George J. Papaioannou, Ph.D. Frank G. Zarb School of Business Hofstra University Hempstead, NY 11549-1270 FINGJP@hofstra.edu (516) 463-5141 (voice)

Dr. Papaioannou earned his B.A. in economics with honors from the Athens School of Economics and Business Sciences, his M.B.A. from Duquesne University, and his Ph.D. in finance from Pennsylvania State University. His research interests include topics in corporate finance, investment banking and international finance. His teaching concentrates on corporate finance and investment banking. He has conducted research on stock listings, corporate financial policy, mergers and acquisitions, the Greek stock market and security offerings. His papers have appeared in Financial Management, The Financial Review, the Journal of Financial Research, Managerial and Decision Economics, and other refereed journals in the United States and abroad. He has contributed articles to research monographs, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance and has authored the study, Development of Direct Financing in Greece. His work has been cited in journal articles and books. He has presented papers at many academic conventions and has served as a member of program committees and ad hoc reviewer for academic journals. Dr. Papaioannou is on the editorial board of the Multinational Finance Journal and the Journal of Financial Services Marketing and served on the editorial board of the Corporate Finance Review. He has taught finance at Erasmus University, Rotterdam; the University of Piraeus; and the Athens Laboratory of Business Administration. Dr. Papaioannou was the co-director of two international conferences on global finance issues organized at Hofstra University and co-editor of two volumes of readings Business Finance in Less Developed Capital Markets and Financial Services in the Evolving Global Marketplace. He is currently the director of the Merrill Lynch Center for the Study of International Financial Services and Markets at the Zarb School of Business. He serves on the board of directors of the Nassau Educators Federal Credit Union. Dr. Papaioannou is a member of the American Finance Association; the Eastern, Southern, Southwestern, Midwest and Western Finance Associations; and the Financial Management Association and is a trustee of the Multinational Finance Society. For my favotite quotes click here