Assistant Professor of Finance

Finance, CBA 237
P.O. Box 880490
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0490, USA
Phone: (402) 472-2330
Fax: (402) 472-5140
E-mail:

Joined the college in Summer 2005.

Expertise:

• Actuarial Science
• Financial Institutions
• Financial Markets & Investing
• Insurance

Education:

Ph.D. University of Iowa (2003) B.S. University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1995)

Research Interests:

Investments, behavioral finance, empirical asset pricing, mutual fund performance evaluation, insurance and risk management, cognitive psychology

Teaching Interests:

Investments (363), Security Analysis (463), Advanced Financial Theory (961)

Published in the following:

Journal of Financial Markets, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Risk and Insurance, North American Actuarial Journal

Working Papers "Investor Timing and Fund Distribution Channels" with Mercer Bullard and Travis Sapp "Price Trends and Patterns in Technical Analysis: A Theoretical and Empirical Examination" with Paul Weller and Lee Dunham. “A New Method for Estimating Mutual Fund Returns” “A New Look at Investor Behavior in the IPO Aftermarket”, 2006, with Chris Swift (UNL PhD student). Under review. “A Note on the Dangers of Analyzing Price-Normalized Earnings Forecasts”, 2005. Under review. “Analyst Earnings Forecasts, Cognitive Biases and Momentum”, 2005, with Paul Weller.