Tom Shohfi
Biography
Tom Shohfi grew up on Long Island. He earned an undergraduate degree in computer science and mathematics from New York University. He then earned an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, after several years working as an information technology professional.
Shohfi started teaching at UNC while working as an equity research analyst and decided to pursue a doctorate at the University of Pittsburgh. After graduating, Shohfi spent seven years working as an assistant professor of accounting and finance at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, before joining the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst, Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, and Financial Risk Manager designations.
You can read more about Shohfi at his website.
Education
- Ph.D. in Finance, University of Pittsburgh--Katz Graduate School of Business
- M.B.A. in Investment management and Entrepreneurship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Kenan-Flagler Business School
- B.A., Computer Science and Mathematics, New York University--College of Arts and Sciences
Publications
- Buy the Dip? (with Stefano Bonini and Majeed Simaan) European Financial Management, Accepted [SSRN]
- Do Green Business Practices License Self-Dealing or Prime Prosociality? Cross-Domain Evidence from Environmental Concern Triggers (with Melanie I. Millar, Mason C. Snow, and Roger M. White) Accounting, Organizations, and Society, Accepted
- Fixed Income Conference Calls (with Gus De Franco, Da Xu, and Zhiwei (Vivi) Zhu) Journal of Accounting and Economics (2023) Vol. 75, No. 1, 101518 [SSRN]
- Does Native Country Turmoil Predict Immigrant Workers’ Honesty in Markets? (with Roger M. White) Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2022) Vol. 197, pp. 150-164 [SSRN]
- Do Sell-Side Analysts Play a Role in Hedge Fund Activism? Evidence from Textual Analysis (with Huimin (Amy) Chen) Contemporary Accounting Research (2022) Vol. 39, No.3, pp. 1583-1614 [SSRN]
- Do Sin Taxes Spur Cheating in Interpersonal Exchange? (with David Kenchington, Jared D. Smith, and Roger M. White) Accounting, Organizations, and Society (2022) Vol. 96, 101281 [SSRN]
- Unbridled Spirit: Illicit Markets for Bourbon Whiskey (with Conor J. Lennon) Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2021) Vol. 191, pp. 1025-1045 [SSRN]
- Which Buy-Side Institutions Participate in Public Earnings Conference Calls? Implications for Capital Markets and Sell-Side Coverage (with Andrew C. Call and Nathan Y. Sharp) Journal of Corporate Finance (2021) Vol. 68, 101964 [SSRN] [Internet Appendix: Participant Classifications] [Internet Appendix: Participant Data]
- Investor Awareness or Information Asymmetry? Wikipedia and IPO Underpricing (with Thomas J. Boulton, Bill Francis, and Daqi Xin) Financial Review (2021) Vol. 56, No. 3, pp. 535-561 [SSRN] [Internet Appendix]
- Bank Loan Renegotiation and Credit Default Swaps (with Brian Clark, James Donato, and Bill Francis) Journal of Banking & Finance (2020) Vol. 151, 105936 [SSRN]
- The Dark Side of Individual Blockholder Philanthropy (with Roger M. White) Financial Management (2020) Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 741-767 [SSRN]
- Bulk Volume Classification and Information Detection (with Marios A. Panayides and Jared D. Smith) Journal of Banking & Finance (2019) Vol. 103, pp. 113-129 [SSRN] [Internet Appendix]
- Angels or Sharks? The Role of Personal Characteristics in Angel Investment Decisions (with Thomas J. Boulton and Pengcheng Zhu) Journal of Small Business Management (2019) Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 1280-1303 [SSRN]
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