Tyler Hull
Associate Professor of Finance
Biography
Dr. Hull is a high-quality researcher in the areas of empirical corporate finance, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, and personal finance. His work has been published in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Business Venturing, the Journal of Corporate Finance, and the Journal of Banking and Finance.
Area of Expertise
Dividend policy, empirical corporate finance, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, and personal finance
Degrees
Ph.D., International Economics and Finance, International Business School at Brandeis University, 2011
M.S., International Economics and Finance, International Business School at Brandeis University, 2009
B.S., Economics, Brigham Young University–Idaho, 2006
Professional Publications & Contributions
Publications
“Student Loans, Employment Readiness, and Labor Market Outcomes” (with Karthik Krishnan and Jean Rhodes) Journal of Applied Business and Economics (2023).
Podcast overview for “Student Loans, Employment Readiness, and Labor Market Outcomes”
“Style drifts in venture capital” Book Chapter in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Private Equity (2023).
Podcast overview for “Style drifts in venture capital”
“Are California Venture Capitalists The Best Venture Capitalists?” (with Luna Goldblatt) Cogent Economics & Finance (2022)
Podcast overview for “Are California Venture Capitalists The Best Venture Capitalists?”
“The effect of venture capitalists straying from their industry comfort zones,” Journal of Business Venturing Insights (2021).
Podcast overview for “The effect of venture capitalists straying from their industry comfort zones,”
“Cross-Border LBOs, Human Capital, and Proximity: Value Addition through Monitoring in Private Equity Investments” (with Thomas J. Chemmanur and Karthik Krishnan), Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (2020).
Podcast overview for “Cross-Border LBOs, Human Capital, and Proximity: Value Addition through Monitoring in Private Equity Investments”
“Do local and international venture capitalists play well together? Venture capital investments and the development of venture capital markets” (with Thomas J. Chemmanur and Karthik Krishnan), Journal of Business Venturing (2016).
“How the timing of dividend reductions can signal value”, Journal of Corporate Finance (2015).
Podcast overview for “How the timing of dividend reductions can signal value”
“Does the timing of dividend reductions signal value? Empirical evidence” Journal of Corporate Finance (2013).
“The impact of technical defaults on dividend policy” (with Laarni Bulan), Journal of Banking and Finance (2013).
Current Research Papers
“The Effect of Local Labor Competition on Mergers and Acquisitions” (With John Bai, Yi Cao, Chen Shen and Chi Wan) Financial Review (Revise and resubmit)
Podcast overview for “The Effect of Local Labor Competition on Mergers and Acquisitions”
“Why Venture Capitalists Stray from Their Industry Comfort Zones” Financial Markets and Portfolio Management (Submitted).
Podcast overview for “Why Venture Capitalists Stray from Their Industry Comfort Zones”
“Adviser Misconduct and Economic Policy Uncertainty” (With Ping McLemore and Chi Wan)
Podcast overview for “Adviser Misconduct and Economic Policy Uncertainty”
Additional Information
Dr. Hull has been with University of Massachusetts Boston for the last ten years. Dr. Hull has over 17 years of teaching experience at UMass Boston, Brandeis University, the Norwegian School of Economics, and as an visiting associate professor at UC Santa Barbara. Courses have been taught at all levels undergraduates, graduate students, PhD students and executive education.