University of Virginia
Assistant Professor of Finance. Research in statistical methods, financial information, investor behavior, firm growth and asset pricing.
Curriculum vitae
Robert Parham
Appointment
Education
PhD, Financial Economics
MSBA, Financial Economics
MBA, Finance
MSc, Computer Science
BA, Computer Science
Publications
Is News Really News? The Effects of Selective Disclosure Regulations. Review of Finance 28(6), 1991–2015.
2025 IQAM Best Investment Paper Prize
WSJ Category Kings — the Impact of Media Attention on Consumer and Mutual Fund Investment Decisions. Journal of Financial Economics 123(2), 337–356.
Fitting the Errors-in-Variables Model Using High-Order Cumulants and Moments. Stata Journal 17(1), 116–129.
Working papers
Growth and Differences of Log-Normals
The Two Dimensions of Income Growth
Asset Pricing with Cumulants
A Second Operating State in q-Theory: Revenue, Cost, and Corporate Losses
Facts of US Firm Scale and Growth 1970–2019: An Illustrated Guide
Earlier experience
Fidu · Co-founder & CEO
Recruited CFO and CTO co-founders and led customer-facing product definition for fiduciary financial management through secure text. Developed and consumer-tested an app; closed before public launch.
IBM-XIV · Senior Product Manager
Feature definition with development teams and customer/user education for enterprise storage.
Microsoft · Program Manager
ISA Server product work and leadership of internal security assessment for its development team at Microsoft’s Haifa office, including secure-code reviews and developer education.
Israeli Intelligence Corps · Researcher & Academy Commander
Cybersecurity research and command of the cybersecurity academy, with more than ten instructors and dozens of students under direct command.
Honors
IQAM Best Investment Paper Prize
Award for Creative Thinking
Technion Excellence Fellowship
Research software
Stata/Mata: xtewreg/EWreg and Symbolic.mata.
MATLAB: DLN tools and structural estimation.
Python: data collection and current agent-assisted research, with automated tests and statistical checks.
Teaching
Intermediate Corporate Finance, UVA McIntire. Course and assessment design, student support and TA mentoring. Earlier MBA corporate finance and PhD mathematical-tools teaching at Rochester.