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The Gatton College of Business and Economics welcomes all prospective candidates across all academic majors and backgrounds in Kentucky (and beyond) to learn more about the new Master of Science in Marketing (MSM) program at the upcoming MSM Virtual Open House event.


Alumni Update: January/February 2021

 


A paper by David Hardesty and co-authors Jonathan Hasford, Blair Kidwell, Broderick Turner, and Alex Zablah has been accepted at the Journal of Marketing. 

In the paper, "Emotional Calibration and Salesperson Performance Abstract," the authors propose that the link between emotional intelligence (EI) and sales performance can be better understood by considering a salesperson’s confidence in how they use emotions, known as emotional self-efficacy (ESE). 


“The Price Impact of Share Repurchases: Evidence from Dual Class Shares," a paper by PNC Associate Professor of Finance Leonce Bargeron will be published in Management Science. 


Leslie Vincent was selected to participate in the Bluegrass Higher Education Consortium Academic Leadership Academy (BHEC-ALA).  

The Vision of BHEC is to create and support collaborative action and innovation among higher education, and as a result, improve educational attainment and economic opportunities for central Kentuckians. 


On Feb. 26, Brian Bratten presented his paper, "Measurement of Executive Compensation in Mandated SEC Disclosures: Implications for the CEO Pay Ratio," co-authored with Adam Manlove, Casey Schwab, and Bridget Stomberg, at a virtual accounting seminar hosted by Murray State University. 


The latest issue of the Economic Journal features Steven Lugauer's most recent publication, "Is Fertility a Leading Economic Indicator?" The article is joint work with Gatton alum Kasey Buckles and Daniel Hungerman, both at the University of Notre Dame. 


Felipe Benguria's paper "The Matching and Sorting of Exporting and Importing Firms: Theory and Evidence" has been published by the Journal of International Economics. The paper studies the response of US exporters to the US-Colombia free trade agreement.


In the recently published paper, "Who Publishes in Economic Education? A Bibliographic Analysis of the First 50 Years of the Journal of Economic Education," authors Paul W. Grimes and Franklin G. Mixon, Jr. examined the characteristics of authors who published academic articles in the Journal of Economic Education (JEE) during its first 50 years. They identify economists who were most productive in developing economic education as a specialized field.


According to finance adjunct professor Quint Tatro, the semiconductor shortage is rooted in the unusually large demand last year for new personal computers, Smart TVs, laptops, consumer electronics and computer games (all of which need chips) from millions of customers stuck at home during the pandemic. 

Tatro spoke to Forbes about how investors can benefit from this worldwide shortage.