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