Research

My current research interests include mutual fund performance and organization, investments, and financial networks. Below is a list of all my publications, working papers, and ongoing projects.

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Publications:

  1. An ancient ancestor of the U.S. secured overnight financing rate determination: the florin fix, In Press, Multinational Finance Journal 
    Co-author: G. Geoffrey Booth – The Citadel/Michigan State University
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  2. The influence of management team design on mutual fund performance, 2022, Multinational Finance Journal, 26 (1/2), 1-26.
    Co-author: G. Geoffrey Booth, Michigan State University and The Citadel
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  3. Household deformation trumps demand management policy in the 21st century, 2018, Journal of Financial Transformation, 47, 67-78.
    Co-author: D. Sykes Wilford, The Citadel
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  4. The power of “negative beta”: why every portfolio should include private equity, 2017, Journal of Financial Transformation, 45, 101-110.
    Co-author: Andrew Freeman, University of Cambridge
    Co-author: D. Sykes Wilford, The Citadel
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  5. Measuring direct teaching costs: does an undergraduate business degree cost more to produce than a non-business degree?, 2016, Journal of Education for Business, 91(8), 405-411
    Co-author: Michael Barth, The Citadel
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  6. Limits to mutual funds’ ability to rely on mean/variance optimization, 2016, Journal of Empirical Finance, 37, 282-292.
    Co-author: Nadia Vozlyublennaia, Securities and Exchange Commission
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  7. Modeling fund and portfolio risk: a bi-modal approach to analyzing risk in turbulent Markets, 2015. Review of Financial Economics, 25(1), 19-26.
    Co-author: D. Sykes Wilford, The Citadel
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  8. Understanding weighted average cost of capital: A pedagogical application, 2014, Journal of Financial Education, 40 (1/2), 115-136
    Co-author: Carl E. Betterton, The Citadel
    Co-author: Sam Berry, The Citadel
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  9. The effect of management team characteristics on risk-taking and style extremity of mutual fund portfolios, 2012, Review of Financial Economics, 21 (3), 153-158
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  10. Management team structure and mutual fund performance, 2010, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money 20 (2), 197-211
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Working Papers:

11. Complex Behavior in the Vintage Violin Market (April 2023)
      Co-author: G. Geoffrey Booth – The Citadel/Michigan State University
      Co-author: Michael Weeks – The Citadel
      Co-author: Feng Shi
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12. Integrating Shareholder Objectives into the Philosophy and Process of a Student-Managed Investment Fund.  
      Co-author: Paul Meeks – The Citadel
      Co-author: Stacey Nutt – The Citadel

Work in Progress:

13. Evaluating academic unit performance: rethinking student credit hours.

14. Market Shock and Private Equity: Do Markets Price PE Real Options Correctly?
      Co-author: D. Sykes Wilford, The Citadel

15. A Core-Peripheral Perspective of Vintage Violin Luther Influence
      Co-author: G. Geoffrey Booth – The Citadel/Michigan State University
      Co-author: Michael Weeks – The Citadel
      Co-author: Feng Shi

16. What is the Relationship between Economic Freedom and Economic Development? What can we learn from 2008-2020 data.
      Co-author: David Desplaces – The Citadel
      Co-author: Robert Riggle – The Citadel