February 12, 2019

Kristine Hankins will be presenting "Do Firms Hedge During Distress?" at the Florida State University Sun Trust Conference on April 5. The paper is co-authored with Heitor Almeida (Illinois, NBER) and Ryan Williams (Arizona).


February 12, 2019

Kristine Hankins will be presenting "Do Firms Hedge During Distress?" at the University of Missouri on March 22. The paper is co-authored with Heitor Almeida (Illinois, NBER) and Ryan Williams (Arizona).


February 12, 2019

Kristine Hankins will be presenting "Do Firms Hedge During Distress?" at the University of Toronto's Risk Management and Innovation Conference on March 9.  The paper is co-authored with Heitor Almeida (Illinois, NBER) and Ryan Williams (Arizona).


February 12, 2019

Kristine Hankins will be presenting "Do Firms Hedge During Distress?" at the Florida International University on February 15.  This paper is co-authored with Heitor Almeida (Illinois, NBER) and Ryan Williams (Arizona).


February 11, 2019

Last week, University of Kentucky and Gatton College of Business and Economics students Michael Zhu, Will Smith and Frank Zhang traveled to the University of Georgia to compete in the South East Annual Stock Competition hosted by the Terry School of Business. Their stock pitch, a value-based investment in Dollar Tree, was selected from a pool of approximately 50 submissions to participate in the semi-finals in Athens. 


November 13, 2018

The 2019 Pelissier Scholars Wall Street Experience application is open now through November 23. A maximum of twelve participants will be selected. Applications are open to all undergraduate students of all majors. Each participant will receive a scholarship of $2,000-$2,400. Apply here. 


September 06, 2018

Congratulations to Brad Jordan, who has been ranked in the top 10% of Authors on SSRN by all-time downloads.


August 29, 2018

Congratulations to Michael Graehler, Ben Long, Mortez Momeni, Will Smith, Yelipaer Tuergan, Wenzhu Yong, Frank Zhang, and Michael Zhu. These students have

been selected to receive CFA Exam Scholarships to cover the costs associated with taking the CFA exams. Passing the exams is the first step towards obtaining the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation, the top globally respected and recognized investment credential.


August 28, 2018

Kristine Hankins’ article, “Understanding the Rise in Corporate Cash: Precautionary Savings or Foreign Taxes” (co-authored with Mike Faulkender and Mitchell Petersen), has been accepted for publication in the Review of Financial Studies.


May 11, 2018

Mark Liu, Associate Professor of Finance, has presented the paper “Corporate Risk-Taking in Dual-Class Firms” (coauthored with Brad Jordan and Soohyung Kim) at University of Western Ontario’s Ivey Business School on May 8, 2018.