • Board of Visitors Research Fellow, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 2002 - 2003
  • Assistant Professor, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 2002 - 2003
  • Kogod Faculty Research Fellow, American University, Washington, DC, 1998 - 2002
  • Assistant Professor, American University, Washington, DC, 1998 - 2002
  • Assistant Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 1996 - 1998
  • ABD Instructor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 1996 - 1998

Corporate Experience

  • Area Editor , Journal of International Business Studies (2010 – Present) (International Accounting and Finance), 2010 - current
  • Session Organizer, China International Conference in Finance, 2013
  • Conference Organizer, Singapore International Conference on Finance, 2013
  • Conference Organizer, Singapore International Conference on Finance, 2012
  • Guest Editor, Journal of Economics and Business - Special Issue on Ownership, 2008

Membership & Professional Activities

  • Ajudication - Dispute Reviewer, Financial Management (Journal)
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Academy of Management Review; Academy of Management Journal; Journal of Accounting and Economics; Journal of Corporate Finance; Contemporary Accounting Research; Journal Banking and Finance; Financial Management; Organization Science; Journal of Accounting and Public Policy; Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance; Financial Review; Journal of Business Finance and Accounting
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Accounting and Economics; Economic Journal; Journal of Finance; Accounting Review; Economic Journal; Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis; Management Science;

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