Jay R. Ritter
- Emeritus
Location
- Warrington College of Business
- Eugene F. Brigham Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Department
- Stuzin Hall 327
Since 1996, Jay R. Ritter has served as the Joseph B. Cordell Eminent Scholar in the Department of Finance at the University of Florida. Prof Ritter is known as “Mr. IPO” for his work on initial public offerings. During 2014-15, he served as president of the Financial Management Association. He received his BA, MA, and PhD (1981) degrees in economics and finance from the University of Chicago.
Expertise and interest areas
- Asset Pricing
- Initial Public Offerings
- Investment Banking
- Valuation
News
The frothiest AI bubble is in energy stocks | Jay Ritter – The Wall Street Journal
Startups are staying private longer thanks to alternative capital | Jay Ritter – CNBC
Nasdaq has become the market of choice for dubious penny-stock IPOs | Jay Ritter – The Wall Street Journal
Fermi America IPO is a leap of faith on debt, data centers—and Trump | Jay Ritter – The Information
Bryant Riley seeks to swap years of turmoil for turnaround | Jay Ritter – Bloomberg
Education
- PhD – Economics and Finance, University of Chicago, 1981
- MA – Economics (with B.A.), University of Chicago, 1976
PhD students advised
- Blake Jackson — 2021 — Current
- Guilherme Junqueira — 2022 — Current
- Jing Lu — 2023 — 2024
- Minmo Gahng — 2021 — 2024
- Jarrod Holmes Humphrey — 2021 — 2023
- Da Tian — 2018 — 2022
Professional service
- Associate Editor, Critical Finance Review — 2012 to Present
- Associate Editor, European Financial Management — 2008 to Present
- Associate Editor, Journal of Behavioral Finance — 2000 to Present
- Associate Editor, Pacific Basin Finance Journal — 1997 to Present
- Associate Editor, Review of Corporate Finance — 2021 to Present
- Board of Trustees, FMA — 2016 to 2023
- Advisor, Financial Management — 2000 to 2022
- Associate Editor, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis — 2001 to 2021
- Associate Editor, Journal of Financial Economics — 1993 to 2021
Journal article publications
- Initial Public Offerings Chinese Style
- Status: Published
- Journal: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
- Published Year: 2024
- Authors: Jay Ritter, Yiming Qian, Xinjian Shao
- IPOs and SPACs: Recent Developments
- Status: Published
- Journal: Annual Review of Financial Economics
- Published Year: 2023
- Authors: Rongbing Huang, Jay Ritter, Donghang Zhang
- SPACs
- Status: Published
- Journal: Review of Financial Studies, The
- Published Year: 2023
- Authors: Jay Ritter, Minmo Gahng, Donghang Zhang
- What Matters More for Emerging Markets Investors: Economic Growth or EPS Growth?
- Status: Published
- Journal: Journal of Portfolio Management
- Published Year: 2022
- Authors: Jason Hsu, Phillip Wool, Yanxiang Zhao, Jay Ritter
- The Puzzle of Frequent and Large Issues of Debt and Equity
- Status: Published
- Journal: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
- Published Year: 2022
- Authors: Rongbing Huang, Ritter Ritter
- Corporate Cash Shortfalls and Financing Decisions
- Status: Published
- Journal: Review of Financial Studies, The
- Published Year: 2021
- Authors: Rongbing Huang, Jay Ritter