Leo Pugachev is an Assistant Professor of Finance at UMSL and proud St. Louisan. He did his undergraduate studies at SLU (2011) and his doctoral studies at the University of Oklahoma (2019). Between degrees, Leo worked as an FDIC bank examiner in New England. Before starting at UMSL, he taught at University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, and Rochester Institute of Technology. He is an active researcher, having published in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Financial Management, and Journal of Banking and Finance. His work focuses on banking, regulation, and corporate governance. Outside of work, Leo is a proud father of two and husband of one. He enjoys seeing and playing live music, playing chess, and cheering on the St. Louis Blues. He travels any chance he can and has visited over 45 countries.
Education
Ph.D. in Finance - Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma, Spring 2019
B.S. in Business Administration; majors in Finance and Economics, minor in Information Technology Management - Saint Louis University, 2011
Publications
[1] Neglecting Peter to fix Paul: How shared directors transmit bank shocks to non-financial firms, w/ Andrea Schertler
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2021, Vol. 56(6), 2170-2207. Presentations: AEA poster session (2019), German Academic Association for Business Research (2018)*, FMA Europe (2018)*, EFMA (2018)*, International Risk Management Conference (2017)*, U. Mainz (2018)*, U. Darmstadt (2018), U. Osnabruck (2018)
[2] The risk-shifting value of payout: Evidence from bank enforcement actions
Journal of Banking and Finance, 2022, Vol. 138: 105595. Presentations: SFA (2019), SWFA (2018, Best PhD student paper), IFABS (2017), U. Oklahoma (2016)
[3] Vertical integration as an input price hedge: the case of Delta Air Lines and Trainer refinery, w/ Abdullah Almansur and William Megginson
Financial Management, 2020, Vol. 49(1): 179-206. Presentations: FMA (2017)*, FMA – Europe (2017)*, Magnolia Finance Conference (2017, Keynote)*, Commodity and Energy Markets Conference (2016), Multinational Finance Association (2016)*, IFABS (2016)*, SFA (2017, Keynote)*, Tunisian Finance Association (2016, Keynote) *, U. Oklahoma (2017), U. New Orleans (2017)*, American U. (2017)*
