Darren J. Kisgen
Assistant
Professor of Finance
E-mail:
kisgen@bc.edu
Personal Information:
Born
in
Selected Research:
“Credit Ratings and Capital Structure”, Journal of Finance, 2006, Brattle Prize Finalist
“Evaluating Government Bond Performance with Stochastic Discount Factors”, Review of Financial Studies, 2006, with Wayne Ferson and Tyler Henry
“Are Fairness Opinions Fair? The Case of Mergers and Acquisitions”, with Jun “QJ” Qian and Weihong Song, forthcoming, Journal of Financial Economics
“Do Firms Target Credit Ratings or Leverage Levels?”, forthcoming, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Teaching:
MF127,
Corporate Finance, Fall (Undergrads)
MF807,
Corporate Finance, Fall (MBAs)
MF895,
Ph.D. Course in Empirical Corporate Finance
Here
are some places where recent undergrads and MBAs 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): Goldman
Sachs – Investment Banking, CSFB - International 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,
Citibank – Investment Banking