Gailen Hite
Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs at School of International and Public Affairs
Adjunct Professor of Business at Columbia Business School
Schools
- Columbia Business School
- School of International and Public Affairs
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School of International and Public Affairs
Professor Hite is an adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and teaches U6301 Corporate Finance. His research interests include corporate restructuring, dividends and dividend policy, capital structure, corporate bond ratings, executive compensation, company valuation and various other topics in financial economics.
Professor Hite taught at Columbia Business School for 25 years prior to his retirement in 2012 and joined SIPA part-time in 2014. He received his BA from the Ohio State University and his MA and PhD from the University of Washington in Seattle.
Columbia Business School
Biography
Professor Hite teaches the core course on corporate finance in the full-time and Executive MBA programs and coordinates the adjunct faculty. His research interests include corporate restructuring, dividends and dividend policy, capital structure, corporate bond ratings, executive compensation and valuation.
Teaching
Fall 2016
Fall 2014
Fall 2013
Fall 2012
Summer 2012
Columbia Caseworks cases
Safeway, Inc. (2008)
Coauthor(s): Gailen Hite
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Hospital Corporation of America, Inc. 2006: Leveraged Buyout (2008)
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