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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Ioannis Branikas
Branikas, Ioannis, and Gabriel Buchbinder. "Advertising Exposure and Investor Attention: Estimates from Super Bowl Commercials." Financial Planning Review, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1002/cfp2.1099.
November 2020
Ioannis Branikas
Branikas, Ioannis, Harrison G. Hong, and Jiangmin Xu. "Location Choice, Portfolio Choice." Journal of Financial Economics 138, no. 1: 74-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2019.10.010.
October 2020
Stephen McKeon
Denis, David J., and Stephen B. McKeon. "Persistent Negative Cash Flows, Staged Financing, and the Stockpiling of Cash Balances." Journal of Financial Economics, forthcoming. http://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3622453.
September 2020
Youchang Wu
Wu, Youchang Wu. "The Causes and Challenges of Low Interest Rates: Insights from Basic Principles and Recent Literature." China Finance Review International, forthcoming. http://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3628075.
September 2020
Youchang Wu
Levine, Oliver, and Youchang Wu. "Asset Volatility and Capital Structure: Evidence from Corporate Mergers." Management Science, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2020.3607.
August 2020
Wallice Ao
Ao, Wallice, and Jiabin Wu. "The Silent Majority?" Economics Letters 193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109350.
August 2020
John Chalmers
Chalmers, John, Yu (Steve) Liu, and Z. Jay Wang. "The Difference a Day Makes: Timely Disclosure and Trading Efficiency in the Muni Market." Journal of Financial Economics, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2020.07.015.
July 2020

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