Dr Robert Tumarkin

Senior Lecturer

PhD, New York University
MPhil, New York University
MBA(Honors), New York University
ScB (Honors), Brown University

Business School

School of Banking and Finance

Rob Tumarkin joined UNSW Business School in September 2010. He obtained his PhD in Finance from the Stern School of Business, New York University. Rob also holds an MBA from Stern and a ScB in Biomedical Engineering from Brown University. He has worked on Wall Street and in the medical device industry.

Rob's research focuses on corporate finance, behavioral finance, and portfolio choice. His personal website provides data and tools developed in his research.

Research Interests:

Corporate finance
Executive compensation and incentives
Behavioural finance
Portfolio choice
Derivatives

E-mail

r.tumarkin@unsw.edu.au

Location

UNSW Business School - Ref E12 Level 3, Office 342

Journal articles | 2021

Tumarkin R; Adams R; Ragunathan V, 2021, 'Death by Committee: An Analysis of Corporate Board (Sub-) Committees', Journal of FInancial Economics

Journal articles | 2018

Stanfield J; Tumarkin R, 2018, 'Does the Political Power of Nonfinancial Stakeholders Affect Firm Values? Evidence from Labor Unions', Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 53, pp. 1101 - 1133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002210901800008X

Journal articles | 2015

Sen R; Tumarkin R, 2015, 'Stocking up: Executive optimism, option exercise, and share retention', Journal of Financial Economics, 118, pp. 399 - 430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2015.08.001

Journal articles | 2015

Tumarkin RM; Sen R, 2015, 'Stocking up: Executive optimism, option exercise, and share retention', Journal of Financial Economics, 118, pp. 399 - 430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2015.08.001

Journal articles | 2001

Tumarkin R; Whitelaw RF, 2001, 'News or Noise? Internet Postings and Stock Prices', Financial Analysts Journal, 57, pp. 41 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.2469/faj.v57.n3.2449
Working Papers | 2021

Tumarkin R; Adams R; Ragunathan V, 2021, Death by Committee: An Analysis of Corporate Board (Sub-) Committees, Elsevier, http://dx.doi.org10.2139/ssrn.2736027, https://ssrn.com/abstract=2736027

Working Papers | 2016

Stanfield J; Tumarkin R, 2016, Does the Political Power of Non-Financial Stakeholders Affect Firm Values? Evidence from Labor Unions, FIRN Working Paper, http://dx.doi.org10.2139/ssrn.2310427, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2310427
Preprints |

Tumarkin R, How Much Do CEO Incentives Matter?, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1711504

Media Releases

Five winners in Vice-Chancellor's awards for Teaching Excellence

My Teaching

FINS1613 Business Finance
FINS4779 Research Methods in Finance 2
FINS5579 Research Methods in Finance 2
FINS5581 Empirical Corporate Governance

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