Ioannis (Yianni) Floros

Education

PhD, Business Administration, University of Pittsburgh
MS, Economics and Finance, University of Warwick
BS, Economics, University of Piraeus 

Areas of Expertise

Dr. Floros has expertise and conducts research in the areas of security offerings, corporate decisions to go public, small-cap financing, financial contracting, and financial disclosure.

Professional Activities

Dr. Floros’ academic research appears in various journals, including: The Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Corporate Finance Studies, Journal of Accounting Research and Review of Accounting Studies.

Prior to joining UWM’s Lubar College of Business, Dr. Floros was the Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Finance and Associate Professor at Iowa State University. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Pittsburgh, Iowa State University, DePaul University, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Zurich Elite Business School.

From 2012-2013, Dr. Floros was a Visiting Academic Fellow at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he served as the leading economist for rules related to the JOBS Act and participated in the formation of the economic baseline and the cost-benefit analysis of Dodd-Frank rules. Dr. Floros also researched fraudulent activities conducted in over-the-counter markets.

Prior to joining academia, Dr. Floros has worked for Accenture S.A. as a senior financial consultant, where he was involved in asset and liability management, implementation of integrated treasury systems, and data migration projects. He is also one of the founding members of the Dream Exchange, LLC.

For more information, please visit Dr. Floros' personal website.