Jake A. Smith

Financial Economist, Office of Litigation Economics (DERA)

Education Summary

  • Ph.D. Finance, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2023
  • M.S. Finance, University of South Florida, 2015
  • B.S. Finance, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, 2013

Fields of Interest

  • Mergers, acquisitions and restructuring
  • Behavioral finance
  • Climate finance
  • Corporate taxation

  • Financial Economist
    Division of Economic and Risk Analysis
    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
    2023-present
  • Teaching Assistant/Instructor
    Naveen Jindal School of Management
    The University of Texas at Dallas
    2017-2022
  • Pricing Analyst
    U.S. Strategic Pricing
    FedEx Services
    2016-2017

  • Meier, Jean-Marie and Jake Smith, 2023, Tax Avoidance through Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions. Working Paper.
  • Meier, Jean-Marie and Jake Smith, 2023, Improving the Measurement of Tax Residence: Implications for Research on Corporate Taxation. Working Paper.
  • Smith, Jake, 2023, Climate Change Salience and Firm Investment. Working Paper.
  • Meier, Jean-Marie and Jake Smith, 2021, The COVID-19 Bailouts. Working Paper.

CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES

  • Paper presentation, NTA's 116th Annual Conference on Taxation.
  • Paper presentation, 79th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance.
  • Paper presentation, 2023 Research Symposium on Finance and Economics.
  • Paper presentation (by coauthor), Seventh Annual M&A Research Centre Conference.
  • Paper presentation, Fifth Edinburgh Corporate Finance Conference.
  • Paper presentation, SFS Cavalcade 2023.
  • Paper presentation, 13th Financial Markets and Corporate Governance Conference.
  • Paper presentation (by coauthor), 12th EIASM Conference on Current Research in Taxation.
  • Paper presentation (by coauthor), 2022 ZEW Public Finance Conference.
  • Paper presentation, 12th Financial Markets and Corporate Governance Conference.
  • Poster session, American Economic Association 2022.
  • Paper presentation, Paris December 2021 Finance Meeting.
  • Paper presentation (by coauthor), 2021 FOM Conference.
  • Paper presentation, 7th IWH-FIN-FIRE Workshop on "Challenges to Financial Stability."
  • Paper presentation, China International Conference in Finance 2021.
  • Paper presentation, SFS Cavalcade 2021.
  • Paper presentation, Midwest Finance Association 2021.
  • Poster session, American Economic Association 2021.
  • Paper presentation, Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting 2020.
  • Paper presentation, European Economic Association 2020.
  • Paper presentation, 10th EIASM Conference on Current Research in Taxation.

OTHER PRESENTATIONS

  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 2023.
  • University of North Texas, 2023.

Last Reviewed or Updated: June 28, 2024