David C. Smith

Associate Professor of Commerce
Director, The McIntire Center for Financial Innovation

Office phone: 434-243-2272
e-mail: dcs8f@virginia.edu

Education: 

Ph.D., Finance, Indiana University 
B.S., Economics, University of Delaware 

Areas of Expertise: 

Professor Smith specializes in corporate finance and banking. Professor Smith’s current research can be broken down three areas: (1) analyzing the economic importance of loan covenant restrictions, (2) documenting the impact of the trading and ownership of debt claims on Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, and (3) studying the influence of corporate contracting on the quality of corporate governance.

Professional Activities:

Before joining the McIntire faculty, Professor Smith worked as an economist in the International Finance Division at the Federal Reserve Board. While at the board, he covered the Japanese and Chinese banking sectors and worked on issues related to international financial architecture. He has presented his research at universities and conferences around the world and published in leading academic journals, including Journal of Finance; Journal of Financial Economics; Journal of Financial Intermediation; and Journal of Econometrics. Before joining the Federal Reserve, Professor Smith spent five years teaching at the Norwegian School of Management in Oslo, Norway. He has also held visiting scholar positions at the universities of Minnesota and Florida and at the Stockholm School of Economics.

 

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