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Academic Background

M.S., University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria
M.B.A., University of Montana
Ph.D., finance, University of Arkansas

Research Interest

• Corporate finance 
• International finance and governance
• Mergers and acquisitions 
• Agency theory 
  

Current Research

• Alternative methods of convergence toward U.S. market and legal regulations
• SOX and cross-listing
• The impact of formal and informal institutions on cross-border joint ventures
• Determinants of bidder and target identity in cross-border mergers
  

Major Works

• Baxamusa, M. and D. Georgieva, “Two-Step Acquisitions and Liquidity Spread,” Journal of Economics and Finance, forthcoming.
• Georgieva, D. and T. Jandik, “Alternative Methods of Convergence toward U.S. Market and Legal Regulations: Cross-listing vs. Merging with U.S. Bidders," Journal of Multinational Financial Management, 22:5 (2012): 230-251.
• Georgieva, D., T. Jandik, and W. Lee, “The impact of laws, regulations, and culture on cross-border joint ventures,” Journal of International Financial Markets, Money and Institutions 22:4 (2012): 774-795.
• Daugherty, M. and D. Georgieva, “Foreign cultures, Sarbanes–Oxley Act and cross-delisting,” Journal of Multinational Financial Management 21 (2011): 208-223.
• "Does Sarbanes-Oxley Act Chase away Foreign Firms? Evidence from ADR Terminations,” Journal of International Business Research 8:2 (2009): 115-149.
   

Significant Scholarly Honors

• Best Engineering Student Award (Eureka Foundation Scholarship) 
• Oustanding Female Foreign Student Award (University of Montana)
• Sam Walton Doctoral Fellowship (University of Arkansas)
• Summer Research Grants (University of Arkansas)