Audra Boone
Visiting Academic Scholar
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Education Summary

  • Ph.D. Finance, Pennsylvania State University, 2002
  • B.S. Business Administration, University of Kansas, 1997

Fields of Interest

  • Mergers, acquisitions and restructuring
  • Corporate governance
  • Bankruptcy and liquidation
Visiting Academic Scholar
Division of Risk, Strategy and Financial Innovation
Securities and Exchange Commission
2011–present
Associate Professor of Finance and Mays Research Fellow
Mays Business School
Texas A&M University
2011–present
Associate Professor of Finance
School of Business
University of Kansas
2008–2011
Assistant Professor of Finance
School of Business
University of Kansas
2005–2008
Assistant Professor of Finance
Mason School of Business
College of William & Mary
2002–2005
  • Audra Boone and Vladimir Ivanov, Bankruptcy Spillover Effects on Strategic Alliance Partners, 2012, Journal of Financial Economics 103, 551-569.
  • Audra Boone and Harold Mulherin, Do Private Equity Consortiums Facilitate Collusion in Takeover Bidding?, 2011, Journal of Corporate Finance 17, 1475-1495.
  • Vladimir Atanasov, Audra Boone and David Haushalter, Is There Shareholder Expropriation in the U.S.? An Analysis of Publicly-Traded Subsidiaries, 2010, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 45, 1-26.
  • Audra Boone and Harold Mulherin, Is There One Best Way to Sell a Company? Auctions Versus Negotiations and Controlled Sales, 2009, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 21, 28-38.
  • Audra Boone and Harold Mulherin, Do Auctions Induce a Winner's Curse? New Evidence from the Corporate Takeover Market, 2008, Journal of Financial Economics 89, 1-19.
  • Audra Boone, Laura Field, Jonathan M. Karpoff and Charu G. Raheja, The Determinants of Corporate Board Size and Composition: An Empirical Analysis, 2007, Journal of Financial Economics 85, 65-101.
  • Audra Boone and Harold Mulherin, How Are Firms Sold?, 2007, Journal of Finance 62, 847-875.
  • Audra Boone and Harold Mulherin, Do Termination Provisions Truncate the Takeover Bidding Process?, 2007, Review of Financial Studies 20, 461-489.
  • Audra Boone, David Haushalter and Wayne Mikkelson, An Investigation of the Gains from Specialized Equity Claims, 2003, Financial Management 32, 5-21.
  • Audra Boone and Harold Mulherin, Comparing Acquisitions and Divestitures, 2000, Journal of Corporate Finance 6, 117-139.
  • Audra Boone and Harold Mulherin, Conflicts of Interest in Corporate Control Transactions: The Role of the Disinterested Special Committee.
  • Audra Boone and Vahap Uysal, Reputations and the Market for Corporate Control.
  • Audra Boone, Erik Lie and Yixin Liu, Mixed Payment Deals and Target Shareholder Preferences for Method of Payment.

Conference Activities

Paper presentation, 2013 AFA Conference (Scheduled)
Paper presentation, 2012 European Center for Corporate Control Studies (ECCS) Symposium on Corporate Control and Governance
Paper presentation, 2011 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law Conference
Paper presentation, 2010 European Center for Corporate Control Studies (ECCS)
Paper presentation, 2010 University of Oklahoma Finance Conference
Paper presentation, 2010 FMA Conference
Paper presentation, 2009 AFA Conference
Paper presentation, 2008 CRSP Forum
Paper presentation, 2008 19th Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting
Paper presentation (by co-author), 2006 Association of Financial Economists (ASSA) Meeting Conference
Paper presentation (by co-author), 2005 AFA Conference
Paper presentation, 2004 UNC-Duke Conference on Corporate Finance
Paper presentation, 2004 FMA Conference
Paper presentation, 2003 FMA Conference
Paper presentation, 2003 Batten Conference (William & Mary)
Paper presentation, 2002 Batten Conference (William & Mary)
Paper presentation, 2001 WFA Conference
Paper presentation, 2001 FMA Conference
Paper presentation, 2000 WFA Conference
Paper presentation, 2000 FMA Conference
Paper presentation, 2000 Southern Finance Association Conference
Paper presentation, 1999 FMA Conference

University Presentations

University of Houston, 2012
Texas A&M University, 2011
Notre Dame, 2008
Vanderbilt, 2008
DePaul University, 2008
Kansas State University, 2008
University of Washington, 2007
Pennsylvania State University, 2007
University of Missouri, 2007
University of Iowa, 2006
Texas Tech University, 2005
University of Pittsburgh, 2005
University of Kansas, 2005
University of Georgia, 2002
Clemson, 2002
Babson College, 2002
Virginia Tech, 2002
College of William & Mary, 2001
University of Delaware, 2001
Louisiana State University, 2001
Federal Reserve Board of Governors, 2001
University of Kansas, 2000
Pennsylvania State University, 1999