Jennifer Carpenter (academic)

Jennifer N. Carpenter (born October 13, 1965) is an American finance academic best known for her pioneering^[1] research into executive stock options. Other interests include fund manager compensation, survivorship bias, corporate bonds, and option pricing. She has been published in numerous journals including the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies, and the Journal of Business.^[2][3][4]

She is an Associate Professor at NYU's School of Business where she teaches MBA courses in debt instruments and markets, and at the PhD level, continuous time asset pricing and portfolio choice. She also teaches for the Master of Science in Global Finance (MSGF),^[2] which is a joint program between Stern and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.^[5] Before joining NYU, Carpenter worked at Goldman Sachs & Co in the fixed income division, and she was also a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania.^[2]

Carpenter received her BS in Economics, MA in Finance, MA in Mathematics, and PhD in Finance from the University of Pennsylvania.^[2]

Selected publications

• Carpenter, J. (2000). "Does Option Compensation Increase Managerial Risk Appetite". 55. Journal of Business. pp. 2311–2331., Cited 83 times, according to Scopus
• Carpenter, J. (1998). "The Exercise and Valuation of Executive Stock Options". 48. Journal of Financial Economics. pp. 127–158. Cited 57 times, according to Scopus
• Carpenter, J.; V. Acharya (2002). "Corporate Bond Valuation and Hedging with Stochastic Interest Rates and Endogenous Bankruptcy". Review of Financial Studies. pp. 1355–1383.
• Carpenter, J., M. Carhart, A. Lynch, and D. Musto (2002). "Mutual Fund Survivorship". 15. Review of Financial Studies. pp. 1439–1463.
• Carpenter, J.; P. Dybvig & H. Farnsworth. "Portfolio Performance and Agency". Review of Financial Studies.
• Carpenter, J.; A. Lynch (1999). "Survivorship Bias and Attrition Effects in Measures of Performance Persistence". 54. Journal of Financial Economics. pp. 337–374.
• Carpenter, J.; B. Remmers (2001). "Executive Stock Option Exercises and Inside Information". 74. Journal of Business. pp. 513–534.
• Carpenter, J.; R. Stanton & N. Wallace (2008). "Estimation of Employee Stock Option Exercise Rates and Firm Cost".
• Carpenter, J.; R. Stanton & N. Wallace (2008). "Optimal Exercise of Executive Stock Options and Implications for Firm Cost".

References

1. D. Taylor and W. van Zyl, Hedging employee stock options and the implications for accounting standards, Investment Analysts Journal, No. 67 2008
2. Jennifer Carpenter’s profile at NYU Stern School of Business
3. Jennifer Carpenter’s NYU about page
4. SSRN Author Page
5. Master of Science in Global Finance