Academic Degrees
Ph D, Oklahoma State University
MBA, St. Cloud State University, Minnesota
Bachelor of Commerce, University of Bombay
Representative Publications
D’Souza, F., Johnson, M., (2019) “Structuring an Endowment-Allocated Student Managed Fund Course”,Business Education & Accreditation (BEA), V11(1), 2019 (forthcoming)
D’Souza, F., (2017) “The Impact of Equity Market Timing on Firm Value: A Behavioral Approach”, Journal of Business and Policy Research Vol. 12. No. 1. July 2017. Pp. 34 – 53
Chelikani S., & D’Souza, F., (2014) “The Effect of Regulation Fair Disclosure on Market Integration”, International Journal of Business and Finance Research, 8(4), 43-62
D’Souza, F., & Chelikani S., (2013) “The Impact Insider Ownership Level on Equity Market Timing Decisions”, Journal of Global Business Development, 4(1), 36-43
Nan S. Ellis, Lisa Fairchild and Frank D'Souza, Conflicts of Interest in the Credit
Rating Industry After Dodd-Frank: Continued Business as Usual?, Virginia Law and Business
Review, 7 2012, 1-46.
Nan S. Ellis, Lisa Fairchild and Frank D'Souza, Is Imposing Liability on Credit Rating
Agencies a Good Idea?: Credit Rating Agency Reform in the Aftermath of the Global
Financial Crisis, Stanford Journal of Law, Business and Finance, 2012.
Frank D'Souza, Harold Fletcher and Octavian Ionici, Equity Market Timing and Subsequent
Delisting Likelihood, The International Journal of Business and Finance Research,
5(2) 2011.
Surya Chelikani and Frank P. D'Souza, The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on Market Efficiency:
Evidence from Mergers and Acquisitions Activity, International Journal of Business
and Finance Research, 5(4) 2011, 75-88.
D'Souza, F., Ellis, N., & Fairchild, L., (2010), "Illuminating the Need for Regulation
in Dark Markets: Proposed Regulation of the OTC Derivatives Market", University of
Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law, 12, 473-516
Carter, D., D'Souza, F., Simkins, B., & Simpson, W.G., (2010), "The Gender and Ethnic
Diversity of US Boards and Board Committees and Firm Financial Performance", Corporate
Governance: An International Review, 18(5), 396-414
Simpson, W. G., Carter, D., & D'Souza, F., (2010), "What Do We Know About Women on
Boards", Journal of Applied Finance, 20(2), 27-39
"Chapter 18: Cost of Capital: An Introduction", Ionici, O. & Small, K. & D'Souza,
F., in "Capital Budgeting Valuation: Financial Analysis for Today's Investment Projects".
Edited by H. Kent Baker and P. English (2011).
Awards and Honors
"Best paper in Corporate Finance" award at the annual conference of the Southwestern Finance Association (SWFA) 2009
Professional Memberships
Finance Management Association
American Finance Association
Eastern Finance Association
Southwestern Finance Association
Beta Gamma Sigma.
Current Projects
D'Souza, F., "The Announcement Period Reaction to market timed SEOs".