Finance research and faculty

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.

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Why SpaceX could trade like a meme stock after its blockbuster IPO
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How you can capitalize on long-term growth that the market misses
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Forbes
CEOs slam short sellers, then dump their own stock
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Gamblers are dumping stocks to bet on sports, new study says
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Meditation may be good for your brain — but bad for your finances
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Bloomberg Opinion
Ignoring the rules sometimes works
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Recent finance research & news

Graphic with the text "Game Plan: KU Business insights for the World Cup" next to a stock image of a person watching a soccer game on a laptop while holding a smartphone showing an online sports betting site and a credit card next to the laptop.

How major events like the World Cup influence sports betting activity

KU Business researchers Kevin Pisciotta and Justin Balthrop share insights from their research on how online sports betting shapes household finances. Using bank account transaction data to track how betting influences savings, spending, and credit use over time, their work provides perspective on how major events like the World Cup can intersect with everyday financial decision-making.

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Social media discussions fueled ‘meme stock’ events and significant short squeezes, research finds

In a new article, Angel Tengulov, assistant professor of finance at the University of Kansas, examines how discussions on social media fueled the association between retail trading and subsequent stock returns during the “meme stock” events of 2021 that sparked massive short squeezes.

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Matching skills with jobs in mutual fund industry leads to higher risk-adjusted performance, study finds

In a new study, Gjergji Cici, the Koch Professor in Business Economics at the University of Kansas, explores how firms that match skills of their employees with jobs in the mutual funds industry leads to significantly higher risk-adjusted performance.

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Partisan politics proved most significant factor for speed of corporate shutdowns during pandemic, study shows

In a new study, Shradha Bindal, assistant professor of finance at the University of Kansas, investigates the speed with which U.S. firms shut down their headquarters because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It finds that the political orientation of the firms and their CEOs proved the most significant factor.

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