2013 Curriculum Vitae James W. Lin, Ph.D. Professor of Finance College of Business Montana State University Bozeman, MT 59717 Tel: 406-994-2062 Fax: 406-994-6206 E-mail: jameslin@montana.edu EDUCATION University of Arizona Ph.D. in Finance, 1987 (Minor in Economics) State University of New York at Buffalo MBA, 1984 WORK EXPERIENCE Professor of Finance, Montana State University, Since September 1998 Associate Professor of Finance, Montana State University, September 1993 to August 1998 Assistant Professor of Finance, Montana State University, September 1987 to August 1993 HONORS AND AWARDS BEST Recipient, College of Business, Montana State University, 2002-2013 Board of Advisors' Award for Excellence in Research, College of Business, Montana State University, 2001 Visiting Scholar Funded by National Science Foundation, Taiwan, Republic of China, Summer 1997 Excellence Awards, 1995, MSU Alumni-Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Research Award in the College of Business, Montana State University, 1990-1991 Outstanding Research Award in the College of Business, Montana State University, 1989-1990 Academic Award, University of Arizona, 1986-1987 Academic Award, University of Arizona, 1985-1986

Elected a member of National Beta Gamma Sigma Society by the State University of New York at Buffalo Chapter, 1984 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Finance Association Financial Management Association RESEARCH ACTIVITIES I. Refereed Publications: 1. "The Impact of Uncertainty on Arbitrage in Treasury Bill Futures and Market Efficiency," Journal of Financial and Strategic Decisions, Fall 1989, pp. 1-11. 2. "The Efficiency of the Treasury Bill Futures Market: The Role of Financing and Transaction Costs," Journal of Financial and Strategic Decisions, Winter 1990, pp. 51-72. 3. "Pure Interest Arbitrage, Debt Denominations, and Currency Futures," (with Kenneth Yung), Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Spring 1992, pp. 95-112. 4. "Optimal Debt Financing for Multinational Projects," (with Jeff Madura), Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Summer 1993, pp. 63-73. 5. "The Wealth Effect of International Acquisitions and the Impact of the EEC Integration," (with Jeff Madura and Armand Picou), Global Finance Journal, Summer 1994, pp. 65-74. 6. "Hedging with Currency Futures: OLS vs GARCH," (with Mohammad Najand and Kenneth Yung), Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Autumn 1994, pp. 45-67. 7. "Interest Rate Dynamics and the Black-Scholes Call Option Price," Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting, Annuals, 1994, pp. 163-176. 8. "The Nikkei Index Call and Put Warrants Traded in the U.S.: Pricing Biases and Implications," (with Atsuyuki Naka), Journal of Multinational Financial Management, December 1995, pp. 43-56. 9. "Evidence on the Lack of Separation between Business and Personal Risks among Small Businesses," (with James S. Ang and Floyd Tyler), Journal of Small Business Finance, December 1995, pp. 197-210.

10. "Does the Number of Funds in a Mutual Fund Family Matter?" (with James S. Ang and Michael Owen), Pension Management, January 1996. 11. "Biases and Sensitivities of the Black-Scholes Option Pricing," (with Cheng-few Lee), Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting, Annuals 1996, pp. 105-116. 12. "Arbitrage, Carrying Costs and Inflation: A Reexamination on Market Efficiency in Treasury Bill Futures," International Review of Economics and Finance, June 1996, pp. 207-222. 13. "Arbitrage Risk and Market Efficiency: The Case of Treasury Bill Futures," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, September 1996, pp. 203-219. 14. "Earnings Announcements, Quality and Quantity of Information, and Stock Price Changes," (with Carl R. Chen and David A. Sauer), Journal of Financial Research, Winter 1997, pp. 453-502. 15. "Risk Aversion, Market Segmentation and Firm Size Effect: Some Empirical Evidence," (with Carl R. Chen), Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, Annuals, 1998, pp. 235-252. 16. "Mutual Fund Manager's Efforts and Performance," (with James S. Ang and Carl R. Chen), Journal of Investing, Winter 1998, pp. 68-75. 17. "Information Sharing, Return Characteristics, and Portfolio Beta: The Case of Mutual Funds," (with James S. Ang and An-Sing Chen), Journal of Investing, Fall 1999, pp. 54-64. 18. "Agency Costs and Ownership Structure," (with James S. Ang and Rebel A. Cole), Journal of Finance, February 2000, pp. 81-106. 19. "The Fundamental Approach to Estimating Economies of Scale and Scope of Financial Products: The Case of Mutual Funds," (with James S. Ang), Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, May 2001, pp. 205-222. 20. "Cointegration and Detectable Linear and Nonlinear Causality: Analysis using the London Metal Exchange Lead Contract," (with An-Sing Chen), Applied Economics, June 2004, pp. 1157-1167. 21. "Ascertaining the Effects of Employee Bonus Plan, (with James S. Ang and An- Sing Chen), Applied Economics, July 2005, pp. 1439-1448. 22. "Are Stock Market Bubbles Detectable? Analysis of the Roaring 20's and Exuberant 90's," (with An-Sing Chen), Forthcoming, Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management.

