Aazam K Virani
- Assistant Professor, Finance
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 621-7554
- McClelland Hall, Rm. 315F
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- avirani@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Finance
- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Three Essays on Corporate Governance
- B.S. Mathematics and Statistics (Major); Economics (Minor)
- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Awards
- Undergraduate Outstanding Finance Faculty Member
- Eller College Dean’s Council and Eller Undergraduate Student Body, Spring 2020
- Eller Undergraduate Faculty Member of the Year for a Large Class, 2017-2018
- Spring 2018
- Theodore Eisenberg Poster Prize
- Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, Fall 2016
- Scrivner Teaching Award
- Eller College of Management, Spring 2016
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Quantitative Financial Mngmt
FIN 360 (Spring 2025) -
Quantitative Financial Mngmt
FIN 360 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Quantitative Financial Mngmt
FIN 360 (Spring 2024) -
Quantitative Financial Mngmt
FIN 360 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Quantitative Financial Mngmt
FIN 360 (Spring 2023) -
Quantitative Financial Mngmt
FIN 360 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Quantitative Financial Mngmt
FIN 360 (Spring 2022) -
Quantitative Financial Mngmt
FIN 360 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Preceptorship
FIN 391 (Fall 2020) -
Quantitat Fin Mgmt Tech - Mjrs
FIN 360L (Fall 2020) -
Quantitative Financial Mngmt
FIN 360 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Independent Study
FIN 599 (Summer I 2020) -
Preceptorship
FIN 391 (Spring 2020) -
Quantitat Fin Mgmt Tech - Mjrs
FIN 360L (Spring 2020) -
Quantitative Financial Mngmt
FIN 360 (Spring 2020) -
Preceptorship
FIN 391 (Fall 2019) -
Quantitat Fin Mgmt Tech - Mjrs
FIN 360L (Fall 2019) -
Quantitative Financial Mngmt
FIN 360 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Preceptorship
FIN 391 (Spring 2019) -
Quantitat Fin Mgmt Tech - Mjrs
FIN 360L (Spring 2019) -
Quantitative Financial Mngmt
FIN 360 (Spring 2019) -
Preceptorship
FIN 391 (Fall 2018) -
Quantitat Fin Mgmt Tech - Mjrs
FIN 360L (Fall 2018) -
Quantitative Financial Mngmt
FIN 360 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Preceptorship
FIN 391 (Spring 2018) -
Quantitat Fin Mgmt Tech - Mjrs
FIN 360L (Spring 2018) -
Quantitative Financial Mngmt
FIN 360 (Spring 2018) -
Preceptorship
FIN 391 (Fall 2017) -
Quantitat Fin Mgmt Tech - Mjrs
FIN 360L (Fall 2017) -
Quantitative Financial Mngmt
FIN 360 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Preceptorship
FIN 391 (Spring 2017) -
Quantitative Financial Mngmt
FIN 360 (Spring 2017) -
Preceptorship
FIN 391 (Fall 2016) -
Quantitat Fin Mgmt Tech - Mjrs
FIN 360L (Fall 2016) -
Quantitative Financial Mngmt
FIN 360 (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Preceptorship
FIN 391 (Spring 2016) -
Quantitative Financial Mngmt
FIN 360 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Chen, Z., Mahmudi, H., Virani, A., & Zhao, X. (2020). Why Are Bidder Termination Provisions Included In Takeovers?. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming.
- Doidge, C., Dyck, A., Mahmudi, H., & Virani, A. (2019). Collective action and governance activism. Review of Finance, 23(5), 893--933.
Presentations
- Virani, A. K. (2018, Spring). Quasi-Insider Shareholder Activism: Corporate Governance at the Periphery of Control. American Finance Association.
- Virani, A. K. (2017, Fall 2017). The Value Implications of Mandatory Clawback Provisions. Conference on Empirical Legal Studies.
- Virani, A. K. (2017, Spring 2017). The Value Implications of Mandatory Clawback Provisions. Arizona State University Finance Seminar.
- Doidge, C., Dyck, A., Mahmudi, H., & Virani, A. K. (2016, January). Can Institutional Investors Improve Corporate Governance Through Collective Action?. American Finance Association Meeting 2016.
- Doidge, C., Dyck, A., Mahmudi, H., & Virani, A. K. (2016, Summer 2016). Can Institutional Investors Improve Corporate Governance Through Collective Action?. FIRN Corporate Finance Research Group. Sydney Australia.
- Mahmudi, H., Virani, A. K., & Zhao, X. (2016, Fall). When a Buyer Gets Cold Feet: What is the Value of a Bidder Termination Provision in a Takeover?. Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting Conference 2016. Chicago, IN.
- Virani, A. K. (2016, Summer). "Social" Issues in Takeovers. Alberta School of Business Frontiers in Finance 2016.
- Doidge, C., Dyck, A., Mahmudi, H., & Virani, A. K. (2015, April). Can Institutional Investors Improve Corporate Governance Through Collective Action? (co-author presented). NBER Corporate Finance Meeting 2015.
- Doidge, C., Dyck, A., Mahmudi, H., & Virani, A. K. (2015, December). Can Institutional Investors Improve Corporate Governance Through Collective Action?. European Finance Association Meeting 2015.
- Doidge, C., Dyck, A., Mahmudi, H., & Virani, A. K. (2015, September). Can Institutional Investors Improve Corporate Governance Through Collective Action?. Northern Finance Association Meeting 2015.
- Doidge, C., Dyck, A., Mahmudi, H., & Virani, A. K. (2014, October). Can Institutional Investors Improve Corporate Governance through Collective Action? (co-author presented). Rotman International Centre for Pension Management Forum.
- Mahmudi, H., Virani, A. K., & Zhao, X. (2013, Fall). When a Buyer Gets Cold Feet: What is the Value of a Bidder Termination Provision in a Takeover?. Northern Finance Association Meeting 2013. Quebec, QC.
- Mahmudi, H., Virani, A. K., & Zhao, X. (2013, Spring 2013). When a Buyer Gets Cold Feet: What is the Value of a Bidder Termination Provision in a Takeover?. Midwest Finance Association Meeting 2013. Chicago, IN.
Poster Presentations
- Mahmudi, H., Virani, A. K., & Zhao, X. (2016, Fall). When a Buyer Gets Cold Feet: What is the Value of a Bidder Termination Provision in a Takeover?. Conference on Empirical Legal Studies 2016. Durham, NC.
Case Studies
- Dyck, A., & Virani, A. K. (2012. Buying into the 407: The Syndication Protocol as a New Model for Infrastructure Investing(p. 25).
