Michael Walker

Headshot of Michael Walker

Michael Walker

Emeritus, Department of Finance, Real Estate, and Insurance and Risk Management

513-556-7070

Native Texan. Married. Three daughters. Forty-two years as a faculty member at five institutions--26th year at UC.

Teaching Interest
Corporate finance, financial statement analysis, risk management

Research Interest
Corporate finance

History
Institution: University of Cincinnati
Title: Virgil M. Schwarm Professor of Finance and Investments, Emeritus

Institution: University of Cincinnati
Title: Director of the PhD Program in Business Administration
End Date: 2007-12-31

Institution: University of Cincinnati
Title: Virgil M. Schwarm Professor of Finance and Investments
End Date: 2007-12-31

Institution: University of Cincinnati
Title: Director of Program Management
End Date: 2006-12-31

Institution: University of Cincinnati
Title: Associate Dean for Program Management, College of Business Administration
End Date: 2005-12-31

Institution: University of Cincinnati
Title: Academic Director for Undergraduate Programs, College of Business Administration
End Date: 2002-12-31

Institution: University of Cincinnati
Title: Professor of Finance
End Date: 1988-12-31

Institution: North Texas State University (now University of North Texas)
Title: Professor of Finance
End Date: 1985-12-31

Institution: North Texas State University (now University of North Texas)
Title: Associate Professor
End Date: 1980-12-31

Institution: University of Oklahoma
Title: Associate Professor of Finance
End Date: 1978-12-31

Institution: Georgia State University
Title: Assistant Professor of Finance
End Date: 1975-12-31

Institution: University of Houston
Title: Instructor of Finance
End Date: 1970-12-31

Assignments
Director, PhD Program in Business Administration, College of Business, University of Cincinnati
Dates: 2006-01-01 - 2007-12-31

Academic Director for Program Management, College of Business, University of Cincinnati, 2005-2006
Dates: 2005-01-01 - 2006-12-31

Associate Dean for Program Management, College of Business Administration, University of Cincinnati, March
Dates: 2002-01-01 - 2005-12-31

Academic Director of Undergraduate Programs, College of Business Administration, University of Cincinnati
Dates: 1999-01-01 - 2002-12-31

Department of Finance, University of Cincinnati
Dates: 1985-01-01 - 1998-12-31

Chairman, Department of Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law, North Texas State University
Dates: 1978-01-01 - 1985-12-31

Director, MBA Program, University of Oklahoma, College of Business Administration,
Dates: 1976-01-01 - 1978-12-31

Awards | Honors
Name: Beta Gamma Sigma

Name: Omicron Delta Epsilon

Name: Who's Who in America

Name: Who's Who in Education

Name: Who's Who in Finance & Industry

Name: Who's Who in the Midwest

Name: Who's Who in the World

Organization: Ball State University
Name: Emmens Distinguished Scholar (Invited)
Year Received: 1997

Organization: MBA Association, University of Cincinnati
Name: Nominated for Outstanding Professor
Year Received: 1996

Organization: MBA Association, University of Cincinnati
Name: Outstanding Finance Professor
Year Received: 1992

Organization: Stonier Graduate School of Banking, American Bankers Association
Name: Ayres Fellow
Year Received: 1974

Education
Institution: University of Houston
Major: Economics
Completed: 1971
Degree: Ph D

Institution: Ohio State University
Location: Columbus, OH
Major: Economics
Completed: 1966
Degree: MA

Institution: Austin College
Major: Economics and Government
Completed: 1965
Degree: BA

Published Contributions
Michael Walker,  (1977). Progressive National Bank" and Teaching Note.

Michael Walker,  (1974). "Jetway Air Lines Employees Credit Union" and Teaching Note.

Research in progress
Title: Tax Cuts and Relative Firm Value
Description: An examination of the differential impact of tax cuts on the value of firms.
Status: Planning

Presentations
Title: Comparing Theories with Firm Principal Responses on Who Decides To Go Public and Why
Organization: Southwestern Finance Association
Year: 2007

Title: Corporate Meetings at the Amex Club—The Price and Volume Reactions [Updated and revised version]
Organization: Midwest Finance Association
Year: 2001

Title: The Relationship Between Accounting Measures of Performance and Market Measures of Risk:  The Case of Banks
Organization: Eastern Finance Association
Year: 1998

Title: The Relationship Between Accounting Measures of Performance and Market Measures of Risk:  The Case of Banks
Organization: Financial Management Association
Year: 1998

Title: Corporate Meetings at the Amex Club—The Price and Volume Reactions [Updated and version]
Organization: Midwest Finance Association
Year: 1998

Title: Corporate Meetings at the Amex Club—The Price and Volume Reactions [Updated version]
Organization: Midwest Finance Association
Year: 1998

Title: Sources of Market-Determined Risk of Bank Stocks
Organization: Eastern Finance Association
Year: 1997

Title: Founding Family Controlled Firms:  Operations, Financing, and Value [Selected as Best Unpublished Research]
Year: 1996

Title: Founding Family Controlled Firms:  Operations, Financing, and Value
Year: 1995

Title: Effect of Stock Splits on the Ownership Structure of Firms
Year: 1994

Title: The Impact of Ownership Structure Upon the Efficiency, Profitability, Capital Structure and Value:  The Case of Public Firms Controlled by Their Founder or Their Families
Organization: Financial Management Association
Year: 1994

