Edward R. Lawrence

College of Business
Florida International University

Modesto A. Maidique Campus
11200 S.W. 8th St, RB 210
Miami, FL 33199

Phone: (305) 348-0082
Email: elawrenc@fiu.edu

Edward R. Lawrence

Chair, Department of Finance

Florida International Bankers Association Professorship

Ryder Systems Research Fellow

Professor, Department of Finance

College of Business
Florida International University

Modesto A. Maidique Campus
11200 S.W. 8th St, RB 210
Miami, FL 33199

Phone: (305) 348-0082
Email: elawrenc@fiu.edu


Education

Ph.D. in Business Administration
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska

Master of Business Administration
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska

Bachelor in Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

Areas of Expertise

  • Asset Pricing
  • Banking and Financial Institutions
  • Behavioral Finance

Courses Taught

  • Corporate Finance
  • Finance Dissertation Preparation
  • Finance Doctoral Independent Study
  • Finance Doctoral Research Project
  • Finance Internship
  • Financial Economics II
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Theory II
  • Ph.D. Dissertation
  • Portfolio Management
  • Quantitative Methods in Financial Analysis
  • Securities Analysis
  • Special Topics in Finance

Publications

  • Lawrence, E. R., Nguyen, T. D., & Upadhyay, A.

    (2024).

    Independence of Acquirer's Board Chairperson and the Success of Mergers & Acquisitions.

    Journal of Corporate Finance

    .

  • Lawrence, E. R., Nishikawa, Y., & Upadhyay, A.

    (2024).

    Do Firms Led by Founders Take Higher Risk?

    Financial Review

    .

  • Rodriguez, J., Dandapani, K., & Lawrence, E. R.

    (2023).

    Does Board Gender Diversity Affect Firms Risk?

    Studies in Economics and Finance

    .

  • Caglayan, M., Lawrence, E. R., & Reyes, R.

    (2023).

    Hot Potatos: Underpricing of Stocks following Extreme Negative Returns.

    Journal of Banking and Finance

    .

  • Kumar, R., Lawrence, E., Prakash, A., & Rodriguez, I.

    (2023).

    Additions to and Deletions from the S&P 500 Index: A Resolution to the Asymmetric Price Response Puzzle.

    Journal of Banking and Finance

    , 154(September 2023)

    .

  • Lawrence, E. R., & Raithatha, M.

    (2023).

    Gender bias, board diversity, and firm value: Evidence from a Natural Experiment.

    Journal of Corporate Finance

    .

  • Katti, S., Lawrence, E. R., & Raithatha, M.

    (2022).

    Risk disclosure in IPO Advertisement and the Quality of Firm.

    Journal of Financial Markets

    .

  • Lawrence, E. R., Nguyen, C., & Pacheco, A.

    (2022).

    Interest Rate Competition among C Banks, S Banks, and Credit Unions.

    Journal of Financial Services Research

    .

  • Pacheco, A., Chang, C., & Lawrence, E.

    (2021).

    Why do Subchapter S Banks Convert Back to C Banks?

    Journal of Financial Services Research

    .

  • Caglayan, M. O., Celiker, U., & Lawrence, E. R.

    (2021).

    Sell-side analyst recommendation revisions and hedge fund trading before and after Regulation Fair Disclosure.

    Financial Review

    , 56(3)

    .

  • Hashemijoo, M., Lawrence, E. R., & Nishikawa, Y.

    (2021).

    Founder-Led Firms and Operational Litigation Risk.

    Journal of Behavioral Finance

    .

  • Hashemijoo, M., Lawrence, E., & Parhizgari, A.

    (2021).

    Securities Litigation Risk and Board Gender Diversity.

    Journal of Corporate Finance

    .

  • Lawrence, E. R., Nguyen, D. T., & Upadhyay, A.

    (2021).

    Are US Founding Families Expropriators or Stewards? Evidence from Quasi-Natural Experiment.

    Journal of Corporate Finance

    .

  • Lawrence, E. R., Raithatha, M., & Reyes, R.

    (2021).

    The Differing Impact of COVID-19 across Republican and Democrat States.

    Applied Economics

    .

  • Lawrence, E. R., Rodriguez, I. M., & Raithatha, M.

    (2021).

    The Effect of Cultural and Institutional Factors on Initiation, Completion and Duration of Cross-Border Acquisitions.

    Journal of Corporate Finance

    , 68(June 2021)

    .

