His research interests include empirical corporate finance (especially corporate governance), international finance, the intersection between law and finance, and applied econometrics. His research has been published in several peer-reviewed business and economics journals, including the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Corporate Finance, Emerging Markets Review, the International Journal of Research in Marketing and the International Journal of Forecasting, among others. His most recent research examines the role of legal institutions, investor protection and corporate governance on the organization and profitability of firms in more than 80 countries around the world. His prior work has been noted several times in the business press, most recently in CNN Money, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, CBS Money Watch and The New York Times.