Finance research


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Research information

Through rigorous research agendas, faculty in our Finance academic area have made significant contributions to a broad range of topics within the field and have earned distinguished reputations for their scholarship and their knowledge of financial markets and institutions. Our faculty's research in finance has been recognized by The Financial Times for its significant social impact.

Finance faculty serve on the editorial boards of top scholarly journals and publish in leading journals, and they regularly receive teaching awards. The expertise they bring to the classroom equips our students for successful careers as finance professionals.

Area directors

Degree programs

Research topics

  • Econometrics

  • Corporate finance

  • Financial and legal compliance

  • International finance

  • FinTech

In the Media

  • A person is seated with their hands in prayer overhead

    MarketWatch

    Meditation may be good for your brain — but bad for your finances

  • Blue and yellow graph on stock market monitor

    Bloomberg Opinion

    Ignoring the rules sometimes works

  • A man's bespectacled eyes look at a screen out of frame

    Financial Times

    Seeing red: tricky times in the markets

  • Person presses buttons on a calculator

    Barron's

    Democrats and Republicans differ as investors. How to check your bias.

  • People walk on a city street past a building with a Google sign

    WSJ

    Capital spending boom is no great boost to capital markets

Recent research & news

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Insider trades on behalf of family are more lucrative than other trades, study finds

A new scholarly article co-authored by Jide Wintoki, Capitol Federal Professor of Finance and associate dean of graduate programs, compares the information content of direct insider trades made in a personal account versus indirect ones made in the accounts of family members, trusts, retirement accounts and foundations.
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New analysis reveals how Porsche-VW 'short squeeze' distorted the stock market

The biggest short squeeze in history happened in 2008 when Porsche embarked on an unexpected series of maneuvers that left it controlling a huge percentage of Volkswagen’s stock. New research analyzes this domination plan.
Letters cut out from magazine headlines spell out "#Metoo"

Mutual fund productivity increases when sexual harassment is removed from workplace

A new article from Gjergji Cici shows that removing or diminishing the threat of sexual harassment from the workplace improves productivity.
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The color red influences investor behavior, financial research reveals

The phrase “to see red” means to become angry. But for investors, seeing red takes on a whole different meaning. That’s the premise behind a new article by William Bazley, assistant professor of finance at the University of Kansas.

Area directors

Ted Juhl
Ted Juhl
Area Director, Finance, O. Maurice Joy Professor
Claire Rosenfeld
Claire Rosenfeld
Assistant Area Director, Finance, Associate Teaching Professor

Finance faculty

Christopher Anderson
Christopher W. Anderson
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs, Anderson Chandler Professor
Jason Anderson
Jason Anderson
Lecturer, Director, Personal Finance Program
Justin Balthrop
Justin Balthrop
Assistant Professor
William Bazley
William Bazley
Assistant Professor
Shradha Bindal
Shradha Bindal
Assistant Professor
Boone Bradley
Boone Bradley
Lecturer, Applied Portfolio Management Director
Keith Chauvin
Keith Chauvin
Associate Professor
Gjergji Cici
Gjergji Cici
Koch Professor in Business Economics
Robert DeYoung
Robert DeYoung
Koch Distinguished Professor in Business Economics, Harold Otto Chair of Economics
L. Paige Fields
L. Paige Fields
Dean, Henry D. Price Professor
Mohammad Ghaderi
Mohammad Ghaderi
Assistant Professor
Art Hall
Art Hall
Associate Teaching Professor, Brandmeyer Center for Applied Economics
Mark Haug
Mark Haug
Lecturer
Kurt Krogull
Kurt Krogull
Lecturer, Director, Jack Lockton Certificate in Insurance and Risk Management
Felix Meschke
Felix Meschke
Associate Professor, Director, Davis Center for Figure Sense
Atanas Mihov
Atanas Mihov
Associate Professor, Capitol Federal Fellow
Haitao Mo
Haitao Mo
Associate Professor
Lawrence Morriss Jr.
Lawrence D. Morriss Jr.
Professor of the Practice
Kevin Pisciotta
Kevin Pisciotta
Assistant Professor
Levi Russell
Levi Russell
Associate Teaching Professor, Brandmeyer Center for Applied Economics
Dieter Schrader
Dieter Schrader
Director of Jennett Finance Scholars Program, Lecturer
Angel Tengulov
Angel Tengulov
Assistant Professor
Kelly Welch
Kelly Welch
Associate Teaching Professor
Jide Wintoki
Jide Wintoki
Associate Dean of Graduate Programs, Capitol Federal Professor