David T. Brown
- BB&T Professor of Free Enterprise
- Associate Professor
- Director, Hough Program in Finance (MS – Finance)
- Graduate Coordinator, Hough Program in Finance (MS – Finance)
Location
- Warrington College of Business
- Eugene F. Brigham Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Department
- Hough Program in Finance (MS – Finance)
- Stuzin Hall 303G
Professor Brown teaches the fixed income securities courses at the undergraduate and graduate level programs. He serves as the Director of the MSF (Master of Science-Finance) Program. His current research focuses on real estate finance and the pricing of default risk in corporate bonds. He has made a number of presentations at national meetings and at other universities. He has been a visiting professor at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management and served as an investment officer for NISA Investment Advisors LLC.
Expertise and interest areas
- Financial Distress
- Fixed Income Securities
- Real Estate Finance
News
Find yourself shopping at Publix often? That’s by design. | David Brown & Brian Swider – The Independent Florida Alligator
Bergstrom Center honors Alumnus of the Year for decades of advocacy and service – March 1, 2024 – The University of Florida Warrington College of Business is proud to honor Steven DeRose (BA ’03, BSBA ’03, MSF ’04) as the Bergstrom Real Estate…
MSF students give best solution for commercial real estate debt – November 8, 2023 – Only 12 teams from 10 national universities were invited to compete at the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council’s (CREFC) third annual Real Estate Debt Case…
MSF program No. 6 in the nation, according to QS – October 17, 2022 – GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The William R. Hough Master of Science in Finance (MSF) program remained in the nation’s top 10 graduate finance programs on QS’…
Courses taught
- Asset Management Project (FIN6525)
- Capitalism and Regulation (FIN6728)
- DBA Doctoral Dissertation/Defense (FIN7986)
- Economics Organizations and Markets (FIN6729)
- Finance Professional Speaker Series (FIN6935)
- Fixed Income Security Valuation (FIN6545)
- Interest Rate Risk Management (FIN6547)
- Special Topics in Fixed Income Securities (FIN6549)
Education
- PhD – Economics, Washington University St. Louis, 1986
- MA – Economics, Washington University St. Louis, 1983
- BA – Economics, Tulane University, 1981
Professional service
- Board of Advisors, Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting Program — 2023
- Referee for Financial Analyst Journal — 2021 to 2022
Journal article publications
- Callable Bonds: What is Special about Munis?
- Status: Working Paper
- Journal: Journal of Finance
- Author: David Brown
- Discount Rates and Asset Returns: Implications for Endowment Strategies
- Status: Working Paper
- Author: David Brown
- Maturity Clienteles in the Municipal Bond Market
- Status: Working Paper
- Journal: Review of Financial Studies, The
- Authors: Stace Sirmans, David Brown