Professor Michel Vetsuypens
Michel is currently Professor of Finance at the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Vetsuypens, who joined SMU in 1985, earned a Ph.D. degree from the University of Rochester. He teaches finance in the undergraduate, MBA, and executive MBA programmes and in various open enrolment and custom executive education programmes for numerous corporate clients. A native of Brussels, Belgium, Vetsuypens speaks several languages.
Areas of Specialisation
Michel’s area of expertise include Corporate Finance and International Finance.
List of Clients
Vetsuypens has taught managers in the U.S., Europe, Japan, the Middle East and Latin America.
His corporate executive education clients include ConocoPhillips, Anadarko, Valero Energy, Texas Instruments, PdVSA, KPMG, Saudi Aramco and others.
Current Research
Vetsuypens’ research interests include leveraged buyouts, investment banking, the venture capital market, initial public offerings, CEO compensation and stock splits.
Qualifications and Publications
Michel’s qualifications include a Ph.D from the Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester, 1985, an M.S from the Simon Graduate School, University of Rochester, an M.B.A from The Vlerick School, State University of Ghent, Belgium and a B.A. in Applied Economics from the Brussels School of Economics, Belgium.
His studies have been published in the leading finance journals and presented at numerous professional finance conferences.
“Are stock splits credible signals? Evidence from short interest data”, with P. Kadiyala, Financial Management
“The Benefits of Financial Distress: Creating Pay for Performance in Troubled Companies”, with S. Gilson, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance
“CEO Compensation in Financially Distressed Firms : An Empirical Analysis”, with S. Gilson, Journal of Finance
“Stock Splits: Signaling or Liquidity? The Case of ADR Solo-Splits”, with C. Muscarella, Journal of Financial Economics
Achievements
Vetsuypens has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching, research and community service.
