Jordan Nickerson

Research Interests

• Executive Labor Markets
• Credit Ratings
• CDO and MBS Securities
• Household Finance

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) The University of Texas at Austin (2009 — 2014)
• B.S. The University of Texas at Austin (2005 — 2009)

Companies

• Visiting Assistant Professor MIT Sloan School of Management (2020)
• Assistant Professor of Finance Boston College (2014 — 2020)
• Graduate Research Assistant University of Texas at Austin (2009 — 2014)
• Actuarial Intern Rudd and Wisdom (2008 — 2008)
• Owner/Operator Uncle Sam's Snow Cones (2005 — 2008)

Publications

• Gonzalo Maturana, and Jordan Nickerson, Real Effects of Workers' Financial Distress: Evidence from Teacher Spillovers. Journal of Financial Economics 136, 137-51.

• Darren Kisgen, Jordan Nickerson, Matt Osborn, and Jonathan Reuter, Analyst Promotions within Credit Rating Agencies: Accuracy or Bias?. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 55, 869-96.

• Lisa De Simone, Jordan Nickerson, Jeri K. Seidman, and Bridget Stomberg, How Reliably Do Financial Statement Proxies Identify Tax Avoidance? Contemporary Accounting Research 37, 1536-61.

• Maturana, Gonzalo, and Jordan Nickerson, Teachers Teaching Teachers: The Role of Workplace Peer Effects on Financial Decisions. Review of Financial Studies 32, 3920-57.

• RFS Rising Scholar Award, 2020

• Best Paper Award, 2016 Red Rock Finance Conference

• Nickerson, Jordan, Market Forces and CEO Pay: Shocks to CEO Demand Induced by IPO Waves. Review of Financial Studies 30, 2272-312.

• Nickerson, Jordan, and John M. Griffin, Debt Correlations in the Wake of the Financial Crisis: What are Appropriate Default Correlations for Structured Products?. Journal of Financial Economics 125, 454-74.

• Griffin, John M., Jordan Nickerson, and Dragon Yongjun Tang, Rating Shopping or Catering? An Examination of the Response to Competitive Pressure for CDO Credit Ratings. Review of Financial Studies 26, 2270–310.