Finance Department
Research
The Department of Finance assesses real-time financial market data, news and analytics to produce quality research. Our work is published in top-tier finance journals including the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
Finance
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Bloomberg
Board of Directors
Compensation
Competition
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Corporate Social Responsibility
Cost of Capital and Corporate Risk
Earnings Forecasts and Valuation
Employment Regulation and Firm Behavior
Financial Analysts
Financial Institution and Markets
Fixed Income and Debt
Human Capital
Human Capital and Labor Markets
Innovation
Institutional Investors
Institutional Ownership
International Finance
Investments
Labor and Finance
Market Microstructure
Mergers & Acquisitions
Nonfinancial Stakeholders and Firm Value
Ownership Structure & Investors
Political Contributions
Regulatory Oversight
Shareholder Activism, Shareholder Voting and Proxy Advisors
Sustainability
Valuation
Finance
Featured Faculty
Tracie Woidtke
David E. Sharp-Home Federal Bank of Tennessee Professor in Banking and Finance
Matthew Serfling
Clayton Homes Chair of Excellence in Finance, Professor
Andy Puckett
Paul & Beverly Castagna Professor in Investments, Charles P. & Dorothy N. Duggan Faculty Fellow, Department Head
Finance
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Gas and oil market trends, television interview with ABC News – Cleveland, 2014WEWS Cleveland
“Why Buying a Home is a Smart Investment for Millennials,” U.S. News and World Report, 2015U.S. News & World Report
“Dual Class Share Structure and Innovation,” featured on Columbia University’s Blue Sky Blog, 2018Columbia University’s Blue Sky Blog
Cryptocurrency, interview with Kent State’s SKY NEWS, 2020Sky News
GameStop stock performance, interview with Kent State’s SKY NEWS, 2021Sky News
Use of stock market apps, interview with KentWired, 2021KentWired
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