Professor and Brenneman Professor of Business Strategy,
School
of Business
Journal
articles
"The Economics of
Alternative Energy and Perspectives for a 21st Century Energy
Policy." Regional Business Review (forthcoming (with James
Haines and J.D. Kaad).
"Cross-sectional Differences
in the Profits, Returns and Risks of Firms initiating Dividends."
Managerial Finance 35(6) (2009): 479-492 (with Neil Fargher).
"Changing Perspectives on
payout Policy: The Evolution from Divideds to Share Repurchse,"
Managerial Finance 35(6) (2009): 509-530 (with H. Kent Baker).
"The Incredible Shrinking
Equity Premium: Investors' Greatest Cognitive Error, Problems and
Perspectives in Management 7(3) (2009): 4-14.
"Equities' Heartbreaking
Performance is Nothing New." Investment Management and Financial
Innovations 6(4) (2009: 233-235.
"When Does a bonds-first
Withdrawal Sequence Extend Portfolio Longevity?" Journal of Financial
Planning November 2008: 66-77 (with Robert Irons).
"130/30 Funds: The Evolution
of Active Equity Investing." Institutional Investor Special Issue:
Guide to 130/30 Strategies (2008), 176-185 (with Charlies Krusen and
Florian Weber).
"Testing Equity Portfolios
for Alpha Bias: An Application for Student Investment Funds."
Journal of Economics and Finance Education 7(2): 31-38 (winter 2008)
(with Larry R. Gorman).
Chapters
"Why Firms Begin Paying
Dividends: Value Growth and Life Cycle Effects" (chapter). Dividends and Dividend
Policy by H. Kent Baker. Hoboken, N.J.: Blackwell
Publishing, 2009 (with Neil Fargher).
Syndicated
web journalism
"AstraZeneca: Best
Dividend in Big Pharma," SeekingAlpha.com, March 30, 2009.
"Stimulus Bill's Winner and
Losers," SeekingAlpha.com, March 2, 2009.
"Banking Crisis:
Causes and Possible Solutions," SeekingAlpha.com, Feb. 25,
2009.
"McDonald's: Looking a
Little Overvalued," SeekingAlpha.com, Jan. 13, 2009.
"S&P 500 and Nikkei 225:
A Similar Tale of Burst Bubbles," SeekingAlpha.com, Dec. 23, 2008.
"U.S. Economy: No Easy
Answers, But Plenty of Questions," SeekingAlpha.com, Nov. 19, 2008.
Presentations
"The Cross-sectional
Dispersion of Stock Returns, Alpha and the Information Ratio,"
Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance, Key Largo, Fla., March
2010
"Hedge Fund Risk, Return and
Performance: Additional Evidence," Washburn, November 2009 (with
Rosemary Walker)
"Economic Update,"
Greater Kansas City (Mo.) Financial Planning Association, August 2009
"The Cross-sectional
Dispersion of Stock Returns, Alpha and the Information Ratio,"
Washburn, April 2009
"Economic Update,"
Topeka Chapter, Association of Government Accountants, April 2009
"Financial Markets and the
Macroeconomy," American Business Women's Association, Topeka, October
2008; Downtown Rotary Club, Topeka, October 2008; Tax Subcommittee, Kansas
Legislature, Topeka, November 2008; Association of Government Accountants,
Topeka, March 2009
"Creating a Capital
Budgeting Analysis Model in Excel - From Basic to Advanced
Topics," Academy of Economics and Finance Meeting, Pensacola,
Fla., February 2009
"How Retail 130/30 Funds are
Changing the Market," Investing in 103/30 Funds and Implementing
Successful Trading Strategies, Finance IQ/IQPC, New York, N.Y., July 2008
Awards
and honors
A. Roy Myers Excellence in
Research Award 2010
John and Betty Dicus Excellence
in Teaching Award, WU School of Business 2010
Student Life Achieving Excellence
Award 2009
Kaw Valley Bank Excellence in
Research Award, WU School of Business 2009
Offices
and appointments
Associate editor, Investment
Management and Financial Innovations
Associate editor, Journal of
Business and Leadership
Public
commentary (syndicated Internet journalism)
"The Market's Recent
Volatility According to Keynes," SeekingAlpha.com, Feb. 10, 2010
"The Limits of Capitalism
and Investor Returns in the Next Decade," SeekingAlpha.com, Jan. 3,
2010
"Wal-Mart: Good Time to Hold
Long-term Write Covered Calls," SeekingAlpha.com, Oct. 1, 2009
"Procter & Gamble: Good
Opportunity to Buy and Hold Investors," SeekingAlpha.com, Aug. 31,
2009
"Equities Heartbreaking
Performance is Nothing new, SeekingAlpha.com, Aug. 9, 2009
"Stock Return Dispersion and
the VIX Forecast Alpha Dispersion, SeekingAlpha.com, Aug. 7, 2009
