Dr. Titman is a Special-Term Professor of Finance at the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF) and a professor in the Department of Finance at the University of Texas, where he holds the Walter W. McAllister Centennial Chair in Financial Services. He is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Texas, Professor Titman held positions at UCLA, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Boston College. He spent the 1988-1989 academic year in Washington D.C. as the special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy.
Professor Titman's academic publications encompass both theoretical and empirical articles on asset pricing, corporate finance, real estate, and energy finance. He has published over 100 articles in top professional journals and three books, which are highly cited by academics and industry professionals.
Professor Titman has served on the editorial boards of leading academic journals, including the Journal of Finance and the Review of Financial Studies. He has also been an editor of the Review of Financial Studies and the founding editor of the International Review of Finance. He has been a board member of the Asian Finance Association and the Financial Management Association, and has served as the President of the Western Finance Association, the American Finance Association, and the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association.
Journal Publications
1. Chui, Andy C. W., Avanidhar Subrahmanyam, and Sheridan Titman, 2022, Momentum, Reversals, and Investor Clientele, Review of Finance.
2. Christopher A. Parsons, Riccardo Sabbatucci, and Sheridan Titman, 2020, Geographic Lead-Lag Effects, Review of Financial Studies.
3. Alti, Aydogan, and Sheridan Titman, 2019, Dynamic Model of Characteristic-based Return Predictability, Journal of Finance.
4. Ismail, Ahmad, Samer Khalil, Assem Safieddine, and Sheridan Titman, 2019, Smart Investments by Smart Money: Evidence from Acquirers' Projected Synergies, Journal of Corporate Finance.
5. Hwang, Chuan-Yang, Sheridan Titman, and Yuxi Wang, 2018, Is It Who You Know or What You Know? Evidence from IPO Allocations and Mutual Fund Performance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
6. Parsons, Christopher A., Johan Sulaeman, and Sheridan Titman, 2018, The Geography of Financial Misconduct, Journal of Finance.
7. Titman, Sheridan, 2017, Does Ownership Structure Matter?, European Financial Management.
8. Almazan, Andres, Adolfode Motta, and Sheridan Titman, 2015, Debt, labor markets, and the creation and destruction of firms, Journal of Financial Economics.
9. Sun, Libo, Sheridan D. Titman, and Garry J. Twite, 2015, REIT and Commercial Real Estate Returns: A Postmortem of the Financial Crisis, Real Estate Economics.
10. Dougal, Casey, Christopher A. Parsons, and Sheridan Titman, 2015, Urban Vibrancy and Corporate Growth, Journal of Finance.
11. Hartzell, Jay C., Libo Sun, and Sheridan Titman, 2014, Institutional investors as monitors of corporate diversification decisions: Evidence from real estate investment trusts, Journal of Corporate Finance.
12. Titman, Sheridan, Ko Wang, and Jing Yang, 2014, The Dynamics of Housing Prices, Journal of Real Estate Research.
13. Subrahmanyam, Avanidhar, Sheridan Titman, 2013, Financial Market Shocks and the Macroeconomy, Review of Financial Studies.
14. Titman, Sheridan, and Garry Twite, 2013, Urban density, law and the duration of real estate leases, Journal of Urban Economics.
15. Lake, Larry W., John Martin, J. Douglas Ramsey, and Sheridan Titman, 2013, A Primer on the Economics of Shale Gas Production: Just how Cheap is Shale Gas?, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance.
16. Fan, Joseph P.H., Sheridan Titman, and Gary Twite, 2012, An International Comparison of Capital Structure and Debt Maturity Choices, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
17. Hovakimian, Armen, Ayla Kayhan, and Sheridan Titman, 2012, Are Corporate Default Probabilities Consistent with the Static Trade-off Theory?, Review of Financial Studies.
18. Kaniel, Ron, Shuming Liu, Gideon Saar, and Sheridan Titman, 2012, Individual Investor Trading and Return Patterns around Earnings Announcements, Journal of Finance.
19. Anshuman, V. Ravi, John Martin, and Sheridan Titman, 2012, An Entrepreneur's Guide to Understanding the Cost of Venture Capital: Just how much does venture capital cost?, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance.
20. Anshuman, V. Ravi, John Martin, and Sheridan Titman, 2011, Accounting for Sovereign Risk When Investing in Emerging Markets, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance.
21. Jacquier, Eric, Sheridan Titman, and AtakanYalçınc, 2010, Predicting systematic risk: Implications from growth options, Journal of Empirical Finance.
22. Titman, Sheridan, 2010, The leverage of hedge funds, Finance Research Letters.
23. Martin John, and Sheridan Titman, 2008, Single vs. Multiple Discount Rates: How to Limit 'Influence Costs' in the Capital Allocation Process, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance.
24. Hovakimian, Armen, Tim Opler, and Sheridan Titman, 2005, The Capital Structure Choice: New Evidence for a Dynamic Tradeoff Model, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance.
25. Daniel, Kent, and Sheridan Titman, 1999, Market Efficiency in an Irrational World , Financial Analysts Journal.
26. Daniel, Kent, and Sheridan Titman, 1998, Characteristics or Covariances?, The Journal of Portfolio Management.
27. Daniel, Kent, and Sheridan Titman, 1997, Evidence on the Characteristics of Cross Sectional Variation in Stock Returns, Journal of Finance.
28. Daniel, Kent, Mark Grinblatt, Russ Wermers, and Sheridan Titman, 1997, Measuring Mutual Fund Performance with Characteristic Based Benchmarks, Journal of Finance.
29. Opler, Tim C., Michael Saron, and Sheridan Titman, 1997, Designing Capital Structure to Create Shareholder Value, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance.
