Economics and Finance

Economics and Finance

Dr Debra Reed

Position

Senior Tutor

Qualifications

BA, MBA, PhD (Purdue)

Room

 

Contact Details

Phone: +64 3 364 2987
Internal Phone: 7380
Fax: +64 3 364 2727
debra.reed@canterbury.ac.nz

Postal Address

Department of Economics and Finance
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
NEW ZEALAND

Undergraduate Courses

FINC 201-S1 Business Finance | FINC 302-S2 Applied Corporate Finance

Research Interests

Corporate finance, capital structure, governance, corporate restructuring, capital investments, cost of capital

Publications

"The Market Reaction to the Appointment of Outside Directors: An Analysis of the Interaction between the Agency Problem and Affiliation of Directors" with Abeyratna Gunasekarage. International Journal of Managerial Finance (forthcoming)

"Creating and Destroying Value: Spin-offs of Prior Acquisitions" with J. W. Allen, S. I. Lummer, and J. J. McConnell. Research in Finance Vol. 16 (1998): 47-70.

"Can Takeover Losses Explain Spin-off Gains?" with J. W. Allen, S. I. Lummer, and J. J. McConnell. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis Vol. 30, No. 4 (1995): 465-485. . Cited 10 times (Web of Science, 2/08)

"Small firms: A new study" with David Dubofsky. American Association of Individual Investors Vol 8, No. 9 (1986): 11-18.

"Corporate Mergers and Security Returns" with J. J. McConnell. Journal of Financial Economics Vol. 16, No. 2 (1986): 143-187. (as Debra K Dennis) . Cited 50 times (Web of Science, 2/08)

"The CEPS Model for Common Stock Valuation: Comment" with D. W. French. Journal of Portfolio Management Vol. 10, No. 4 (1984): 83-85. (as Debra K Dennis)