Rohan G. Williamson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University

Professor Williamson specializes in international finance, corporate finance and risk management/hedging. He is currently conducting research in the areas of corporate investment decisions, foreign exchange rate exposure, and corporate liquidity. Professor Williamson teaches international finance to undergraduates, advanced corporate finance to MBA's and has taught several courses at the executive level.

Professor Williamson's publications include: "Identifying and Quantifying Corporate Exposures," (with Rene Stulz) in Financial Risk and the Corporate Treasury and reprinted in Corporate Risk: Strategies and Management; "The Determinants and Implications of Corporate Cash Holdings," (with Tim Opler, Lee Pinkowitz, and Rene Stulz), Journal of Financial Economics, recipient of the 1999 Micheal Jense Prize for the best paper in corporate governance and organization; "Exchange Rate Exposure and Competitiveness: Evidence from the World Automotive Industry," Journal of Financial Economics and "Bank Power and Cash Holdings: Evidence from Japan" (with Lee Pinkowitz), Review of Financial Studies. His working papers include "Culture, Openness and Finance" (with Rene Stulz) and "An International Comparison of Exchange Rate Exposure" (with Craig Doidge and John Griffin). Professor Williamson has presented his work at many conferences and was formerly employed with the Chrysler Corporation.