He received his Ph.D. from Brown University and held an appointment as Financial Economist with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC. His research interests include financial regulation, corporate governance, and corporate finance. His research has appeared in the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Accounting Research, and Management Science. It has also been covered in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Dallas Morning News, Bloomberg, Barron's, the Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog, and the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation. Besides research and teaching, Peter enjoys playing tennis, and spending time with his family.