Recognitions

The Finance department recognizes our undergraduate Dean's List recipients, as well as our recent doctoral graduates. The Deans List honorees have maintained at least a 3.6 grade point average for a minimum of 12 credit hours during a semester. The doctoral graduates are presented along with their dissertations. Our graduate level demonstrates a commitment to excellence in a variety of complex contemporary financial issues.

Recent Doctoral Graduates
Name Affiliation Dissertation
Abdul, Fuad Captive Insurance Companies - A Delphic Study: A Long Range Forecast of Their Impact and Effect on the Domestic and International Conventional Insurance Market
Ashadi, Nasser University of Missouri-St Louis Determinants of New Bank Performace
Baek, Chung Troy University - Dothan Campus Comparison of Alternative Option Pricing Models: Systematic Versus Mixed Systematic/Diversifiable Jump Diffusion
Bale, Jill Doane College Why Firms Issue Preferred Stocks
Bengtson, Cynthia Woodman of the World The Life Cycle of the Firm: Pension Management Incentives Within the PBGC Structure
Bredthauer, Jeffrey University of Nebraska-Lincoln Two Essays on the Housing Bubble
Brown, Todd Stephen F. Austin State University Managerial Optimism and Market Misvaluation: The Effects on Mergers and Acquisitions
Burgman, Todd Multinational Corporate Capital Structure: Theory and Evidence
Choi, Bong-Dae Dividend Signalling, Analysts' Earnings Forecasts, and Insider Trading
Clarke, Anthony Bellevue University Testing for the Presence of Momentum and Mean Reversion in Individual Stock Returns
Dga, Ei-Run An Empirical Examination of Deposit Insurance Decisions
Dudney, Donna University of Nebraska-Lincoln A Rational Expectations Test of the Size Anomaly
Dunham, Lee Creighton University The Dynamic Relation Among Investment, Earnings and Dividends
Emekter, Riza Sakarya University The Effect of Government Debt Quantity Shocks on the Term Structure of Interest Rates
Frickel, Beverly University of Nebraska-Kearney An Analysis of Strategic Group Formation and Performance in the Property and Liability Insurance Industry
Ann, Julie Creighton University Asset Depletion and Cash Flow Increase Effects of Reverse Mortgage Use by Elderly Households
Griswold, Melissa Quincy University Evidence of Self Selecting in Banking and the Impact on Bank Performance
Harris, Christopher R. Dissertation: Securitization and Trade Credit
Hensrud-Ellingson, Shari A Reexamination of the Impact of Demographics on the Stock and Price of Housing
Ivanov, Stoyu San Jose State University Three Essays on S&P 500 Index Constituent Changes
Jackman, Thomas Nebraska Wesleyan Corporate Bankruptcy and Prediction: An Analysis of Multi-Discriminant, Logit and Survival Models Using the Statement of Cash Flows
Jares, Timothy University of Northern Colorado The Survival and Consequences of Noise Traders in Financial Markets: A Numerical Modeling Approach
Jensen, Gerald Northern Illinois University The Importance of Bankruptcy Costs in Firms' Capital Structure Decisions
Jirasakuldech, Benjamas University of the Pacific Financial Disclosure and Speculative Bubbles: An International Comparison
Johnson, Robert CFA Institute Three Essays on Executive Compensation
Joyce, William Eastern Illinois University Managerial Compensation & Loan Loss Reserve Accounting
Jurn, Iksu Saginaw Valley State University Tests of the Rationality of Price Forecasts in the Stock Market: A Variable Intercept Model Approach
Kabirul, Mohammad University of New Orleans Off-Balance Sheet Items and Risk-Taking Behavior of Commercial Banks
Kamal, Rashiqa University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Director Stock Ownerships Plans, Firm Performance, And Acquisition Activity of the Firms
Kim, Dae-Lyong The Empirical Study of Performance Rating and Distribution of Mutual Fund Under the Finite Mixtures of Normal Distribution Hypothesis
