Vicentiu M. Covrig
Professor Covrig's primary research interests are in business valuation and international finance. He has published in several journals, including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Futures Markets, Business Valuation Review, among others. He is a member of the academic board of the Business Valuation Review, and recent research has focused on the valuation of complex corporate securities and the determination of the financial metric (i.e., revenues, profits) volatility needed as input to the models. He has made numerous presentations at academic and practitioner conferences, including the American Finance Association, Western Finance Association, and the American Society of Appraisers National Conference, as well as taught in professional programs in Singapore, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
Education
- Ph.D. 1999, Arizona State University
- M.A. 1994, Central European University
- B.S. 1992, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest
Areas of Expertise/Research
- Business Valuation
- International Finance
- Portfolio Management
Selected Publications
- Covrig, V. (2026). Firm Size and Financial Metrics Volatility. Business Valuation Review, 45(1).
- Covrig, V. (2024). Size and Leverage Adjusting Volatility. Business Valuation Review.
- Covrig, V., DeFond, M., Hung, M. (2007). Home Bias, Foreign Mutual Fund Holdings, and the Voluntary Adoption of International. Journal of Accounting Research, 45.
- Covrig, V. (2005). What Determines the Domestic Bias and Foreign Bias? Journal of Finance.
- Covrig,V. (2004). A Yen is not a Yen: TIBOR/LIBOR and the determinants of 'Japan Premium'. Journal of Finance and Quantitative Analysis.
Honors and Awards
- Research Fellow, CSUN 2007, CSUN. (March 15, 2008).
- Best Research Paper Award COBAE 2007, COBAE. (March 2007).
- 2005 Exceptional MODResearch Award Recipient, $5,000, MOD, CSUN. (August 2005).