Finance PhD Graduates
Year | Student | Dissertation | Advisor(s) | First Job |
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2009 | Buhui Qiu | Two Essays on Corporate Fraud | Michael Ferguson Steve Slezak | Erasmus University (Rotterdam) |
2009 | Doina Chichernea | Essays on the Relation between Idiosyncratic Risk and Returns | Michael Ferguson Steve Slezak | University of Toledo |
2008 | Diana Wei | Essays in Mergers and Acquisitions: The Role of the Third Party | Michael Ferguson | Office of the Comptroller of the Currency |
2007 | David Manzler | Capital Gains Overhang and the Closed-End Fund Puzzle and Idiosyncratic Risk Arbitrage | Steve Slezak | Suffolk University (Boston) |
2007 | Guohua Ma | Three Essays on Trading Volume | Steve Wyatt | South Carolina State University |
2006 | Michael Dillon | A Comparison of IPO Issuers' Perceptions and Academic Theories about IPOs | Michael Walker | Lincoln Memorial University (Tennessee) |
2006 | Gina Nicolosi | Levelheaded Leaders? An Investigation into CEO Overconfidence and Effects | Steve Wyatt | Northern Illinois University |
2005 | Brad Stevenson | An Analysis of the Monitoring Ability of Commercial Banks with two Applications in Loan Contracting | Michael Ferguson | University of Akron |
2004 | Olivier Maisondieu-LaForge | Financial Contracting with CEOs: An Examination of Wealth Generation or Rent Extraction in an Environment of Changing Control Rights | Yong H. Kim | Brigham Young University |
2003 | Jr-ming (Jimmy) Yang | A Market Stabilization Mechanism—Circuit Breaker: Theory and Evidence | Yong H. Kim | Oregon State University |
2003 | Xu-Shen (Jason) Zhou | Empirical Studies in Finance | Yong H. Kim | Bloomsburg University (Pennsylvania) |
2002 | Andreas Rauterkus | Banks as Shareholders: Conflict of Interest or Efficient Corporate Governance? The Case of Germany | Steve Wyatt | Louisiana State University |
2000 | Debbie Psihountas | Family-Friendly Corporations: An Analysis of Implementation of Family-Friendly Policies and the Impact upon Corporate Performance and Efficiency | Glenn Henderson | Webster University (St. Louis) |
2000 | Angela Bansal | Pricing of Closed-End Country Funds: Effect of Investor Sentiment, Market Segmentation and Local Market Factors | Yong H. Kim | Federal Home Loan Bank Board |
1999 | Marlena Akhbari | Re-examination of the Bondholder Wealth Hypothesis in the Event of Tender Offer Stock Repurchases | Glenn Henderson | Wright State University (Dayton) |
1998 | Elizabeth Haradon | Do Ethical Investors Matter? Investor Responses to Disinvestment | Glenn Henderson | Xavier University (Ohio) |
1998 | Jae-nam Lee | The Hot Issue Phenomenon and Market Conditions | Glenn Henderson | Kyunghee University (Korea) |
1997 | Steven Jones | An Investigation into the Sources of Market-Determined Measures of Bank Risk | Michael Walker | Auburn University-Montgomery |
1997 | Maura Skill (Donahue) | CEO Compensation, Firm Value, and Board of Directors Efficiency | Glenn Henderson | University of Dayton |
1997 | Jean Snavely | Voluntary Corporate Downsizing: An Agency Perspective | Michael Walker | Western Kentucky University |
1996 | Terrance Grieb | Cointegration and APT Tests for Equity Market Integration: The Case of US, Mexico, and Brazil | Steve Wyatt | University of Idaho |
1994 | Manjeet Dhatt | Price Surprises in Initial Public Offering Markets: A New Test of the Underpricing Phenomenon | Glenn Henderson | Miami University (Ohio) |
1994 | Suzanne Belezza | A Binomial Model of Insider Trading | Steve Wyatt | U. Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
1994 | Daniel McConaughey | Founding Family Controlled Corporations: An Agency Theoretic Analysis of Corporate Ownership and its Impact upon Performance, Operating Efficiency and Capital Structure | Michael Walker | California State University-Northridge |
1994 | Barry Stedman | Regional Economic Activity and Employment: An Economic Base Approach | Norman Miller | U. of Cincinnati Design, Arts, Architecture & Planning |
1993 | C. Robert Kilby | The January Anomaly | Glenn Henderson | University of Rio Grande (Ohio) |
1992 | Robert Albert Jr. | A Re-Examination of the Firm-Size Explanation of the Overreaction Hypothesis | Glenn Henderson | Murray State University |
1992 | Sandip Mukherji | Stock Splits: Rationales, Effects, and Reactions | Yong H. Kim | Howard University |
1992 | Timothy Smaby | Price Discovery in Foreign Exchange Markets | Steve Wyatt | Penn State-Erie |
1991 | Charles Richards | Option Initiation and the Impact on Security Returns | Glenn Henderson | Austin Peay University |
1991 | Srinivasan Sundaram | Selecting Targets for Takeovers: A Structural Equations Approach Using LISREL | Michael Walker | U of Wisconsin – Eau Clair |