Title: The Effect of Founding Family Control Upon Corporate Performance, Capital Structure and Riskiness
Organization: Midwest Finance Association
Year: 1994

Title: Effects of Plant Closings on Financial Performance and Value
Organization: Midwest Finance Association
Year: 1994

Title: The Impact of Founding Family Control Upon Corporate Performance and Efficiency
Organization: Eastern Finance Association Meeting
Year: 1994

Title: The Market's Reaction to Corporate Presentations at the AMEX Club
Organization: Midwest Finance Association
Year: 1993

Title: Underwriter Support and the Nature of Returns to Initial Public Offerings
Organization: Midwest Finance Association
Year: 1993

Title: Corporate Meetings at the Amex Club—The Price and Volume Reactions
Organization: Southern Finance Association
Year: 1993

Title: Market Consequences of Plant Closings
Organization: Eastern Finance Association
Year: 1992

Title: Stock Market Reactions to Corporate Presentations at AMEX Clubs
Organization: Southern Finance Association
Year: 1992

Title: Stock Splits:  Shareholder Effects
Organization: Southern Finance Association
Year: 1992

Title: Put Options Introduction:  Different from Call Option Introduction
Organization: Southwestern Finance Association Meeting
Year: 1992

Title: The Wealth Effects of Corporate Presentations to the Financial Analysts Federation
Organization: Southwestern Finance Association Meeting
Year: 1992

Title: Commercial Bank Response to the TRA of 1986
Year: 1990

Title: Share Price Reactions to Plant Closings
Year: 1990

Title: An Empirical Study of Market Reaction to Presentations of the Financial Analysts
Year: 1990

Title: Financial Planning in the Small Firm
Organization: International Council for Small Business
Year: 1988

Title: Predicting Industrial Bond Rating Changes
Year: 1985

Title: The Impact of Deregulation on Trucking Firms
Year: 1985

Title: Firm Value Maximization as a Basis for Risk Management Decisions
Year: 1984

Title: The Impact of Deregulation on Natural Gas Firms:  An Empirical Study
Organization: Eastern Finance Association
Year: 1984

Title: Investors' Perception of Airline, Trucking and Natural Gas Deregulation Acts
Organization: Eastern Finance Association
Year: 1984

Title: Firm Usage of Sophisticated Capital Budgeting Techniques Continues to Increase
Year: 1982

Title: Promised Yield Behavior of Junk Bonds
Organization: Eastern Finance Association
Year: 1982

Title: Value Maximization Considerations and Retroactive Liability Insurance for the Firm
Year: 1982

Title: An Empirical Study of the Market Risk Premium
Year: 1981

Title: More Evidence on the Adoption of Sophisticated Capital Budgeting Techniques:  Further Analysis
Year: 1981

Title: An Empirical Examination of Risk-Return Estimates for Real Estate Projects
Organization: Eastern Finance Association
Year: 1980

Title: More Evidence on the Adoption of Sophisticated Capital Budgeting Techniques
Year: 1980

Title: Reductions in Corporate Income Tax Rates, Firm Value and Capital Asset Selection
Year: 1979

Title: Real Estate Valuation Models:  A Test of Relative Performance
Organization: Southwestern Finance Association
Year: 1979

Title: The Divergence of Management and Shareholder Interests Caused by Executive Stock Options
Organization: Eastern Finance Association
Year: 1978

Title: Financial Statement Analysis Through the Use of Decomposition Analysis
Organization: Southwestern Finance Association
Year: 1978

Title: An Economic Argument for Pre-Hospital Emergency Care as a Public Utility
Year: 1977

Title: Financing Pre-Hospital Emergency Care:  An Examination of the Alternatives
Year: 1977

Title: A Model for Estimating Effective Demand for Hospital Services Using Patient Diagnoses
Year: 1976

Title: A Capital Expenditure Evaluation Model for Health Planning Agencies
Year: 1976

Title: On the Appropriate Discount Rate for Private Nonprofit Organizations
Year: 1976

Title: Determining the Collectability of Emergency Ambulance Receivables:  A First Stage Analysis
Year: 1976

Title: The Case for Managing Pre-Hospital Emergency Services as a Competitively Bid,Privately Operated, Regulated Public Utility
Location:  Austin, TX
Year: 1976

Title: Toward a More Realistic Model of Common Stock Valuation:  A Simultaneous Equation Approach
Year: 1975

Title: A Goal Programming Approach to the Equitable Distribution of the Net Monetary Benefits of Credit Union Membership
Year: 1975

Title: Simultaneous Equation Methodology in Finance:  A Stock Valuation Example
Year: 1975

Title: An Examination of the Biases in the distribution of the Net Monetary Benefits of Credit Union Membership Resulting from Regulation and Industry Operating Conventions
Organization: Southwestern Finance Association
Year: 1975

Title: Common Stock Valuations:  A Macro-economic Approach
Organization: Eastern Finance Association
Year: 1974

Title: Credit Union Management:  A Goal Programming Approach
Year: 1974

Title: Commercial Bank Asset Portfolio Composition and Deposit Mix
Organization: Eastern Finance Association
Year: 1973