Department of Finance Faculty Researchers

Creating value and understanding global markets

The Department of Finance has many accomplished, internationally known scholars including an OSU Regents Professor. The faculty have diverse research interests in the areas of market microstructure, algorithmic trading, risk management, corporate governance, financial literacy and financial planning, plus other areas. They have published in top finance journals including the Journal of Financial Economics, The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis and the Journal of Banking and Finance. Several faculty members serve on the editorial boards of prominent financial journals.

View the Department of Finance's complete compilation of faculty research for the 2021-2022 school year in the Research Abstract Report 2022.

Joe Byers

Risk management, corporate finance, enterprise risk management, commodity markets, asset valuations, portfolio management, derivatives, investments

David Carter

Corporate governance, risk management, bank management, financial markets

Ramesh Rao

Corporate governance, capital structure, payout policy

Betty Simkins

Risk management, corporate finance, enterprise risk management, commodity markets, natural gas, derivatives, crude oil futures markets

Emma Qin Wang

Market microstructure, information asymmetry, price discovery, limit orders, options trading, trading behavior of individual investors and institutional investor, firm valuation, debt maturity, investments

Jun Zhang

Corporate governance, managerial incentives, capital structure, institutional investors, stock price crash risk, informed options trading, individual investor trading, algorithmic trading, financial markets and institutions