Darren J. Kisgen

Assistant Professor of Finance

Boston College

E-mail: kisgen@bc.edu

 

 

 

Personal Information:

 

Born in Omaha, Nebraska

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Teaching:

 

MF127, Corporate Finance, Fall (Undergrads)

MF807, Corporate Finance, Fall (MBAs)

 

Here are some places where recent students have received jobs after taking my class (not a direct result of my class, of course, but an indication of the quality of students and the opportunities that are possible): CSFB - International Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs – Investment Banking, Fidelity Investments – Equity Research Associate, J.P. Morgan – Trading, J.P. Morgan - Investment Banking, Fitch Ratings – Analyst, Deutsche Bank - Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs – Derivatives Trading, Jefferies – Investment Banking, Deutsche Bank - Real Estate Investment Banking, Barclay’s – Investment Banking, Prudential Capital – Investment Analyst, Merrill Lynch – Investment Banking

 

 

Selected Research:

 

“Credit Ratings and Capital Structure”, Journal of Finance, 2006

 

“Evaluating Government Bond Performance with Stochastic Discount Factors”, Review of Financial Studies, 2006, with Wayne Ferson and Tyler Henry

 

“Fixed Income Fund Performance across Economic States”, lead chapter of Research in Finance, 2006, with Wayne Ferson and Tyler Henry

 

“Are Fairness Opinions Fair? The Case of Mergers and Acquisitions”, working paper, with Jun “QJ” Qian and Weihong Song, 2nd round Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Financial Economics

 

“Do Firms Target Credit Ratings or Leverage Levels?”