  • Dandapani, K., Hibbert, A. M., & Lawrence, E. (2020). The Shareholder's response to a firm's first international acquisition. Journal of Banking & Finance, 118(September 2020).
  • Rodriguez, I., Dandapani, K., & Lawrence, E. R. (2019). Measuring Sovereign Risk: Are CDS Spreads Better than Sovereign Credit Ratings? Financial Management, 48(1).
  • Rodriguez, J., & Lawrence, E. R. (2019). Institutional Investment Patterns in Gender Diverse Firms. Journal of Behavioral Finance, 20(4).
  • Dandapani, K., Lawrence, E. R., & Rodriguez, J. (2018). Determinants of Transactional Internet Banking. Journal of Financial Services Research, 54(2).
  • Butchey, D., Dandapani, K., & Lawrence, E. (2018). Lessons Learned from an MBA program for a successful Online MSF Program. Journal of Financial Education.
  • Dandapani, K., Lawrence, E., & Patterson, F. (2017). The Effect of Holding Company Affiliation on Bank Risk and the 2008 Financial Crisis. Studies in Economics and Finance, 34(1).
  • Chang, C., Jain, A., Lawrence, E., & Prakash, A. (2016). The tax exemption to Subchapter S banks: Who gets the benefit? Financial Review, 51.
  • Hibbert, A. M., Lawrence, E., & Prakash, A. (2016). The Effect of Prior Investment Outcomes on Future Investment Decisions: Is There a Gender Difference? Review of Finance.
  • Shankar, S., Chang, C., Lawrence, E., & Mishra, S. (2015). Spread Behavior and Multiple Restatement Announcements. International Journal of Finance.
  • Shankar, S., Lawrence, E., Mishra, S., & Prakash, A. (2015). Can Repetitive Restatements be predicted? International Journal of Finance.
  • Jain, A., & Lawrence, E. (2014). The Effect of Ownership Structure on the Asset Quality and Performance of Subchapter S Banks and Credit Unions. International Journal of Finance, 26(3).
  • Hibbert, A., Lawrence, E. R., & Prakash, A.

    (2013).

    Do Finance Professors Invest Like Everyone Else? Author Response.

    Financial Analyst Journal

    , 69(2)

    .

  • Hibbert, A. M., Lawrence, E. R., & Prakash, A. (2013). Does Knowledge of Finance Mitigate the Gender Differences in Financial Risk-aversion? Global Financial Journal, 24(2).
  • Chang, C., Lawrence, E. R., & Prakash, A. (2012). Face to Face and Online Finance Courses: An Assesment. International Journal of Finance, 24(2).
  • Chang, C., Lawrence, E., & Prakash, A. (2012). Teaching Finance Courses: A Comparison of Face to Face and Online Teaching Platform. International Journal of Finance, 24(2).
  • Hibbert, A. M., Lawrence, E. R., & Prakash, A. (2012). Do Finance Professors Invest Like Everyone Else? Financial Analyst Journal, 68(5).
  • Hibbert, A. M., Lawrence, E. R., & Prakash, A. J. (2012). Can diversification be learned? Journal of Behavioral Finance, 13(1).
  • Kamal, R., Lawrence, E. R., McCabe, G., & Prakash, A. J. (2012). Additions to S&P 500: Not so informative any more. Managerial Finance, 38(4).
  • Lawrence, E. R. (2012). Short sellers are indeed sophisticated traders! Journal of Modern Accounting and Auditing, 8(2).
  • Mergers and acquisitions between developed and developing countries: A case of USA and India. (2012). International Journal of Banking and Finance, 8(1).
  • The role of financial education in the management of retirement savings. (2012). Journal of Behavioral Finance, 13(4).
  • Lawrence, E. R., Karels, G., Prakash, A., & Shankar, S. (2011). Effect of regulation FD on disclosures of information by firms. Applied Financial Economics, 21(13).
  • Dandapani, K., & Lawrence, E. R. (2010). Effect of foreign institutional investors on the stock market of India. Finance India, 27(2).
  • Hibbert, A. M., & Lawrence, E. R. (2010). Testing the performance of asset pricing models in different economic and interest rate regimes using individual stock returns. International Journal of Banking and Finance, 7(1).
  • Arunachalam, A., Lawrence, E. R., & Prakash, A. (2009). Investor sentiment and perceived price of stocks. International Journal of Finance, 21(3).
  • Lawrence, E. R., Geppert, J., & Prakash, A. J. (2009). An empirical investigation of Campbell Cochrane Habit utility model. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 36(5-6).
  • Arunachalam, A., Lawrence, E. R., & Prakash, A. (2008). Managerial Sentiment and Project Selection. Journal of Emerging Markets, 1(1).
  • Dandapani, K., & Lawrence, E. R. (2008). Virtual Bank Failures: An Investigation. Managerial Finance, 34(6).
  • Dandapani, K., Karels, G. V., & Lawrence, E. R. (2008). Internet Banking Services and Credit Union Performance. Managerial Finance, 34(6).
  • Lawrence, E. R. (2007). The effect of us fair disclosure law on Canadian investors. International Journal of Finance, 19(2).
  • Lawrence, E. R., & Dandapani, K. (2007). Examining split bond ratings: Effect of rating scale. Quarterly Journal of Business & Economics, 46(2).
  • Lawrence, E. R., & Shankar, S. (2007). A simple and student friendly approach to the mathematics of bond prices. Quarterly Journal of Business & Economics, 46(4).
  • Lawrence, E. R., Geppert, J., & Prakash, A. (2007). Asset pricing models: A comparison. Applied Financial Economics, 17(11).
  • Lawrence, E. R., McCabe, G., & Prakash, A. (2007). Answering financial anomalies: Sentiment based stock pricing. Journal of Behavioral Finance, 8(3).
  • Lawrence, E., Mishra, S., & Prakash, A. J. (2004). A Synthesis of Theoretical Relationship between Systematic Risk and Financial and Accounting Variables. International Journal of Banking and Finance, 2(1).
  • Lawrence, E., Aslan, H., & Digman, L. A. (2003). Intellectual Property Rights and Trade in the Digital Age. Nanyang Business Review, 2(2).

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