Department of Finance, Insurance & Real Estate Eminent Scholars
Mark Flannery (Ph.D., Yale University)
Finance
BankAmerica Eminent Scholar of Finance
Professor Flannery's current research centers on corporate financial structure, management of financial institutions, and the role for government regulation of the financial sector. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Financial Management Association and co-director of the FDIC's Center for Financial Research. He has served on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of North Carolina, and as a visiting professor at the London Business School, New York University, and the University of New South Wales.
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Christopher James (Ph.D., University of Michigan)
Finance
William H. Dial/SunTrust Eminent Scholar of Finance
Professor James specializes in financial institutions, corporate finance, and strategy. Professor James has had appointments with the FDIC, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Comptroller of the Currency, the University of Michigan, and served for several years as the John B. Rogers Professor of Finance at the University of Oregon. Professor James is a consultant to a number of corporations on risk management and valuation issues
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Jay Ritter (Ph.D., University of Chicago)
Finance
Joe B. Cordell Eminent Scholar of Finance
Professor Ritter is a leading authority on initial public offerings and a winner of the Smith Breeden Prize for the Journal of Finance's best article. He was the only academic serving on the NASD/NYSE Committee formed to advise the SEC on regulating the IPO market. His interests include empirical corporate finance and behavioral finance. He has previously served on the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Michigan, the University of Illinois, and was a visiting professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
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