Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate
Ph.D. Program Graduates and Placements
Alumni, Donors & Friends
2012
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Thomas Doellman
Dissertation Chair: Michael Ryngaert
Dissertation Title: “Two Essays in Corporate Finance”
Original Placement: Saint Louis University
Current Position: Saint Louis University -
Atay Kizilaslan
Dissertation Chair: Christopher James
Dissertation Title: “Asset Specificity, Industry Driven Recovery risk and Loan Pricing”
Original Placement: Cornerstone Research, New York
Current Position: Cornerstone Research, New York -
Xiaoding Liu
Dissertation Chair: Jay Ritter
Dissertation Title: “Essays in Corporate Finance”
Original Placement: University of Oregon [1]
Current Position: University of Oregon [1] -
Ani Manakyan
Dissertation Chair: Christopher James
Dissertation Title: “Strategic Credit Line Usage and Performance”
Original Placement: Salisbury University, Maryland
Current Position: Salisbury University, Maryland -
Xiaohong (Sara) Wang
Dissertation Chair: Mark J. Flannery
Dissertation Title: “Three Essays on Intermediary Lending”
Original Placement: Northeastern Illinois University
Current Position: Northeastern Illinois University
2011
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Benjamin Scheick
Dissertation Chair: David Ling and Andy Naranjo
Dissertation Title: "Investor Sentiment, Credit Availability, Information Dissemination, and Asset Price Movements"
Original Placement: University of Georgia [2]
Current Position: Villanova University -
Brian Walkup
Dissertation Chair: Michael Ryngaert
Dissertation Title: "Two Essays in Finance"
Original Placement: University of Tulsa
Current Position: University of Tulsa
2009
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Jennifer Itzkowitz
Dissertation Chair: Joel Houston and Andy Naranjo
Original Placement: Seton Hall
Current Position: Seton Hall -
Brandon Lockhart
Dissertation Chair: Mark Flannery
Original Placement: University of Nebraska [2]
Current Position: University of Nebraska [2] -
Ozde Oztekin
Dissertation Chair: Mark Flannery
Original Placement: University of Kansas [1]
Current Position: University of Kansas [1]
2008
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Alice Bonaime
Dissertation Chair: Michael Ryngaert
Original Placement: University of Kentucky [2]
Current Position: University of Kentucky [2] -
Cem Demiroglu
Dissertation Chair: Chris James
Original Placement: Koc University (Turkey)
Current Position: Koc University (Turkey) -
Xiaohai Gao
Dissertation Chair: Jay Ritter
Original Placement: University of Hong Kong
Current Position: University of Hong Kong -
Laura Gonzalez-Alana
Dissertation Chair: Chris James
Original Placement: Fordham University [2]
Current Position: Fordham University [2]
2007
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Tom Barkley
Dissertation Chair: Mahendrarajah Nimalendran and Andy Naranjo
Original Placement: Syracuse University [2]
Current Position: Syracuse University [2] -
Yunchun (Wendy) Hu
Dissertation Chair: Jay Ritter
Original Placement: Zebra Capital
Current Position: Zebra Capital -
Hugh Marble III
Dissertation Chair: David Brown
Original Placement: University of Vermont [2]
Current Position: University of Vermont [2]
2006
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Kristine Hankins
Dissertation Chair: Mark Flannery
Dissertation Title: "Two Essays on Corporate Finance"
Original Placement: University of Kentucky [2]
Current Position: University of Kentucky [2] -
Ozgur (Ozzie) Ince
Dissertation Chair: Jay Ritter
Dissertation Title: "The Partial Adjustment of IPO Offer Prices Is Not Due to Dynamic Acquisition"
Original Placement: Virginia Tech [2]
Current Position: Virginia Tech [2] -
Milena Petrova
Dissertation Chair: David Ling
Dissertation Title: "Do Buyer and Seller Motivations Affect Transaction Prices in Commercial Real Estate? Evidence from Tax-Deferred Exchanges and Other Conditions of Sale"
Original Placement: Syracuse University [2]
Current Position: Syracuse University [2]
2005
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Qing (Grace) Hao
Dissertation Chair: Jay Ritter
Dissertation Title: "Laddering in IPOs"
Original Placement: University of Missouri at Columbia [1]
Current Position: University of Missouri at Columbia [1]
