Faculty Research Day

Fri, Sep 1 2017, 12:30 - 2:30pm

Gatton 311

Join the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise for its Faculty Research Day on September 1^st, 2017. Recipients of ISFE research grants will present their findings.

The event is free and open to the public. Please join us in Gatton B&E Classroom 311 from 12:30pm to 2:30pm.

2017 Faculty Research Day Presenters Include:

Leonce Bargeron
The Buffering Effect of Brands for Companies Facing Legislative Homogenization: Evidence from the Introduction of Sarbanes-Oxley

David Bradshaw
Modern Politics and the Passions

James Fackler
Interwar Price Level Targeting

John Garen
Educational Test Scores and Educational Spending: A Look Across States, 1992 – 2015

Will Gerken
Hedge Fund Boards and the Market for Independent Directors

Kristine Hankins
Understanding Precautionary Cash at Home and Abroad

Frank Scott
Single Bidders and Tacit Collusion in Highway Procurement Auctions

Aaron Yelowitz
How Did the ACA Affect Health Insurance Coverage in Kentucky?

David Ziebart
Transaction Complexity and the Movement to Fair Value Accounting

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Recording

Research Day Handout

Bargeron Schnatter Slides

Bradshaw Schnatter Slides

Fackler Schnatter Slides

Garen Schnatter Slides

Gerken Schnatter Slides

Hankins Schnatter Slides

Scott Schnatter Slides

Yelowitz Schnatter Slides

Ziebart Schnatter Slides

Speakers

Leonce Bargeron Associate Professor of Finance, University of Kentucky

Leonce Bargeron is an Associate Professor of Finance. His research interests include mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, payout policy, and information asymmetry. He has published his research in leading finance and accounting journals such as the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
Before joining the Gatton College of Business, he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to pursuing his academic career, he was an options market maker: three years trading foreign currency options on the PHLX in Philadelphia, two years trading FTSE 100 options on the floor the LIFFE in London and one year trading OTC options for BNP in Paris. Subsequent to trading, he served for two years as the CFO of Ram Tool and Supply Co. He earned a B.A. in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania, a M.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia, and a PhD in Finance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

David Bradshaw Professor of Philosophy, University of Kentucky

David Bradshaw is a Professor of Philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky. His areas of professional interest include ancient and medieval philosophy, philosophy of religion, and historical interactions of philosophy and theology. Prior to joining the University of Kentucky Department of Philosophy, Bradshaw was a Lecturer at Indiana University Northwest. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.S. in physics from Auburn University.

James Fackler Professor of Economics, University of Kentucky

James Fackler is a Professor of Economics in the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky. His research specialty is macroeconomics and monetary economics. Dr. Fackler is an affiliate of the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise. He received his PhD from Indiana University.

John Garen BB&T Professor of Economics, University of Kentucky

John Garen is the BB&T Professor of Economics in the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky and is the founding director and an affiliate of the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise. He has been a member of the Gatton faculty since 1985. Dr. Garen received his Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1982 and has served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago, a Visiting Scholar at the Mercatus Center, at National Sun Yat-Sen University, and at National Taiwan Normal University, and is a member of the Mercatus Center’s Faculty Network and of the Board of Scholars for the Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions. From 2005-2009 he served as Department Chair and during 2004-2005 he was Co-Director of the Gatton College’s Center for Business and Economic Research. Dr. Garen’s interests have focused on the economics of organizations, labor and human resource economics, and the role of government in society. He has conducted research on a wide variety of economic issues, leading to over thirty-five publications in many of the foremost academic journals, as well as numerous reports and manuscripts. Based on this experience, Dr. Garen has generated a flow of opinion columns, media work, and presentations to the public on the economy and economic issues, and on the importance of economics to good public policy.

Will Gerken PNC Endowed Associate Professor of Finance, University of Kentucky

Will Gerken is the PNC Endowed Associate Professor of Finance. He has a PhD in Finance from Michigan State University, MS and MBA degrees from Georgia Tech, and BS degrees from West Virginia University. He is a CFA charterholder and serves as the principal contact for the CFA Institute University Affiliation Programs (BS & MSF). Prior to joining the Gatton College of Business, he was an Assistant Professor at Auburn University.
His research focuses on financial advisors, financial misconduct, and governance. He has published his research in leading finance journals such as: Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and Review of Finance. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Corporate Finance. His research has won best paper awards at leading international conferences. His research has also been featured in the international media such as the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and NPR and cited by Securities Exchange Commission.

Kristine Hankins William E. Seale Associate Professor of Finance, University of Kentucky

Kristine Hankins is the William E. Seale Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Kentucky. Her research interests include corporate finance, corporate risk management, and methodology issues and she is a prior winner of the Jensen Prize.
Prior to her academic career, Kristine held positions with Merrill Lynch's Private Equity Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers' Financial Securities Litigation practice, both in New York City. She earned her B.A. from the University of Chicago, a M.S. in Statistics from Rutgers University, and her Ph.D. in Finance at the University of Florida.

Frank Scott Gatton Endowed Professor of Economics, University of Kentucky

Frank Scott is a Gatton Endowed Professor of Economics at the University of Kentucky. Formerly he has been an Assistant Professor at Auburn University and Assistant and Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1973, majoring in economics. He received the Ph.D. in economics from the University of Virginia in 1979. His teaching interests include microeconomic theory, industrial organization, managerial economics, and law and economics. His research interests include industrial organization, regulation of business, public policy, and applied microeconomics in general. He has published in a variety of academic journals on topics such as franchising, antitrust, tax policy and labor compensation, utility regulation and ratemaking, the economics of lotteries, and the economics of professional sports industries. He has received funding for his research from a variety of federal and state sources. He has served as a consultant to several state and federal government agencies and as a consultant and expert witness for the U.S. Department of Justice and numerous private-sector businesses.

Aaron Yelowitz Professor of Economics, University of Kentucky

Aaron Yelowitz is a professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Kentucky. He is also a joint faculty member in the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Kentucky and a senior fellow with the Cato Institute. He serves on the editorial boards for Journal of Labor Research, Public Finance Review, and Inquiry.
Dr. Yelowitz received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1994 and has previously worked at UCLA as an assistant professor. He also previously served as director of the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise at University of Kentucky. Under his leadership, ISFE received $3 million gift from the Joseph W. Craft III Foundation. He has published articles in economics and health-related journals including the Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Health Affairs, Health Services Research, Health Economics, and Inquiry. He has taught graduate classes on public economics and health economics and undergraduate classes on health economics, labor economics, public economics, housing economics, and poverty and welfare programs.

David Ziebart PwC Endowed Professor of Accountancy, University of Kentucky

David Ziebart is the PwC Endowed Professor of Accountancy in the Von Allmen School of Accountancy at the University of Kentucky. He served as Director of the Von Allmen School from July, 2005 through July, 2012. Prior to that he was Professor of Accountancy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and served on the faculty at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. He received his PhD from Michigan State University and is a CPA (non-practicing) in Illinois.