Timothy Dombrowski, Ph.D.

Timothy Dombrowski is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. He holds a Ph.D. from Louisiana State University with a major in Finance, minor in Economics, and graduate certificate in Econometrics. He also received a B.A. in Accounting and Mathematics from Saint Leo University. His research focuses on a variety of topics across real estate finance, including risk management in mortgage markets, flood insurance markets, and innovations in financial technology. He has articles published in the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Advances in Econometrics, Journal of Housing Research, and others. Dombrowski also takes an active role on campus as the faculty advisor of the Finance Club, which hosts an annual Finance Career Conference as well as other events.

Education

Ph.D. in Finance with Economics Minor, Louisiana State Unversity

Graduate Certificate in Econometrics, Louisiana State University

B.A. Accounting and Mathematics, Saint Leo University

A.A. Pasco-Hernando State College

Courses

FINANCE 3500 - Financial Management

FINANCE 3542/6542 - Real Estate

FINANCE 3572/6572 - Financial Data Analytics

FINANCE 3574/6574 - AI Applications in Finance

FINANCE 3598/6590 - FINRA Exam Prep.

Publications

Calabrese, R., Dombrowski, T.P., Mandel, A., Pace, R.K., and Zanin, L. (2024), “Impacts of Extreme Weather Events on Mortgage Risks and Their Evolution under Climate Change: A Case Study on Florida.” European Journal of Operational Research, 314:1, 377–392.

Dombrowski, T.P., Narayanan, R.P., and Pace, R.K. (2023), “The Rank-Size Rule and Challenges in Diversifying Commercial Real Estate Portfolios,” Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 67:1, 1–28.

Dombrowski, T.P., Pace, R.K., and Wang, J. (2022), “Imputing Borrower Heterogeneity and Dynamics in Mortgage Default Models.” Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics.

Dombrowski, T.P., Ratnadiwakara, D., and Slawson Jr., V.C. (2021), "The FIMA NFIP’s Redacted Policies and Redacted Claims Datasets." Journal of Real Estate Literature, 28:2, 190-212.

Dombrowski, T.P., Pace, R.K. Ratnadiwakara, D., and Slawson Jr., V.C. (2020), "Deductible Choice in Flood Insurance: Who Chooses the Maximum?" Journal of Housing Research, 29:sup1, S144-S169.

Dombrowski, T.P., Pace, R.K., and Narayanan, R.P. (2020), "Mortgage Portfolio Diversification in the Presence of Cross-Sectional and Spatial Dependence," Advances in Econometrics 41: 383-411.