2004
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Rick Borghesi
Dissertation Chair: Joel Houston and Andy Naranjo
Dissertation Title: "Essays in corporate diversification, market efficiency, and allocation of scarce resources"
Original Placement: Texas State University
Current Position: University of South Florida -
Rongbing Huang
Dissertation Chair: Jay Ritter
Dissertation Title: "Testing the windows-of-opportunity theory of capital structure"
Original Placement: Kennesaw State University
Current Position: Kennesaw State University -
Stas Nikolova
Dissertation Chair: Mark Flannery
Dissertation Title: "Two Essays in Financial Economics: Firm Risk Reflected in Security Prices"
Original Placement: George Mason University
Current Position: Securities Exchange Commission -
Ralph Scholten
Dissertation Chair: Michael Ryngaert
Dissertation Title: "The Impact of the Changes in the Takeover Market on Managerial Entrenchment"
Original Placement: Cornerstone Research
Current Position: Compass Lexecon
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Glenn Williams
Dissertation Chair: Miles Livingston
Dissertation Title: "Drexel Burnham Lambert, Underwriting Fees, and Market Power"
Original Placement: Florida Atlantic University
Current Position: The American University in Cairo
2002
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John Banko
Dissertation Chair: David Brown
Dissertation Title: Three essays in corporate bond contract design and valuation: "Putable debt in agency theory", "The directionality of credit spreads revisited", "Serial correlation in U.S. corporate bond excess returns"
Original Placement: Northern Illinois University [2]
Current Position: University of Florida [1] -
Donghang Zhang
Dissertation Chair: Jay Ritter
Dissertation Title: "Why do underwriters allocate extra shares when they expect to buy them back?"
Original Placement: University of South Carolina [2]
Current Position: Assistant Professor University of South Carolina [2] -
Lei Zhou
Dissertation Chair: Miles Livingston
Dissertation Title: Two essays fixed income securities: "The impact of Rule 144A debt offerings upon bond yields and underwriter fees", "Bond ratings and private information"
Original Placement: Miami University (Ohio)
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Northern Illinois University [2]
2001
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Elvan Aktas
Dissertation Chair: Mark Flannery
Dissertation Title: "Essays in financial economics"
Original Placement: Florida Atlantic University
Current Position: Valdosta State University -
Kasturi Rangan
Dissertation Chair: Mark Flannery
Dissertation Title: "The changing face of bank capital structure (1986-1998): Regulators vs. markets"
Original Placement: Case Western Reserve [1]
Current Position: Booz and Company
2000
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Larry Fauver
Dissertation Chair: Joel Houston and Andy Naranjo
Dissertation Title: "Firm value, diversification and derivatives usage"
Original Placement: University of Miami [2]
Current Position: University of Tennessee [2] -
Hui Yang
Dissertation Chair: Bob Radcliffe
Dissertation Title: "Transactions costs, investor mobility, and fund manager turnover"
Original Placement: Kansas State University [2]
1999
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Hsuan-Chi Chen
Dissertation Chair: Jay Ritter
Dissertation Title: "Two Essays on Underwriter Compensation for Initial Public Offerings"
Original Placement: Fujen University in Taiwan
Current Position: Associate Professor at University of New Mexico [2] -
Bart Danielson
Dissertation Chair: Mark Flannery
Dissertation Title: "Why Do Option Introductions Depress Stock Prices? Heterogeneous Beliefs, Market Maker Hedging and Short Sales"
Original Placement: DePaul University
Current Position: Associate Professor at North Carolina State University [2] -
Ted Fee
Dissertation Chair: Chris James
Dissertation Title: "Financial Contracting in Closely Held Firms: Evidence from the Media and Entertainment Industries"
Original Placement: Michigan State University [1]
Current Position: Associate Professor at Michigan State University [1] -
Shawn Thomas
Dissertation Chair: Michael Ryngaert
Dissertation Title: "Firm Diversification and Asymmetric Information"