Larsen, James Wright State University Essays on Real Estate Broker Incentives and Real Property Values
Lavin, Angeline University of South Dakota An Empirical Test of the Fundamental Value Hypothesis in Asset Markets
Lawrence, Edward Florida International University Four Empirical Essays on Asset Pricing Models
Mann, Steven University of South Carolina Dividend Announcements under Asymmetric Information: An Empirical Study
McClatchey, Christine University of Northern Colorado The Impact of Deposit Insurance on Risk-Taking Behavior: An Application to Credit Unions
McNamara, Michael Washington State University An Empirical Examination of the Relative Efficiency of Mutual and Stock Life Insurance Companies
Melton, Michael Roger Williams University Two Essays on Tournament Theory
Mieth, Bruce Ameritas A Look at Beta, Size and Book-to-Market in the Cross-Section of Returns: The Development and Application of the Multifactor Switched Model
Mishra, Suchismita Florida International University Skewness Preference and Measurement of Abnormal Returns: A Comparative Evaluation of Current vs. Proposed Event Study Paradigm
Auciello-Newfeld, Daria Dominican Republic University
Nycum, Thomas
Oorlog, Dale Deceased Risk-Adjusted Deposit Insurance Premiums at Optimal Audit
Park, Sang-Bum An Essay on Manager Compensation in Life Insurance Industry
Payne, Brian US Air Force Academy Two Essays on Health Care Costs and Asset Returns
Piccinini, Renaud First National Bank Estimating the Tail Index of Pareto-Levy distributions Using a Neural Network as a Committee Machine
Reem, Jong-Wook The Exchange rate Exposure of Banking Institutions
Sackley, William University of North Carolina-Wilmington Size, Risk, and Returns in Commercial Banking
Schieuer, Kevin Bellevue College Hedging Catastrophic Risks in the Property Insurance Industry
Schwebach, Robert Colorado State University Three Essays on Investor Beliefs and Market Equilibrium
Sen, Swapan Winston-Salem State University Currency Denomination in International Loan Contracts of the Commercial Banks
Severns, Roger Minnesota State University Preferences for Attributes of Life Insurance: A Conjoint Measurement Approach (Locus)
Sigler, Kevin University of North Carolina-Wilmington Executive Compensation: Cost Control and Investment Incentives
Simpson, Thuy Huong Dissertation: Empirical Examination of Long-Run Insider Returns and insiders' Options Exercise Behavior/td>
Solberg, Donald Freddie Mac A Methodology for Identifying the Sources of Risk Premiums
Swift, Christopher Nebraska Wesleyan Two Empirical Essays on Mutual Thrift Conversions
Tresl, Jiri Dissertation Two Essays on Payout Policy
Volkman, David University of Nebraska-Omaha The Impact of Advisory Incentive Fees on Return and Risk of Investment Companies
Vygodina, Anna California State University-Sacramento Economic Determinants of Extreme Fluctuations in Exchange Rates
Weber, Marsha Morehead State University Changes in Bank Risk From Deposit Insurance Premium Increases
Went, Peter GARP Research Center Agency Problems and Risk in Banking
Wilcox, Stephen Minnesota State University The Structure of Corporate Ownership: The Importance of Non-Owner Claims and the Value of Managerial Control
Wilson, Michael Northwest Missouri State Changes in the Riskiness of Commercial Banks: 1975-1989
Wingender, John Creighton University The Cost of Skewness in Portfolio Return Distributions
Yook, Kenchang Johns Hopkins University Determinants of the Choice of Payment Method in Acquisitions
Yu, Jin St. Cloud State University Share Repurchases and Earnings Management
Zhang, Yi Prairie View A&M University Three Essays on Investor Heterogeneous Beliefs
Zhou, Haigang Cleveland State University Risk Incentives of Executive Stock Options: Evidence From Mergers and Acquisitions