Rate My Professor Jay Hartzell

Hartzell's scholarship centers on real estate finance, corporate finance, and corporate governance. Notable publications include "Institutional Investors and Executive Compensation" (2003), "Why Do Firms Hold So Much Cash? A Tax-Based Explanation" (2007), "Active Institutional Shareholders and Costs of Monitoring: Evidence from Executive Compensation" (2005), "What's in It for Me? CEOs Whose Firms Are Acquired" (2004), and "The Impact of CEO Turnover on Equity Volatility" (2005). Recognized twice by students as an Outstanding Core Instructor in the MBA program, he also holds the Ed and Carolyn Hyman Presidential Leadership Chair. As dean, Hartzell launched the Goff Real Estate Labs, elevated the Canfield Business Honors program, opened Rowling Hall as the MBA program home, forged partnerships with units including Dell Medical School, College of Fine Arts, College of Liberal Arts, College of Natural Sciences, and Moody College of Communication, and created the Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion position along with the McCombs Diversity and Inclusion Committee. His leadership advanced business education and interdisciplinary collaboration at UT Austin.