1989 | Rajiv Kaira | Causes and Consequences of Plant Closing Announcements | Glenn Henderson | Minnesota State Univeristy |
1989 | David Johnson | Insider Ownership and Signals: A Study of Stock and Bond Issue Announcement Effects | Glenn Henderson | Pepperdine University |
1989 | Narender Rao | The Pricing of Cash Tender Offers: An Empirical Investigation | Lew Melnyk | Northeastern Illinois University |
1988 | Balusubramani Ramjee | Asset Structure of the Firm: Theory and Evidence | Lew Melnyk | Northern Kentucky University |
1988 | Yuwen (Elizabeth) Sun | Financing Decisions Under Agency Costs Considerations | Yong H. Kim | Wayne State University |
1988 | Steven Cochran | The Effects of Macroeconomic Factors Upon the Systematic Risk of Equity and the Parameters of the Security Market Line | Yong H. Kim | Bowling Green State University |
1987 | Anju Ramjee | Comprehensive Liquidity Index: An Alternative Measure of a Firm's Liquidity | Lew Melnyk | Northern Kentucky University |
1987 | Won Kee Kim | Determinants of the Optimal Dividend Payout Ratios: Empirical Evidence | Lew Melnyk | Keimyung University (Korea) |
1987 | Steve Kreider | Hedging the Interest Rate Risk of GNMAs | Charles Barngrover | Miller, Anderson & Sherred LLP (Morgan Stanley) |
1987 | Rosemary Prasad | Strategic Positioning of Banks for Acquisitions | Lew Melnyk | Central Michigan University |
1987 | Prasad Medury | Returns to Common Stockholders of Firms Issuing Preferred Stock: Theory and Evidence | Lew Melnyk | Western Kentucky University |
1986 | Kee Ho Chung | Determinants of Beta and the Relationship between the Firm's Business Risk and Debt Policy (Capital Structure) | Yong H. Kim | University of Hawaii-Manoa |
1986 | Nancy Mohan | Going Private: Financial Issues | Lew Melnyk | University of Dayton |
1985 | Carter Randolph | An Evaluation of Adjustable Rate Mortgage Risk | Norman Miller | Xavier University |
1985 | Venkatesan Srinivasan | Designing a Decision Support System for Working Capital Management | Yong H. Kim | Northeastern University |
1984 | Rinne Martin | The Wall $treet Week Index as a Measure of Future Stock-Market Movements | Tim Johnson | Oral Roberts University |
1981 | William Landes | Federal Reserve Membership Transaction and the Impact Upon Bank Systematic Risk | Phil Glasgo | Marquette University |
1981 | Omar Benkato | Forecasting Models for Commercial Bank Asset Management: The Case of Libya | Raymond Neveu | Ball State University |
1981 | Julie Gerdsen | The Impact of Organization on the Financial Performance of Conglomerate Companies | Lew Melnyk | Xavier University |
1980 | Dixie Mills | The Information Content Hypothesis: Some Empirical Tests | Raymond Neveu | Illinois State University |
1980 | Mona Gardner | Determinants of Profitability in Minority-Owned Commercial Banks, 1976-78 | Raymond Neveu | Illinois State University |
1980 | Charles Maxwell | Management of Foreign Denominated Assets under Flexible Exchange Rates: A Portfolio Approach | Lew Melnyk | Murray State University |
1977 | Margaret Crail | An Investigation into the Relationship between the Composition of the Board of Directors and Top Management and the Financial Position of the American Firm | Charles Barngrover |
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1976 | Ravindra Kamath | Commercial Bank Capital Adequacy: A Theoretical Model and Empirical Measurement | Raymond Neveu | Cleveland State University |
1976 | Antonio Bailetti | The Investment Process in the Iron and Steel Industry: Dimensions and Determinants | Lew Melnyk |
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1975 | James S. Hagias | An Investigation into the Financial Roles of the Equity Real Estate Investment Trust and the Real Estate Corporation | Charles Barngrover |
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1974 | John B. Martin | Some Practical Aspects of Stock Valuation: A Comparison of Risk Rankings Inherent in a Typical Valuation Model and Published Rankings | Raymond Neveu |
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1974 | Ike Mathur | The Changing Structure of Metropolitan Areas: A Surrogate Taxonomy | Ronald Dornoff | University of Pittsburgh |
1973 | Elbert Hubbard | An Investigation into the Cost of Using Warrants to Raise Capital Funds | Ray Dawson |
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1972 | Lawrence Gitman | An investigation into the role of inflation, capital structure and price changes | Raymond Neveu | University of Tulsa |
1971 | Assa Birati | A Comparison of the Cost of Capital in the Iron and Steel Industry, 1958-1966: The United States of America and the European Economic Community, An Empirical Study | Richard Ball |
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