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David Maslar

David Maslar

Academic Director - Full-Time MBA

Location Room - 421, Stokely Management Center , United States

Department:

Finance

Program:

Full-Time MBA

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Biography

David Maslar is an Academic Director with the Full-Time MBA program. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri in 2013, an M.S. in Applied Mathematics and an M.A. in Economics from the University of Missouri in 2009, and a B.S. in Economic Analysis from Binghamton University in 2006.  He joined the Finance Department in 2015 after working for two years as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Missouri.

Maslar’s research interests include investments, market microstructure, and fixed income.  His current research focuses on empirical asset pricing, bond mutual funds, and illiquidity. His work has been published in the Journal of Accounting Research, the Journal of Corporate Finance, and the Journal of Financial Markets, and has appeared on the program of numerous conferences, such as the NYU Stern Microstructure Meeting, SAFE Market Microstructure Conference, and the AAA Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Midyear Meeting.

Maslar teaches undergraduate courses in Fixed Income and Financial Markets and Institutions and MBA courses in Financial Management. In the past he has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in Economics, Fixed Income, Financial Markets, and Financial Management. Maslar has received numerous teaching awards at the University of Tennessee (UT), the University of Missouri (MU), and Binghamton University, including the Sharon Miller-Pryse/Trust Company Outstanding Finance Faculty Award (UT), MBA First Year Outstanding Commitment to Students Faculty Award (UT), the John A. Riggs, Jr. Excellence in MBA Teaching Award (MU), and the Rising Star MBA Teaching Award (MU).

Expertise:

Financial Institution and Markets, Fixed Income and Debt, Institutional Investors, Investments, Market Microstructure

Education:

2013 University of Missouri, Ph.D., Finance

2009 University of Missouri, M.S., Applied Mathematics

2009 University of Missouri, M.A., Economics

2006 Binghamton University, B.S., Economic Analysis

Awards/Honors
  • MBA First Year Outstanding Commitment to Students Faculty Award (UT Department of Finance), 2020
  • Semi-Finalist for Best Paper Award (U.S. Coins Market: Historical Performance and Anomalies), FMA Annual Meeting, (UT Department of Finance), 2020
  • Sharon Miller-Pryse/Trust Company Outstanding Finance Faculty Award (UT Department of Finance), 2019
  • Semi-Finalist for Best Paper Award (Interest Rate Risk in Bond Mutual Fund Holdings), FMA Annual Meeting, (UT Department of Finance), 2018
  • Semi-Finalist for Best Paper Award (Political Connections, Government Procurement Contracts, and the Cost of Debt), FMA Annual Meeting, (UT Department of Finance), 2017
  • Sharon Miller-Pryse/Trust Company Outstanding Finance Faculty Award (UT Department of Finance), 2017
  • John A. Riggs, Jr. Excellence in MBA Teaching Award (University of Missouri MBA Faculty), 2014
  • Rising Star Teaching Award (University of Missouri MBA Faculty), 2014
  • Ponder Scholarship (University of Missouri Department of Finance), 2009 - 2013
  • Trulaske College of Business Ph.D. Scholarship (University of Missouri Department of Finance), 2009 - 2013
  • Outstanding Research Assistant Award (University of Missouri Department of Finance), 2012
  • AFA Doctoral Student Travel Grant (University of Missouri Department of Finance), 2012
  • Research Fellowship (University of Missouri Department of Finance), Summer 2010
  • Strategic Priority Scholarship (University of Missouri Department of Finance), 2009
  • Harry Gunnison Brown Teaching Award (University of Missouri Department of Economics), 2009
  • Award for Outstanding Achievement in Economics (Binghamton University Department of Economics), 2006
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