Original Placement: University of Pittsburgh [1]
Current Position: Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh [1] -
Richard Warr
Dissertation Chair: Jay Ritter
Dissertation Title: "The Decline of Inflation and the Bull Market of 1982 to 1997"
Original Placement: Kansas State University [2]
Current Position: Professor at North Carolina State [2]
1998
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Dave Harrison
Dissertation Chair: Chris James
Dissertation Title: "The Role of Lender Identity in Low-Income Lending"
Original Placement: University of Vermont [2]
Current Position: Texas Tech University [2]
1997
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Jeff Jewel
Dissertation Chair: Miles Livingston
Dissertation Title: "The Role of Third Rating Agencies in the Market for Public Debt: Is Fitch Different from Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s"
Original Placement: Lipscomb University
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Lipscomb University -
Wei-Lin Liu
Dissertation Chair: David Brown
Dissertation Title: "Three Essays in Financial Economics and Law"
Original Placement: Pace University
Current Position: Associate Professor at Nanyang Business School
1996
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David Marcus
Dissertation Chair: Chris James
Dissertation Title: "Effects of Capital Regulation and Information Asymmetries on Bank Lending"
Original Placement: Cornerstone Research
Current Position: Vice President at Cornerstone Research -
Sorin Sorescu
Dissertation Chair: Mark Flannery
Dissertation Title: "The price effect of option introductions: 1973-1992"
Original Placement: University of Houston [2]
Current Position: Professor at Texas A&M University [1]
1995
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Karin Roland
Dissertation Chair: Mark Flannery
Dissertation Title: "Profit Persistence in Large U.S. Bank Holding Companies"
Original Placement: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Current Position: Associate Professor at Valdosta State University
1994
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Richard Borgman
Dissertation Chair: Mark Flannery
Dissertation Title: "Asset-Backed Securities: The Determinants of Yield Spreads"
Original Placement: University of Maine [2]
Current Position: Assistant Professor at University of Maine [2] -
Vinay Datar
Dissertation Chair: Bob Radcliffe
Dissertation Title: "Two essays on liquidity and its effect on market value"
Original Placement: Seattle University
Current Position: Associate Professor at Seattle University -
Jon Garfinkel
Dissertation Chair: Chris James
Dissertation Title: "The Importance of Post Event Insider Trading: Evidence from Earnings Announcements"
Original Placement: Loyola University Chicago [2]
Current Position: Associate Professor at the University of Iowa [1]
1993
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Matt Billett
Dissertation Chair: Mark Flannery
Dissertation Title: "Leverage and the Takeover Market"
Original Placement: FDIC
Current Position: Indiana University Bloomington [1] -
Craig Bythewood
Dissertation Chair: Mark Flannery
Dissertation Title: "Risk Based Capital Standards and its Impact on the Market for Bank Control"
Original Placement: Florida A&M University
Current Position: Florida Southern College -
Steven R. Cox
Dissertation Chair: Chris James
Dissertation Title: "The Market Value of Voting Power and Dividends"
Original Placement: Indiana University Kokomo
Current Position: Professor at Indiana University Kokomo -
Ivy Locke
Dissertation Chair: Miles Livingston
Dissertation Title: "The Effect of Securitization on the Conventional Mortgage Spread"
Original Placement: Florida State University [2]
Current Position: Vice President for Business and Finance at Southeast Missouri State University -
Eddie O’Neal
Dissertation Chair: Mark Flannery
Dissertation Title: "Why Electric Utility Stocks are Sensitive to Interest Rates"
Original Placement: University of New Hampshire [2]
Current Position: Securities Litigation & Consulting Group
[1] Membership in the Association of American Universities (top 62 leading research universities in the U.S. and Canada).
[2] A Carnegie Research I University (top 151 research universities in the U.S.). All U.S. AAU schools are Carnegie Research I schools.
