Joel F. Houston

Joel F. Houston

  • Full Professor

Location

  • Warrington College of Business
  • Eugene F. Brigham Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Department
  • Stuzin Hall 303D
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Expertise and interest areas

  • Corporate Finance
  • Executive Compensation
  • Financial Markets and Institutions
  • Mergers and Acquisitions

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Courses taught

  • Advanced DBA Research (FIN7978)
  • Business Financial Management (FIN5405)
  • DBA Doctoral Dissertation/Defense (FIN7986)
  • Finance I: Asset Valuation, Risk, and Return (FIN5437)
  • Measuring and Managing Value (FIN6427)

Education

  • PhD, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1986
  • MA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1984
  • BA, Franklin and Marshall College, 1982

PhD students advised

  • Changhyun Ahn — 2018 — Current
  • Georgios Adosoglou — 2019 — Current
  • Morris — 2024 — 2025
  • Boyuan Li — 2021 — 2025
  • Cheng Zhang — 2021 — 2024
  • Mark Zakota — 2023 — 2024

Professional service

  • Editor, Journal of Financial Economic Policy — 2011 to Present
  • Editor, Journal of Financial Services Research — 2000 to 2025

Book publications

  • Fundamentals of Financial Management
    • Status: Published
    • Published Year: 2025
    • Authors: Joel Houston, Eugene Brigham
  • Fundamentals of Financial Management, The Concise Edition
    • Status: Published
    • Published Year: 2025
    • Authors: Joel Houston, Eugene Brigham

Journal article publications

  • How Does ESG Shape Consumption
    • Status: 1st Revise and Resubmit
    • Journal: Review of Financial Studies, The
    • Published Year: 2023
    • Authors: Joel Houston, Chen Lin, H Shan, Mo Shen
  • Customer Capital and Deposit Stability
    • Status: Submitted
    • Journal: Journal of Accounting & Economics
    • Published Year: 2023
    • Authors: Joel Houston, Hongyu Shan, Yu Shan
  • Hidden in Plain Sight: The Role of Corporate Board of Directors in Public Charity Lobbying
    • Status: Accepted
    • Journal: Management Science
    • Published Year: 2025
    • Authors: Changhyun Ahn, Joel Houston, Sehoon Kim
  • One Hundred and Thirty Years of Corporate Responsibility
    • Status: Working Paper
    • Published Year: 2024
    • Authors: Joel Houston, Sehoon Kim, Boyuan Li
  • Shades of Gray: Director Classifications Revisited
    • Status: 1st Revise and Resubmit
    • Journal: Financial Management
    • Authors: Joel Houston, Jongsub Lee, Hongyu Shan
  • Corporate ESG Profiles and Banking Relationships
    • Status: Published
    • Journal: Review of Financial Studies, The
    • Published Year: 2021
    • Authors: Joel Houston, Hongyu Shan

Textbook publications

  • Fundamentals of Financial Management 16th edition
    • Status: Published
    • Published Year: 2021
    • Authors: Joel Houston, Eugene Brigham
  • Fundamentals of Financial Management: The Concise Version 11th edition
    • Status: Published
    • Published Year: 2021
    • Authors: Joel Houston, Eugene Brigham