The assistant professor of finance received recognition for the Managerial Finance article, “Do Mergers and Acquisitions Affect Information Asymmetry in the Banking Sector?”
Thibaut Morillon, assistant professor in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, received a 2021 Emerald Literati Award for Outstanding Paper for the article, “Do Mergers and Acquisitions Affect Information Asymmetry in the Banking Sector?”
The article, published in Volume 46 Issue 12 of Managerial Finance, was selected by the journal’s editorial team as the most impressive piece of work published by the journal in 2020.
In the article, Morillon and co-author John S. Howe, University of Missouri, look at whether specific firm or deal characteristics influence information asymmetry levels between insiders and investors, as well as the impact of recent regulation such as the Dodd–Frank Act.
To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study that looks at the effects of bank mergers and acquisitions as well as regulations on information asymmetry.
Morillon joined Elon in 2019 after completing his doctorate in finance at the University of Missouri. His research interests include mergers and acquisitions, international finance, corporate governance and real estate. Prior to his academic career, Morillon was a financial advisor at LCL Bank.