Sara B. Moeller Ph.D.

AREAS OF INTEREST
Research:  Mergers and Acquisitions and Risk Management.

EDUCATION
Max M. Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University             
Ph.D.               Finance                                                1998
M.A.                Concentration:  Finance                        1996
Graduate School of Management, University of Alabama-Birmingham  
M.B.A.            Concentration:  Finance                        1990
College of Business, University of Iowa                        
B.B.A. Majors:  Finance and Economics                       1986   

WORK EXPERIENCE
Southern Methodist University
Assistant Professor of Finance                                      1998-present

The Ohio State University
Research/Teaching Assistant                                          1994-95, 1997-98
Copy Editor for the Journal of Finance                        1996-97
Lecturer, Corporate Finance                                          1996

AJC International
Director Special Projects                                                1990-93
Projects included: managing/re-engineering international commodity/branded distribution business, and implementing risk management and business segment analysis

Cargill Inc.
District Commodity Merchant                                         1987-89
Commodity Merchant                                                     1986-87          

PUBLICATIONS

"Firm size and the gains from acquisitions" with Frederik P. Schlingemann, and René M. Stulz forthcoming at the Journal of Financial Economics

“Wealth destruction on a massive scale?  A study of acquiring-firm returns in the recent merger wave ” with Frederik P. Schlingemann, and René M. Stulz forthcoming at the Journal of Finance

“Global diversification and bidder gains: A comparison between cross-border and domestic acquisitions,” with Frederik P. Schlingemann forthcoming at the Journal of Banking and Finance

WORKS IN PROGRESS

"The value of corporate risk management," with Peter Mackay

“Mergers and analysts expectations,” with Frederik P. Schlingemann, and René M. Stulz

“Competitive effects of mergers in and out of waves”, with Evrim Akdogu and Jarrad Harford

"Dividends, Survival, and Stock Returns in the Telecommunications Industry, 1997-2002," with Ken Lehn, Frederik P. Schlingemann and Mehmet Yalin

"Free cash flow or value creating financial slack?  Evidence from financially conservative firms," with Bernadette Minton and Karen Wruck

COURSES TAUGHT
Business Finance (Executive MBA)
Financial Management, Managerial Finance (MBA)
Introduction to Financial Management, Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management    (BBA)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Financial Management Association, 1999 Meetings, Risk Management and Hedging Session Chair, October 1999

Eastern Finance Association, 1999 Meetings, Accepted Paper, "International Takeovers and Bidder Performance" with Frederik P. Schlingemann, April 1999.

Financial Management Association, 1997 Meetings, Accepted Paper, "Determinants of Success and Failure in International Futures Markets," October 1997

Financial Management Association, 1997 Meetings, Accepted Paper, "International Diversification and Firm Value," with Frederik P. Schlingeman, October 1997

Midwest Finance Association, 1994 Meetings, Discussant, "Motivations for a Repurchase Tender Offer: The Free Cash Flow and Favorable Prospects Hypothesis" 

OTHER SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
Financial Management Association, Program Committee 1999
Eastern Finance Association, Program Committee 2000
Referee for the:   Journal of Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance and Journal of Futures Markets
FMA/NASD Doctoral Consortium

HONORS
H.O.P.E. Professor (Honored On Professor Excellence), 1999 and 1998.
OSU College of Business Pace Setter
OSU College of Business, Graduate Presentation Award