Our program TOMORROW TUESDAY september 23; 1:00PM will focus on corporate rule, from outsized CEO compensation to corporate welfare queens.

Our featured guest is Michael Faulkender. Mike’s research focuses on empirical corporate finance in the areas of capital structure, risk management, corporate liquidity, and executive compensation. His work has been published in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies and has been cited in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and The New York Times. He teaches classes in the Specialty Master's, EMBA, and the MBA programs at the Smith School. He also serves as the Director of the Master of Finance program. http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu