Svetla Vitanova is an Associate Teaching Professor of Finance at the Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University. She received her Ph.D. from Brown University in 2010. Her research has appeared in Management Science. Currently, Svetla is teaching Financial Markets and Institutions and Multinational Financial Management.
Expertise
Empirical Corporate Finance
Education
Ph D in Economics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 2010-05-10 MA in Economics, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, 2001-05-15 BA in Economics, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1999-05-15
Courses Taught
FIN 305 – Financial Management of the Business Enterprise
Development of advanced practices of financial management and their application to decision making in business firm.
FIN 407
FIN 407 – Mult Fin Mgmt
Analysis of the international aspects of managerial finance; emphasis on the impact of the international financial environment on firm operations.
FIN 408
FIN 408 – Fin Mrkts and Insts
Functional analysis of major credit institutions; sources and uses of funds; impact of government regulation.
FIN 855 – Global Finance
Analyze international business finance problems, impact of evolving inter- national payment systems on business, financial management in modern multi- national enterprise.
FIN 871 – STRAT FIN MGMT
Comprehensive course in corporate finance and the strategic implications of various financial decisions.
Selected Publications
Vitanova S., Iliev P. G. "The Effects of Say on Pay in the U.S." Management Science, vol. 65, 2019-10-01
Vitanova S., Tyler J. "Does MSP Participation Increase the Supply of Math Teachers?" Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 83, 2008-10-01