Faculty Work
Publications written by faculty and staff in the Department of Finance at the University of Northern Iowa.
Submissions from 2025
Active Retail Investor Attention, Stock Return Synchronicity, and Risk Factor Loadings, Zhongdong Chen and Karen Ann Craig
Responsive CSR as Damage Control and the Effect of Institutional Owner Commitment, Steven A. Dennis, Hua Hsin Tsai, and Marc Tony Via
Submissions from 2024
Are Mondays Different? Evidence from Initial Public Offerings, Abu Chowdhury, Mika Vaihekoski, and Mir Zaman
Submissions from 2023
Active Attention, Retail Investor Base, And Stock Returns, Zhongdong Chen and Karen Ann Craig
What Happens In Vegas Stays In Vegas? Firsthand Experience And Edgar Search Activity In Las Vegas Casino Hotels, Ryan Flugum, Choonsik Lee, and Matthew E. Souther
Stakeholder Value: A Convenient Excuse for Underperforming Managers?, Ryan Flugum and Matthew E. Souther
Relations Among Bitcoin Futures, Bitcoin Spot, Investor Attention, and Sentiment, Arun Narayanasamy, Humnath Panta, and Rohit Agarwal
Organizational Capital and Credit Ratings, Humnath Panta, Arun Narayanasamy, and Ayush Panta
Submissions from 2022
Do Changes In MD&A Section Tone Predict Investment Behavior?, John Berns, Patty Bick, Ryan Flugum, and Reza Houston
Money Isn't Everything: Compensation Of Locally Educated Executives, Patty Bick and Ryan Flugum
Shining A Light In A Dark Corner: Does Edgar Search Activity Reveal The Strategically Leaked Plans Of Activist Investors?, Ryan Flugum, Choonsik Lee, and Matthew E. Souther
Structural Change In Africa: Role Of Agriculture, Richard Grabowski and Sharmistha Self
Submissions from 2021
Investor Attention And Market Correction, Zhongdong Chen
Retail Investor Risk-Seeking, Attention, And The January Effect, Zhongdong Chen, Adam Schmidt, and Jin'ai Wang
The Trend Is An Analyst's Friend: Analyst Recommendations And Market Technicals, Ryan Flugum
Employee Performance And Corporate Cash Holdings, Ryan Flugum, Joel Harper, and Li Sun
Distracted Institutions, Information Asymmetry And Stock Price Stability, Ryan Flugum, Svetlana Orlova, Andrew Prevost, and Li Sun
Determinants Of Governance Institutional Quality In Sub-Saharan Africa, Richard Grabowski and Sharmistha Self
Setting Materiality Thresholds For ESG Disclosures: A Case Study Of U. S. Mine Safety Disclosures, Brett C. Olsen, Kwame Awuah-Offei, and Daniel Bumblauskas
Commercial Real Estate Finance And The Lending Cap Rate, Jeffrey Stokes and Arthur Cox
Submissions from 2020
How Disclosure Requirements Move Markets: A Case Study Of Mine Safety Disclosures, K. Awuah-Offei, B. C. Olsen, and D. Bumblauskas
Hedge Fund Activism And Analyst Uncertainty, Ryan Flugum and John S. Howe
External Monitoring And Returns To Hedge Fund Activist Campaigns, Ryan Flugum and Matthew E. Souther
Submissions from 2019
The Relation Between Intrafirm Distances And Information Opacity: Evidence From Stock Market Liquidity, George D. Cashman, David M. Harrison, Michael J. Seiler, and Hainan Sheng
Structural Change And The Intersectoral Terms Of Trade: Southeast Asian Experience, Richard Grabowski and Sharmistha Self
Submissions from 2018
January Sentiment Effect In The Us Corporate Bond Market, Zhongdong Chen and Karen Ann Craig
The January Sentiment Effect In The U.S. Stock Market, Zhongdong Chen and Phillip R. Daves
Turnover Threat And CEO Risk-Taking Behavior In The Banking Industry, Zhongdong Chen and Alireza Ebrahim
Submissions from 2017
The Impact of Geographic and Cultural Dispersion on Information Opacity, George D. Cashman, David M. Harrison, Michael J. Seiler, and Hainan Sheng
The Development Of Manufacturing: Unintended Consequence, Richard Grabowski and Sharmistha Self
Corporate Governance Changes Around Bankruptcy, Brett C. Olsen and Chris Tamm
Submissions from 2016
Idiosyncratic Volatility And Firm-Specific News: Beyond Limited Arbitrage, R. Jared DeLisle, Nathan Mauck, and Adam R. Smedema
Systematic Limited Arbitrage And The Cross-Section Of Stock Returns: Evidence From Exchange Traded Funds, R. Jared DeLisle, Brian C. McTier, and Adam R. Smedema
Submissions from 2015
A Closed-Form, After-Tax, Net Present Value Solution To The Mortgage Refinancing Decision, Richard A. Followill and Brett C. Olsen
Is Farm Real Estate The Next Bubble?, Brett C. Olsen and Jeffrey R. Stokes
Submissions from 2014
The Speculative Value Of Farm Real Estate, Jeffrey R. Stokes and Arthur T. Cox
