Reeb, David M

Biography

David Mitchell Reeb holds the Mr. and Mrs. Lin Jo Yan Professorship of Banking and Finance and is a Professor in the Department of Finance at National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School. He also serves as the Director of Research for the Centre for Asset Management Research & Investments (CAMRI) Dr Reeb`s research focuses on family-controlled, publicly-traded firms and encompasses financial markets and financial disclosure choices. His work has appeared in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Accounting Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Law and Economics, and the Journal of International Business Studies. His body of research has generated over 1,500 citations in other academic works, according to Web of Science (Google Scholar 8000+). In addition, his work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, The Economist, Forbes, the Financial Times, the International Herald Tribune, Inc. Magazine, SmartMoney, MSNBC, and several other leading publications in the US, Canada, and Australia. He has also been interviewed by CNN, Comcast and Bloomberg TV. In addition, he is a department editor at the Journal of International Business Studies and serves as the Director of NUS Business School PhD program. Dr Reeb has been consistently recognised for his academic contributions. His 2003 study on founding-family firms is the mostly cited paper in the Journal of Finance that year. Similarly, his research on accounting report integrity is the mostly highly cited paper in the Journal of Accounting and Economics in 2004. More recently, his research on board of director heterogeneity is the most highly cited paper in Financial Management in 2011. Dr Reeb completed his Master of Science at Georgia State University and PhD in Business Administration at the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina.

Research Interest

Investment Policy Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity Venture Capital Multinational Firms Disclosure Policy Family Business Family Firms Corporate Finance