Dr. Tim Trombley
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Biography
Tim Trombley has a PhD from Purdue University. Before getting his PhD, he worked as a financial analyst for a large commercial real estate firm. He also spent time in the amusement park and electricity industries. He previously worked as a professor at San Diego State University. He is married with five young kids who, unfortunately for them, look exactly like him.
Professor Trombley has published in top academic journals such as Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Organization Science, and Journal of Corporate Finance.
Current Courses
FIL 349.001 Advanced Financial Theory And Problems
FIL 349.002 Advanced Financial Theory And Problems
FIL 200.001 History of Financial Innovations from the Medicis to Bitcoin
Teaching Interests & Areas
Corporate Finance, Venture Capital, Financial History
Research Interests & Areas
Corporate Finance, Venture Capital, Corporate Governance, Politics in Finance, Economic History
PhD Finance
Purdue University
MBA
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
BS Mechanical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Outstanding Researcher Award for the College of Business
2024
Encyclopedia
Trombley, T. Fundraising in Venture Capital. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Private Equity (2023)
Journal Article
Trombley, T. The Customer-Consultant Method of Case Studies. Journal of Instructional Techniques in Finance (2024)
Trombley, T., Jones, J., & Trombley, M. Impact of cultural tightness on vaccination rate. Risk Management and Insurance Review 25.3 (2022): 367-389.
Trombley, T., Brincks, S., Haddad, K., & Lotfaliei, B. Capital Budgeting Around the World: A Comprehensive Review. Quarterly Journal of Finance and Accounting 58 (2020)
Trombley, T., & Lahr, H. Early indicators of fundraising by venture capital firms. Journal Of Corporate Finance 65 (2020)
Trombley, T., Yavuz, M., Ozmel, U., & Gulati, R. The Effect of Interfirm Ties on Performance in Financial Markets. Organization Science (2020)
Trombley, T., Yavuz, M., & Ozmel Yavuz, U. Outside Insiders: Does Access to Information Prior to an IPO Generate a Trading Advantage After the IPO?. Journal Of Financial And Quantitative Analysis 54.1 (2019): 303-334.
Trombley, T., & Hadad, K. Cost of Capital Techniques Used by Chinese Firms: A Survey of Practice.. Quarterly Journal of Finance and Accounting (2018)
Ozmel, U., Gulati, R., Trombley, T., & Yavuz, D. Performance Effects of Inter-firm Ties in Financial Markets. Academy of Management Proceedings 2016.1 (2016): 10943.
Written Case with Instructional Material
Trombley, T., Lotfaliei, B., & Patel, S. Should Marathon Petroleum Split Up?. Ivey Publishing (2020)
Presentations
Transmission of Information from Private to Public Markets. Financial Management Association Conference. University of Michigan. (2025)
https://www.ecgi.global/events/6th-annual-rcf-ecgi-corporate-finance-and-governance-conference
https://sites.google.com/view/review-of-corporate-finance/2025-rcf-ecgi-conference
https://sites.google.com/view/review-of-corporate-finance/2025-rcf-ecgi-conference
https://www.meetup.com/friends-finance-women-symposium-gny/events/311155908/?eventOrigin=group_past_events
Banking on Influence: The Impact of Regulatory Pressure on PPP Lending. Financial Management Association Annual Meeting. (2024)
How Managerial Capital Gains Taxes Increase Deception: Evidence from Stock Price Crash Risk. Financial Management Association Annual Meeting. (2024)
How Managerial Capital Gains Taxes Increase Deception: Evidence from Stock Price Crash Risk. Southwestern Finance Association. (2024)
How Managerial Capital Gains Taxes Increase Deception: Evidence from Stock Price Crash Risk. Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting. (2023)
Impact of Cultural Tightness on Vaccination Rates. CNR-ISMed. (2023)
The Cross-Border Buyout Next Door. Financial Management & Accounting Research Conference (FMARC. (2023)
Transmission of Information from Private to Public Markets. 34th Mitsui Finance Symposium. University of Michigan. (2023)
Value in Waiting to Vaccinate. American Economic Association. (2023)
Transmission of Information from Private to Public Markets. Chicago Booth Entrepreneurship Workshop. (2022)
Transmission of Information from Private to Public Markets. Craig Holden Memorial Conference. (2022)
Transmission of Information from Private to Public Markets. Southern California PE Conference. (2022)
Non-Market Factors and the CAPM: The Market Index Effec. Fourteenth Annual Singapore Risk Management Conference. (2021)
Tournament Incentives and Corporate Innovation. Financial Management Association Conference. (2021)
Tournament Incentives and Corporate Innovation. ENTFIN Conference. (2021)
Long Term Institutional Investors and Executive Compensation. Financial Management Association. (2020)
Long Term Institutional Investors and Executive Compensation. Financial Management Association. (2020)
Railroad Tunneling: Self Dealing During the Construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad. Business History Conference. (2020)
Dynamic Capital Structure, Asset Pricing Factors, and the CAPM. Eastern Finance Association. (2019)
It's All Relative: The Effects of Political Connections on Firms. Invited Presentation - University of Toledo. (2019)
It's All Relative: The Effects of Political Connections on Firms. Midwest Finance Association. (2019)
It's All Relative: The Effects of Political Connections on Firms. University of Dayton Summer Workshop. (2019)
Long Term Institutional Investors and Executive Compensation. Invited Presentation - LSU. (2019)