Vijaya Subrahmanyam, Ph.D.

Professor of Finance
Business & Education Academic Building, Office 209
(678) 547-6195, Fax (678) 547-6160
subrahmany_v@mercer.edu

EDUCATION:

Ph.D (Finance), Southern Illinois University, Finance, 1993                   

Ph.D. Candidate (Economics), Southern Illinois University, 1989

M.S., (Economics), Southern Illinois University, 1987

M.A., (Economics), University of Hyderabad, India, 1985

B.A., (Mathematics, Statistics and Economics), Osmania University, India, 1983

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

Associate Professor of Finance, Mercer University, Fall 2003-present

Associate Professor of Finance, Clark Atlanta University, Fall 1999-2002

Assistant Professor of Finance, Clark Atlanta University, Jan 1994-Aug 1999.

Visiting Professor, Univ. of West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica, Summer- 2002 and 2003.

Summer Teaching, Young Scholars Program by Mitsubishi and United Negro Fund.

Summer Teaching, International Business, School of International Affairs, Clark Atlanta University

Executive Education – Small Business Administration, 1995-1998

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Stock Exchange Governance Initiatives: Evidence from the Italian STARs, with K. Gleason and J. Madura published with the Journal of Banking and Finance, January 2007.

 

Is Accounting Fraud Predictable? with N. Jay, A. Saxena and R. Best, published Review of Business Research, 2007.

 

Auditor Compensation Pattern of S&P500 Corporations Before and After the Passage of Sarbanes-Oxley Act, with G. Pandit and A. Rubenfeld,  Journal of Applied Business Research, 2007.

 

“Are the Audit Committee Reports Disclosing Enough After The Sarbanes-Oxley Act?  A study of NYSE Companies,” with G. Pandit and G. Conway, Managerial Auditing Journal, January 2006. Was awarded 2007 Highly Commended paper, by Emerald Literarti Network.

 

"Are Corporations Spending Less on Non-Audit Services After the Passage of Sarbanes-Oxley Act?" with G. Pandit and A. Rubenfeld, NAAS Proceedings, March 2006 MBAA

 

Short and Long Run Performance and Economic Transition: Evidence from Post-Apartheid South African IPOs, with K. Alli and K. Gleason, revise and resubmit at the Journal of Multinational Financial Management.

 

"Investment in technology in minority and women-owned businesses," (co-authored study), Southern Economics and Business Journal, Dec 2004

 

“An Examination of Audit Committee Reports Published by a sample of NYSE companies,” (co-authored study), October 2005, CPA Journal.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

  • Three papers accepted for various conferences in 2006 on IPOs, Audit Fees and Fraud
  • Program Committee and Adhoc Reviewer
  • Treasurer and Board Member, League of Women Voters, 2004-2006

HONORS AND AWARDS:

  • Faculty of the Year for 2005-2006 and 2002, 2000 and 1997
  • Summa cum Laude, M.A., University of Hyderabad, India, (Class of 1985)
  • Received the National Merit Scholarship for graduate studies, 1983-1983 & undergraduate studies, 1980-83.
  • Summa cum Laude, Osmania University, India, (Class of 1983)