Skip to content
Andy Puckett

Walter Puckett

Paul & Beverly Castagna Professor in Investments, Charles & Dorothy Duggan Faculty Research Fellow

Location Room - 431B, Stokely Management Center , United States

Department:

Finance

Program:

Executive Education, Professional MBA

View Faculty Publications

Biography

Andy Puckett is a professor in the Department of Finance at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business. He is a Charles & Dorothy Duggan Faculty Research Fellow. Puckett teaches both undergraduate and graduate students in the areas of investments and FinTech. Before coming to UT, he served on the faculty at the University of Missouri for four years. His primary research interests are in the areas of institutional investing, analysts, taxes and market microstructure.

Puckett has published in the Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Accounting Studies, Management Science, Journal of Corporate Finance and other leading finance and accounting journals. His research has been presented at numerous national and international finance conferences, including the American Finance Association, the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Western Finance Association and the Singapore International Conference. His research has also been solicited by and presented to regulatory groups, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, as well as practitioner groups such as the Chicago Quantitative Alliance, the Society of Quantitative Analysts, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, Quorum 15, Liquidnet and Goldman Sachs Equities Strategies Group.

Expertise:

Institutional Investors, Investments

Education:

2004 University of Georgia, Ph.D., Finance

1996 Auburn University, B.S., Finance

Awards/Honors
  • Featured article for Quest Magazine, 2016
  • Finalist for William L. Vallett Outstanding Researcher Award, 2016
  • University of Tennessee Quest Scholar of the Week, 2015
  • Martin and Carol Robinson Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service Award, 2014
  • University of Tennessee Quest Scholar of the Week, 2013
  • Semi-Finalist for Best Paper Award (for Suspect CEOs, Unethical Culture, and Corporate Misbehavior) FMA Annual Meeting, 2012
  • University of Tennessee Quest Scholar of the Week, 2011
  • William L. Vallett Outstanding Researcher Award, 2011
  • Best Paper Award (for Market Crashes and Institutional Trading) FMA Annual Meeting, 2010
  • Best Paper Award (for Tipping) Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2004
  • Summer Graduate Research Award (with PhD student Lee Biggerstaff), 2011
  • Raymond and Mary O’Brien Excellence in Teaching Award, 2008
  • University of Missouri Research Board Grant, 2007-2008
  • Dissertation Completion Assistantship, 2003-2004
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 2003
  • Dince Scholarship 2003 - 2004
  • AFA PhD travel award recipient, 2003
  • Terry Summer Research Award, 2002, 2003
  • Edward T. Comer Fellowship, 2000 - 2002
  • Alvin B. Biscoe Fellowship, 2000-2001
  • UGA University-Wide Assistantship, 2000-2002