Education

  • PhD, University of Pennsylvania
  • AB, Hamilton College, New York

Selected Publications

  • How Does Past Experience Impact Hedge Fund Activism?, 2022, with Nicole Boyson and Linlin Ma, forthcoming, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
  • Mooradian, R., Pichler, P. (2018). Servicer Contracts and the Design of Mortgage‐Backed Security Pools. Real Estate Economics 46(3), 698-738.
  • Mooradian, R., Boyson, N. (2011). Corporate Governance and Hedge Fund Activism. Review of Derivatives Research, 14, 169-204.

Selected Presentations

  • Financial Management International European Conference, 2022:  Market Concentration in the Liquidity Provision Industry and its Effect on the Cost of Liquidity, with Kuncheng Zheng and Jia Hao.
  • Financial Management International European Conference, 2019:  How Does Past Experience Impact Hedge Fund Activism?, with Nicole Boyson and Linlin Ma.
  • American Real Estate Society, 2019: Signaling and Pricing of Condominiums, with Shiawee Yang.
  • American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, 2014: The Design of Mortgage-Backed Securities and Servicer Contracts, with Pegaret Pichler.

Research & Teaching Interests

Mooradian has research and teaching interests in corporate finance, international finance, real estate finance, and applications of law to finance.

Awards & Recognition

  • Harding Professorship, D'Amore-McKim School of Business (June 2014)
  • Best Paper Award, Financial Management Association International (June 2008)
  • Gary Dunton Fellow, College of Business Administration (September 2006)