23. "The Raltion Between Gold and Stocks: An Analysis of Severe Bear Markets, (with An-Sing Chen), Forthcoming, Applied Economics Letters. II. Working Papers Currently in Progress: 1. "The Effect of Multiple-Managers and Gender on the Mutual Fund Performance: An Analysis between Bull and Bear Markets," first draft, presented at the COB faculty research seminar in March 2012. 2. "Free Cash Flow and Agency Costs" (tentative paper title). 3. "The Arbitrage Opportunity and the Efficiency of Exchange Traded Funds" (tentative paper title). 4. "The Long-Run Day-of-the-Week Effect in Stock Market Returns" (tentative paper title). III. Working Papers (Completed Manuscripts): 1. "Dynamic Hedging for Optimal Arbitrage and the Arbitrage Line Under Conditions of Financing Risk" 2. "Cross-Hedge: Non-Major Currencies vs Major Currency Futures" 3. Investment Scale, Bankruptcy, and Agency Problems 4. Growth Opportunity, Synergy Arbitrage, and the Prediction of Successful Corporate Mergers 5. "Bubbles and Crashes: The Closed-End Country Fund Case," (with Mark White) 6. "Stochastic Interest Rates and Option Pricing Bias: Some Empirical Evidence," (with Carl R. Chen and David A. Sauer) IV. Refereed Conference Presentations: 1. "Dynamic Hedging for Optimal Arbitrage and the Arbitrage Line Under Conditions of Financing Risk," Financial Management Association, Orlando, Florida, 1990. 2. "Dynamic Hedging for Optimal Arbitrage and the Arbitrage Line Under Conditions of Financing Risk," Southern Finance Association, Savannah, Georgia, 1990. 3. "Bubbles and Crashes: The Closed-End Country Fund Case," (with Mark White), Financial Management Association, San Francisco, California, 1992.

4. "Cross-Hedge: Non-Major Currencies vs Major Currency Futures," Financial Management Association, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, October 1992. 5. "The Nikkei Index Call and Put Warrants Traded in the U.S.: Pricing Biases and Implications," (with Atsuyuki Naka), Financial Management Association, St. Louis, Missouri, October 1994. 6. "Earnings Announcements, Quality and Quantity of Information, and Stock Price Changes," (with Carl R. Chen and David A. Sauer), Financial Management Association, St. Louis, Missouri, October 1994. 7. "Small Business Organizational Forms: Some Agency and Related Issues," (with James S. Ang and Floyd Tyler), International Research Symposium on Small Business Finance, Tallahassee, Florida, April 1995. 8. "Estimating Economies of Scale and Scope of Financial Products Under Near 'Ideal' Conditions: The Case of Mutual Funds," (with James S. Ang), European Financial Management Association, London, England, June 1995. 9. "Stochastic Interest Rates and Option Pricing Bias: Some Empirical Evidence," (with Carl R. Chen), Financial Management Association, New York, October 1995. 10. "The Portfolio Behavior of Japanese Corporations' Stable Shareholders," (with James S. Ang and Richard Constand), Asia Pacific Finance Association, Taipei, Taiwan, July 1996. 11. "Risk Aversion and Market Segmentation: Evidence and Explanations for the Firm Size Effect," (with Carl R. Chen), Financial Management Association, New Orleans, October 1996. 12. "Agency Costs, Organizational Forms, and Ownership Structure," (with James S. Ang), Financial Management Association, New Orleans, October 1996. 13. "Mutual Fund Manager's Efforts and Performance," (with James S. Ang and Carl R. Chen), Financial Management Association, Hawaii, October 1997. 14. "Intra-day Stock Returns and the Weekend Effect Reexamined," (with Carl R. Chen and David A. Sauer), Financial Management Association, Hawaii, October 1997.