{"id":394,"date":"2020-02-11T22:24:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T22:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/valentin-dimitrov\/?page_id=394"},"modified":"2025-04-21T14:24:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T14:24:42","slug":"resume","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/valentin-dimitrov\/resume\/","title":{"rendered":"Resume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Director of Undergraduate Accounting Program, Rutgers Business School, 2018 \u2013 2022<\/li>\n<li>Vice-Chair, Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Rutgers Business School, 2012 \u2013 2022<\/li>\n<li>Associate Professor, Rutgers Business School, 2010 \u2013 Present<\/li>\n<li>Visiting Associate Professor, University of Melbourne, Summer 2014<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor, Rutgers Business School, 2004 \u2013 2010<\/li>\n<li>Instructor, Tulane University, 2003 \u2013 2004; 2012 \u2013 2018<\/li>\n<li>Instructor, Columbia University, 2023 &#8211; Present<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>EDUCATION <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD., Business Administration, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 2003<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor of Science in Management, Majors: Finance and Economics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1998<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rutgers Business School \u2013 Newark and New Brunswick, NJ.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Financial Accounting (Executive MBA, International Executive MBA)<\/li>\n<li>Intermediate Accounting (undergraduate)<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to Financial Accounting (undergraduate)<\/li>\n<li>Survey of Finance (DBA)<\/li>\n<li>Accounting for Managers (MBA)<\/li>\n<li>Financial Management (MBA)<\/li>\n<li>Concepts and Practice of Financial Communication (MBA)<\/li>\n<li>Supporting Managerial Decisions (MBA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Columbia Business School, Columbia University, New York, NY. <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Financial Statements Analysis &amp; Valuation (Full-time MBA)<\/li>\n<li>Financial Accounting (Undergraduate)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Financial Accounting (Executive MBA)<\/li>\n<li>Financial Modeling (MBA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TEACHING AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Dean\u2019s Meritorious Teaching Award<\/em>, Rutgers Business School, 2018<\/li>\n<li><em>MBA Professor of the Year<\/em> <em>Award<\/em>, Rutgers Business School, 2013<\/li>\n<li><em>Junior Faculty Teaching Award<\/em>, Rutgers Business School, 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Martingale Index: A measure of self-deception in betting and finance (with G. Shafer),\u00a0<em>Judgment and Decision Making<\/em>, forthcoming.<\/li>\n<li>Yes, Virgina, there are superstar money managers (with P. Jain),\u00a0<em>Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting,\u00a0<\/em>forthcoming.<\/li>\n<li>The nail that sticks out: Corporate: Corporate social responsibility and shareholder proposals (with M. Barnett and F. Gao), <em>Review of Accounting Studies\u00a0<\/em>29 (June 2024): 1575-1618.<\/li>\n<li>Shiller\u2019s CAPE: Market efficiency and risk (with P. Jain), <em>Financial Review<\/em> 53 (November 2018): 741-771.<\/li>\n<li>Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on credit ratings (with D. Palia and L. Tang), <em>Journal of Financial Economics<\/em> 115 (March 2015): 505-520<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s showtime: Do managers report better news before annual shareholder meetings? (with P. Jain), <em>Journal of Accounting Research<\/em> 49 (December 2011): 1193-1221.<\/li>\n<li>Capital structure and firm risk. In: H. Baker and G. Martin, Editors, <em>Capital Structure and Corporate Financing Decisions<\/em>, John Wiley &amp; Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 2011.<\/li>\n<li>Sell on the news: Differences of opinion, short-sales constraints, and returns around earnings announcements (with H. Berkman, P. Jain, P. Koch, and S. Tice), <em>Journal of Financial Economics<\/em> 92 (June 2009): 376-399.<\/li>\n<li>The value-relevance of changes in financial leverage beyond growth in assets and GAAP earnings (with P. Jain), <em>Journal of Accounting, Auditing &amp; Finance <\/em>23 (Spring 2008): 191-222.<\/li>\n<li>Reference-day risk: observations and extensions (with S. Govindaraj), <em>Journal of Accounting, Auditing &amp; Finance <\/em>22 (Fall 2007): 559-572.<\/li>\n<li>Corporate diversification and credit constraints: Real effects across the business cycle (with S. Tice), <em>Review of Financial Studies <\/em>19 (Winter 2006): 1465-1498.<\/li>\n<li>Recapitalization of one class of common stock into dual-class: Growth and long-run stock returns (with P. Jain), <em>Journal of Corporate Finance <\/em>12 (January 2006): 342-366.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WORKING PAPERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Race Based Minority Board Representation and Mortgage Loan Rejection Rates (with J. Li and D. Palia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2020: Hawaii Accounting Research Conference, Hilo, Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>2019: Fordham University; Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance Conference, Santiago, Chile.<\/p>\n<p>2018: European Accounting Association Meeting, Milan, Italy<\/p>\n<p>2015: Office of Financial Research of the US Treasury, Washington D.C.<\/p>\n<p>2014: University of New South Wales; University of Melbourne<\/p>\n<p>2013: Tulane University; Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p>2010: Academy of Behavioral Finance &amp; Economics Meeting, Chicago; State University of New York, Binghamton; Financial Management Association Meeting, New York<\/p>\n<p>2009: American Accounting Association Meeting, New York<\/p>\n<p>2008: University of Michigan<\/p>\n<p>2007: NBER Behavioral Economics Meeting; Columbia University; Journal of Accounting, Auditing &amp; Finance Conference; Baruch College; California State University, Fullerton<\/p>\n<p>2006: Baruch-Columbia-NYU-Rutgers Business Schools Conference<\/p>\n<p>2004: Rutgers University; University of New Orleans<\/p>\n<p>2003: Goldman Sachs Global Equity Group; London School of Economics; University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale; HEC Montreal<\/p>\n<p>2002: College of William and Mary; Louisiana State University; Tulane University<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ad hoc reviewer: <em>The Accounting Review; Journal of Financial Economics; Review of Financial Studies; Management Science; Journal of Corporate Finance; Journal of Financial Intermediation; Journal of Accounting, Auditing &amp; Finance<\/em>; <em>Financial Management<\/em>; <em>Journal of Accounting and Public Policy;<\/em> <em>Financial Review<\/em>; <em>Journal of Banking and Finance<\/em>; <em>Journal of Business, Finance &amp; Accounting<\/em>; and <em>Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting<\/em><em>. <\/em><\/li>\n<li>Managing partner and co-founder of Robust Alpha Capital LLC, a quantitative-based incubator long-short equity hedge fund, 2014 \u2013 2017<\/li>\n<li>Discussant: Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2018<\/li>\n<li>Discussant: Financial Management Association Meeting, 2002, 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RESEARCH RECOGNITION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recipient, <em>Boutellier Endowed Faculty Scholarship<\/em>, Rutgers Business School, 2008 \u2013 2011<\/li>\n<li>Finalist, <em>Junior Faculty Research Award<\/em>, Rutgers Business School, 2007, 2009<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Director of Undergraduate Accounting Program, Rutgers Business School, 2018 \u2013 2022 Vice-Chair, Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Rutgers Business School, 2012 \u2013 2022 Associate Professor, Rutgers Business &hellip; 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