William Johnson is an Associate Professor in the Finance Department at UMass Lowell.

William Johnson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

College
Manning School of Business
Department
Finance
Phone
(978) 934-5306
Office
Pulichino Tong Business Center - 261
Email
William_Johnson@uml.edu

Education

  • Ph D: Finance, (2006), Michigan State University
  • MBA: Finance, (2002), State University of New York at Buffalo
  • BS: Materials Engineering, (1995), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Selected Publications

  • Johnson, W., Karpoff, J. (University of Washington), Wittry, M. (The Ohio State University) (). The Consequences to Directors of Deploying Poison Pills.
  • Johnson, W., Markelevich, A. (Suffolk University) (2023). GAAP Taxonomy Accounting for and Disclosure of Crypto Assets (pp. 2). FASB Comment Letter
  • Johnson, W. (UMass Lowell), Karpoff, J. (University of Washington), Yi, S. (Sogang University) (2022). The Life Cycle Effects of Corporate Takeover Defenses. Review of Financial Studies, 35(6) 2879-2927.
  • Johnson, W., Kang, J. (Nanyang University), Masulis, R. (University of New South Wales), Yi, S. (Sogang University) (2018). Seasoned Equity Offerings and Customer-Supplier Relationships. Journal of Financial Intermediation, 33 98-114.
  • Johnson, W., Karpoff, J. (University of Washington), Yi, S. (Sogang University) (2015). The Bonding Hypothesis of Takeover Defenses: Evidence from IPOs. Journal of Financial Economics, 117(2) 307-332.

Selected Presentations

  • The Consequences to Directors of Deploying Poison Pills, April 2022 - Waco, TX
  • The Lifecycle Effects of Takeover Defenses - conference on Finance and Firm Lifecycles, 2019