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Professor and Thomas A. Renyi Endowed Chair in Banking
Thomas A. Renyi Endowed Chair in Banking
Founding Director, Rutgers Financial Institutions Center
Website: https://sites.rutgers.edu/darius-palia/
Professor Palia is an internationally renowned scholar in law and economics, banking, and corporate governance. He earned a PhD in Finance from the Stern School of Business at New York University, and he has been on the faculty of Princeton University, Columbia Business School, the University of Chicago, and UCLA.
Dr. Palia has published extensively in the top finance journals (e.g., J. of Finance, J. of Financial Economics, RAND J., and Review of F. Studies), as well as in the top law and economics journals (e.g., American Law & Econ. Review, Harvard Business Law Review, J. of Corporation Law, J. of Empirical Legal Studies, and J. of Law & Economics). His work is extensively cited by other scholars and he is the Associate Editor of the J. of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. He is often quoted in newspaper articles and magazines. He continues to be invited to present his research to the faculty of top Universities, at the major academic meetings, and at the prestigious National Bureau of Economic Research conferences. He has worked as an expert in both federal and state courts. As Founding Director of the Financial Institutions Center, he organizes and participates in panels that include CEOs and other senior executives of financial institutions as well as senior regulators.
Professor Darius Palia, Thomas A. Renyi Endowed Chair in Banking and Professor of Finance at RBS, presents, Banks, Financial Crises and the Fed: A Scientific Investigation, a course that makes the Finance program— ranked #6 globally by BusinessWeek —even stronger. He leverages his vast publishing record by presenting this hard-hitting module that explores the theory and reality of financial crises. Using data, he examines the role of banks and the Fed in the most recent financial crisis, making the inclusion of this module a testament to the timeliness of the Rutgers EMBA curriculum.
Ph.D., New York University
Name: Wu, Ge
Graduation Date: 2018/October
Thesis Title: Two Essays on Merger Clauses
Name: Porter, Robert
Graduation Date: 2004/May
Thesis Title: Regulatory Risk Management in Commercial Banking: An Empirical Investigation of Agency Theory
Name: Wang, Chia-Jane
Graduation Date: 2004/May
Thesis Title: CEO Compensation, Leverage and Corporate Board, and their Joint Impact on Firm Performance
Name: Yu, Wei
Graduation Date: 2007/October
Thesis Title: Two Essays on Subprime Mortgage Lending
Name: Zheng, Yudan
Graduation Date: 2007/October
Thesis Title: Corporate Governance and Firm Performance
Name: Kim, Tae-Nyun
Graduation Date: 2011/May
Thesis Title: Two Essays on Corporate Finance
Name: Du, Brian
Graduation Date: 2012/May
Thesis Title: An Examination of Rollover Risk and the Credit Crisis
Name: Dong, Gang
Graduation Date: 2012/May
Thesis Title: Essays in Banking and Finance: Securitization, Systemic Risk and Healthcare Reform
Name: Heo, Yuna
Graduation Date: 2015/May
Thesis Title: Two Essays in Banking and Finance