Department of Finance

Overview

The Department of Finance offers courses in finance and business economics. The undergraduate program offers a concentration in finance. The Oregon MBA program offers a specialization in finance and securities analysis, which is supported by the Cameron Center for Finance and Securities Analysis. The curriculum focuses on imparting an understanding of the principles that guide financial management, asset management, and general business management. Students master the following skills:

Evaluation of capital investment projects
Valuation of companies, securities and derivative contracts
Measurement and management of risk
Evaluation and formation of investment strategies
Financial forecasting and assessment of financing requirements
Interpretation of financial market prices and interest rates.

The department also oversees the Master of Science in Finance program as well as the PhD program in finance, which focuses on training students to conduct scholarly research and to teach at the college level.

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Recent Research

Z. Jay Wang
Wang, Z. Jay and Jingyun Yang. "Cross-trading and Liquidity Management: Evidence from Municipal Bond Funds." Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, forthcoming.
May 2021
Youchang Wu
Gofman, Michael, and Youchang Wu. "Trade Credit and Profitability in Production Networks." Journal of Financial Economics, forthcoming. http://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2365995.
March 2021
Ioannis Branikas
Branikas, Ioannis, and Gabriel Buchbinder. "Advertising Exposure and Investor Attention: Estimates from Super Bowl Commercials." Financial Planning Review 4, no. 1: e1099. https://doi.org/10.1002/cfp2.1099.
March 2021
Z. Jay Wang
Chalmers, John, Steve Liu, and Z. Jay Wang. "The Difference a Day Makes: Timely Disclosure and Trading Efficiency in the Muni Market." Journal of Financial Economics 139, no. 1: 313-335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2020.07.015.
January 2021
Wallice Ao
Ao, Wallice, Sebastian Calonico, and Ying-Ying Lee. "Multivalued Treatments and Decomposition Analysis: An Application to the WIA Program." Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 39, no. 1: 358-371. https://doi.org/10.1080/07350015.2019.1660664.
January 2021
Youchang Wu
Gofman, Michael, Gill Segal, and Youchang Wu. "Production Networks and Stock Returns: The Role of Vertical Creative Destruction." Review of Financial Studies. 33, no. 12: 5856-5905. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhaa034.
December 2020
Z. Jay Wang
Huang, Jing, Steven Matsunaga, and Z. Jay Wang. "The Role of Pension Business Benefits in Institutional Block Ownership and Corporate Governance." Contemporary Accounting Research 37, no. 4: 1959-1989. https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.12587.
December 2020

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