30. Narasimhan Jegadeesh,Sheridan Titman, 1995, Short Horizon Return Reversals and the Bid-Ask Spread, Journal of Financial Intermediation.
31. Jegadeesh, Narasimhan, and Sheridan Titman, 1995, Overreaction, Delayed Reaction and Contrarian Profits, Review of Financial Studies.
32. Grinblatt, Mark, Russ Wermers, and Sheridan Titman, 1995, Momentum Investment Strategies, Portfolio Performance and Herding: A Study of Mutual Fund Behavior, American Economic Review.
33. Sheridan Titman, 1995, Issuing Equity Under Asymmetric Information, North Holland Handbook of Finance.
34. Sheridan Titman, 1995, Performance Evaluation, North Holland Handbook of Finance.
35. Opler, Tim C., and Sheridan Titman, 1994, Financial Distress and Corporate Performance, Journal of Finance.
36. Grinblatt, Mark, and Sheridan Titman, 1994, A Study of Monthly Mutual Fund Returns and Performance Evaluation Techniques, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
37. Hirshleifer, David, Avanidhar Subrahmanyam, and Sheridan Titman, 1994, Security Analysis and Trading Patterns When Some Investors Receive Private Information Before Others, Journal of Finance.
38. Jegadeesh, Narasimhan, and Sheridan Titman, 1993, Returns to Buying Winners and Selling Losers: Implications for Stock Market Efficiency, Journal of Finance.
39. Grinblatt, Mark, and Sheridan Titman, 1993, Performance Measurement without Benchmarks: An Examination of Mutual Fund Returns, Journal of Business.
40. Opler, Tim, and Sheridan Titman, 1993, The Determinants of Leveraged Buyout Activity: Free Cash Flow vs. Financial Distress Costs, Journal of Finance.
41. Titman, Sheridan, 1992, Interest Rate Swaps and Corporate Financing Choices, Journal of Finance.
42. Grinblatt, Mark, and Sheridan Titman, 1992, The Persistence of Mutual Fund Performance, Journal of Finance.
43. Maksimovic, Vojislav, and Sheridan Titman, 1991, Financial Policy and a Firm's Reputation for Product Quality, Review of Financial Studies.
44. Julian Franks , Robert Harris,Sheridan Titman, 1991, The Postmerger Shareprice Performance of Acquiring Firms, Journal of Financial Economics.
45. Hirshleifer, David, and Sheridan Titman, 1990, Share Tendering Strategies and the Success of Hostile Takeover Bids, Journal of Political Economy.
46. Sheridan Titman, 1990, The Impact of Debt on Management Incentives, Investment Performance and Economic Impact.
47. Talmor, Eli, and Sheridan Titman, 1990, Taxes and Dividend Policy, Financial Management.
48. Titman, Sheridan, and Arthur Warga, 1989, Stock Returns as Predictors of Interest Rates and Inflation, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
49. Grinblatt, Mark, and Sheridan Titman, 1989, Adverse Risk Incentives and the Design of Performance-Based Contracts, Management Science.
50. Grinblatt, Mark, and Sheridan Titman, 1989, Mutual Fund Performance: An Analysis of Quarterly Portfolio Holdings, Journal of Business.
51. Titman, Sheridan, and Walter Torous, 1989, Valuing Commercial Mortgages: An Empirical Investigation of the Contingent Claims Approach to Pricing Risky Debt, Journal of Finance.
52. Grinblatt, Mark, and Sheridan Titman, 1989, Portfolio Performance Evaluation: Old Issues and New Insights, Review of Financial Studies.
53. Titman, Sheridan, 1989, How to Avoid Games Portfolio Managers Play, Institutional Investor Money Management Forum.
54. Trueman, Brett, and Sheridan Titman, 1988, An Explanation of Accounting Income Smoothing, Journal of Accounting Research.
55. Titman, Sheridan, and Roberto Wessels, 1988, The Determinants of Capital Structure Choice, Journal of Finance.
56. Grinblatt, Mark, and Sheridan Titman, 1987, The Relation Between Mean-Variance Efficiency and Arbitrage Pricing, Journal of Business.
57. Sheridan Titman, 1987, How Clients Can Win the Gaming Game, The Journal of Portfolio Management.
58. Titman, Sheridan, and Brett Trueman, 1986, Information Quality and the Valuation of New Issues, Journal of Accounting & Economics.
59. Titman, Sheridan, and Arthur Warga, 1986, Risk and the Performance of Real Estate Investment Trusts: A Multiple Index Approach, Real Estate Economics.
60. Sheridan Titman, 1985, The Effect of Forward Markets on the Debt-Equity Mix of Investor Portfolios and the Optimal Capital Structure of Firms, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
61. Sheridan Titman, 1985, Urban Land Prices Under Uncertainty, American Economic Review.
62. Shapiro, AC, and Sheridan Titman, 1985, An Integrated Approach to Corporate Risk Management, Midland Corporate Finance Journal.
63. Grinblatt, Mark, and Sheridan Titman, 1985, Approximate Factor Structures: Interpretations and Implications for Empirical Tests, Journal of Finance.
64. Sheridan Titman, 1984, The Effect of Capital Structure on a Firm's Liquidation Decision, Journal of Financial Economics.
65. Mark Grinblatt , Ronald Masulis,Sheridan Titman, 1984, The Valuation Effects of Stock Splits and Stock Dividends, Journal of Financial Economics.
66. Mark Grinblatt，Sheridan Titman, 1983, Factor Pricing in a Finite Economy, Journal of Financial Economics.
67. Sheridan Titman, 1982, The Effects of Anticipated Inflation on Housing Market Equilibrium, Journal of Finance.