Submissions from 2013
Warrants, Ownership Concentration, And Market Liquidity, Paul Brockman and Brett C. Olsen
Idiosyncratic Volatility Covariance And Expected Stock Returns, David R. Peterson and Adam R. Smedema
What Is The (Real Option) Value Of A College Degree?, Jeffrey R. Stokes
Submissions from 2012
An Entropy Approach To Size And Variance Heterogeneity In U.S. Commercial Banks, Lakshmi Balasubramanyan, Spiro E. Stefanou, and Jeffrey R. Stokes
The Value Of The Option To Preserve Farm Real Estate, Jeffrey R. Stokes
An Analysis Of The Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation's Deficit And Scenarios In Determining Adequate Premiums To Cover Claim Experience, Andrew Frank Thompson, Mir A. Zaman, Sam Kolahgar, and Azadeh Babaghaderi
Submissions from 2011
The Return Impact Of Realized And Expected Idiosyncratic Volatility, David R. Peterson and Adam R. Smedema
Submissions from 2010
Declining Cost Efficiency As A Signal Of Increasing Bank Vulnerability: An Entropy-Based Approach, Lakshmi Balasubramanyan, Spiro E. Stefanou, and Jeffrey Stokes
Survival Analysis And Mortgage Termination At Agchoice Aca, Jonathan B. Dressler and Jeffrey R. Stokes
Aggregate Insider Trading: Contrarian Beliefs Or Superior Information?, Xiaoquan Jiang and Mir A. Zaman
Submissions from 2007
Stock Returns, Dividend Yield, And Book-To-Market Ratio, Xiaoquan Jiang and Bong Soo Lee
Submissions from 2006
The Dynamic Relation Between Returns And Idiosyncratic Volatility, Xiaoquan Jiang and Bong Soo Lee
Submissions from 2005
An Empirical Test Of The Accounting-Based Residual Income Model And The Traditional Dividend Discount Model, Xiaoquan Jiang and Bon Soo Lee
Submissions from 2001
An Analysis Of The Influence Of Location In The Market For Undeveloped Urban Fringe Land, H. R. Isakson and M. D. Ecker
Do The Individuals Closest To Internet Firms Believe They Are Overvalued, Paul Schultz and Mir Zaman
Submissions from 2000
Ethics Of Tomorrow's Business Managers The Influence Of Personal Beliefs And Values, Individual Characteristics, And Situational Factors, Mohammed Y.A. Rawwas and Hans R. Isakson
Submissions from 1998
Cinematography And Case Videos: Some Observations On Selection And Teaching, Allen Rappaport and G. Scott Cawelti
The Business Ethics Of Credit Union Managers: Conflicts, Practices And Beliefs, Mohammed Y.A. Rawwas, Andrew Frank Thompson, and Jason Truke
Estimating Egarch-M Models: Science Or Art?, Eileen F. St. Pierre
Submissions from 1997
Trading Costs And Exchange Delisting: The Case Of Firms That Voluntarily Move From The American Stock Exchange To The NASDAQ, Paul Clyde, Paul Schultz, and Mir Zaman
Submissions from 1996
Learning for a Global Community, Geofrey Mills
Market Reaction To Business Week 'Inside Wall Street' Column: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, Rajiv Sant and Mir A. Zaman
Submissions from 1995
The Pricing Of Real Estate Investment Trust Initial Public Offerings, Scott Below, Mir A. Zaman, and Will Mcintosh
A Model For Developing A University Business Partnership, Arthur T. Cox, Robert Minter, and A. Frank Thompson
Farm Women As Full-Time Partners: Some Evidence Of Sharing Traditional Gender-Based Tasks, Allen Rappaport
Submissions from 1994
A Goal Programming Approach To Investment Decisions: A Case Study Of Fund Allocation Among Different Shopping Malls, Reza Khorramshahgol and A. Ason Okoruwa
Ethics Perceptions Of American Farmers: An Empirical Analysis, Allen Rappaport and Robert A. Himschoot
Aftermarket Support And Underpricing Of Initial Public Offerings, Paul H. Schultz and Mir A. Zaman
Submissions from 1993
Forecasting The Stock Of Retail Space Using The Koyck Distributed Lag Model, John D. Benjamin, G. Donald Jud, and A. Okoruwa
Using Peer Review To Improve The Writing Of Case Analyses: Requirements And Experience, A. Rappaport and G. S. Cawelti
Submissions from 1992
Modeling Artistic Creativity: An Empirical Study, Scott Cawelti, Allen Rappaport, and Bill Wood
Technology Transfer, The Environment, And The Third World: Having One's Cake And Eating It, Allen D. Jedlicka and Allen Rappaport
Submissions from 1991
Die Anwendung Von Desktop Publishing (DTP) In Amerikanischen Werbeagenturen, Mike L. Klassen, Mark Rappaport, and Gerhard A. Wührer
Submissions from 1990
Is Technology Transfer To Subsistence Farmers Doubling Nothing?, Allen D. Jedlicka and Allen Rappaport
