Michael David Ryngaert

Michael David Ryngaert

  • Graham-Buffett Professor
  • Professor & Chair
  • Chair, Eugene F. Brigham Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Department

Location

  • Warrington College of Business
  • Eugene F. Brigham Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Department
  • Stuzin Hall 309C
CV

Professor Ryngaert’s current teaching is in financial theory and investments for the undergraduate and graduate programs. His recent research focuses on corporate control and mergers and acquisitions. He was at the University of Michigan during Spring 1995 as a visiting faculty member.

Expertise and interest areas

  • Acquisitions
  • Corporate Finance
  • Mergers

Courses taught

  • Advanced DBA Research (ACG7978)
  • Advanced DBA Research (FIN7978)
  • Advanced Research (FIN7979)
  • Corporate Finance (FIN7009)
  • Corporation Finance (FIN6425)
  • DBA Doctoral Dissertation/Defense (ACG7985)
  • Finance II: Capital Structure and Risk Management Issues (FIN5439)
  • Financial Statement Analysis (FIN6465)
  • Honors Thesis (FIN4970)
  • Independent Research (FIN4905)
  • Individual Work in Finance (FIN6905)
  • Individual Work in Real Estate (REE6905)
  • Research for Doctoral Dissertation (FIN7980)
  • Special Projects (FIN2951)
  • Study in Valuation (FIN6438)

Education

  • PhD – Finance and Economics, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, 1988
  • MBA, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, 1985
  • BA – Economics, University of Michigan, 1981

PhD students advised

  • Art Rubeck — 2024 — Current
  • Ellison — 2024 — 2025
  • Rubeck — 2024 — 2025
  • Scott Frush — 2022 — 2025
  • Yuan Wang — 2024 — 2025
  • Larry Skor — 2022 — 2023

Professional service

  • Book/Textbook Reviewer/Referee, Journal of Corporate Finance — 2022 to Present

Journal article publications

  • What are the odds? Underdog Brands are Consumer Favorites
    • Status: Published
    • Journal: Economic Letters
    • Published Year: 2022
    • Authors: Michael Ryngaert, Andy Naranjo, Rick Borghesi