University of Florida
Warrington College of Business
Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Department
Stuzin Hall 327
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Bio
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.
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Education All years
- PhD - Economics and Finance, University of Chicago, 1981
- MA - Economics (with B.A.), University of Chicago, 1976
News All articles
- USA Today | Trump Media shares surge one week ahead of presidential inauguration — January 14, 2025 — Shares for the company behind Trump's social media platform Truth Social ended the day up 21.5% at $42.91. It was the company’s largest s...
- Reuters Breakingviews | How private share sales could kill the tech IPO — January 8, 2025 — Databricks, Stripe and Elon Musk’s $350B SpaceX facilitated large exits by insiders without a float. There’s a growing pool of patient c...
- MarketWatch | Analysts embrace ServiceTitan’s market-share potential in parade of buy ratings — January 7, 2025 — The software maker for blue-collar businesses, which recently went public, draws ‘buy’ or ‘overweight’ ratings from at least six ana...
- MarketWatch | GrabAGun names Donald Trump Jr. as adviser in bid to lift stock-listing visibility — January 7, 2025 — Donald Trump Jr. has been named an adviser to online firearms retailer Grab A Gun, which plans to go public this year. Cordell Eminent Schol...
- MarketWatch | Coreweave, Klarna may break IPO slump in 2025 — but OpenAI, SpaceX will wait it out — January 2, 2025 — Dealmakers and Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter see potential for more IPOs this year, but economic headwinds and ample money to stay priv...
PhD students advised Last 3 years
- 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 Last 5 years
- 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
- Other, FMA — 2016 to 2023
- Associate Editor, 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 Last 5 years
- Initial Public Offerings Chinese Style Status: PublishedJournal: Journal of Financial and Quantitative AnalysisPublished Year: 2024Authors: Jay Ritter, Yiming Qian, Xinjian Shao
- IPOs and SPACs: Recent Developments Status: PublishedJournal: Annual Review of Financial EconomicsPublished Year: 2023Authors: Rongbing Huang, Jay Ritter, Donghang Zhang
- SPACs Status: PublishedJournal: Review of Financial Studies, ThePublished Year: 2023Authors: Jay Ritter, Minmo Gahng, Donghang Zhang
- What Matters More for Emerging Markets Investors: Economic Growth or EPS Growth? Status: PublishedJournal: Journal of Portfolio ManagementPublished Year: 2022Authors: Jason Hsu, Phillip Wool, Yanxiang Zhao, Jay Ritter
- The Puzzle of Frequent and Large Issues of Debt and Equity Status: PublishedJournal: Journal of Financial and Quantitative AnalysisPublished Year: 2022Authors: Rongbing Huang, Ritter Ritter
- Corporate Cash Shortfalls and Financing Decisions Status: PublishedJournal: Review of Financial Studies, ThePublished Year: 2021Authors: Rongbing Huang, Jay Ritter