Jordan Nickerson
Carroll School of Management
Boston College
140 Commonwealth Ave
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Office: (617) 552-2847
Cell: (940) 641-2375
E-mail: Jordan.Nickerson@bc.edu
Website: www.JordanNickerson.com
Employment
Boston College – Carrol School of Management
Assistant Professor of Finance
Chestnut Hill, MA
July 2014 – current
Education
Ph.D. in Finance
The University of Texas at Austin
May 2014
M.S. in Finance
The University of Texas at Austin
May 2011
B.S. in Mathematics
The University of Texas at Austin
May 2009
Research
Interests
Corporate Finance, Executive Compensation, Structured Finance, Credit Ratings, Household Finance
Publications
“Rating Shopping or Catering? An Examination of the Response to Competitive Pressure for CDO
Credit Ratings” with John M. Griffin and Dragon Yongjun Tang. Review of Financial Studies,
August 2013.
Working Papers
“A Structural Estimation of the Cost of Suboptimal Matching in the CEO Labor Market”
“How do Measures of Tax Avoidance Measure Up?” with Lisa De Simone, Jeri K. Seidman and
Bridget Stomberg. Revise and Resubmit, The Accounting Review
“Market Forces and CEO Pay: Shocks to CEO Demand Induced by IPO Waves”. Revise and
Resubmit, Review of Financial Studies
“Teachers Teaching Teachers: The Role of Networks on Financial Decisions” with Gonzalo Maturana.
“What Lessons can be Learned from the Financial Crisis regarding Default Correlations?” with
John M. Griffin. Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Financial Economics
Academic
Presentations
2016:
Finance UC Conference of Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (scheduled ), FMA Napa Conference (scheduled ), Midwest Finance Association Meetings (Atlanta) (scheduled )*, Western Finance
Association Meetings (Park City) (scheduled )
2015:
All-Georgia Finance Conference*, American Finance Association Meetings (Boston), Credit Ratings
Conference (Carnegie Mellon), Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Real Estate Conference, FRA Early
Idea Session, SFS Cavalcade (Atlanta), Western Finance Association Meetings (Seattle)
2014:
Boston College, FRA Early Ideas Session, Indiana University, London Business School, University
of Rochester, University of Michigan, University of Texas at Austin
2013:
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Program on Credit Rating Agencies
2012:
University of Texas at Austin, Western Finance Association Meetings (Las Vegas)
* Presented by co-author
Honors
& Awards
Fred Moore Assistant Instructor Award for Teaching Excellence, 2013
William W. and Ruth F. Cooper Endowed Presidential Fellowship, 2012
William W. and Ruth F. Cooper Fellowship, 2009, 2011
H.A. (Ted) Dulan Scholarship, 2011
Dr. James C. Dolley Endowed Presidential Scholarship, 2010
References
Professor Aydoğan Alti
University of Texas at Austin
Phone: (512) 232-9374
Email
Professor John Griffin
University of Texas at Austin
Phone: (512) 471-6621
Email
Professor Jay Hartzell
University of Texas at Austin
Phone: (512) 471-6779
Email
Professor Sheridan Titman
University of Texas at Austin
Phone: (512) 232-2787
Email