R. Burt Porter Curriculum Vitae (February 2010) Iowa State University College of Business Department of Finance 2330 Gerdin Business Building Ames, IA 50011-1350 Tel: (515) 294-2612 E-Mail: rbporter@iastate.edu Web: http://bus.iastate.edu/rbporter Areas of Specialization Financial Economics, International Finance, Asset Pricing, Market Liquidity, Financial Econometrics Education Ph.D. in Finance, University of Chicago, March 1999 M.B.A. in Finance, Emory University, June 1992 B.S. in Operations Research, Cornell University, May 1987 Awards and Honors Iowa State University Business Council Teacher of the Month, January 2010. Iowa State University College of Business Dean s Advisory Council Teaching Award, Nominee: 2008, Winner: 2009 Iowa State University College of Business Dean s Advisory Council Research Award, Nominee: 2006, 2007 The University of Chicago Fellowship: 1992-1995 American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business National Doctoral Fellowship; 1992-1993 Emory University Fellowship: 1990-1992 Academic Experience Assistant Professor of Finance, Iowa State University, 2005 - Present Undergraduate Teaching Principles of Finance: Introduction to financial management with an emphasis on corporate financing and investment decision making, time
value of money, asset valuation, capital budgeting decision methods, cash budgeting, and financial markets. Investments: Introduction to various investment media and markets from the viewpoint of the individual investor. Emphasis on mechanics of trading, behavior of security prices, corporate stocks and bonds, mutual funds, individual asset and portfolio selection techniques, and performance evaluation. MBA Teaching Investments: A comprehensive survey of the classical and contemporary theories of optimum portfolio construction; determinants of risk-return trade-off in selection of securities; emphasis on the theory and evidence of efficient capital markets and implications for security selection and portfolio management. Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Florida, 1999-2005 Undergraduate Teaching Equity and Capital Markets: Structure and operation of stock markets, portfolio theory, asset pricing models, performance evaluation, option valuation, and international investment. Ph.D. Teaching Special Topics in Empirical Finance: Introduction and access methods of common financial databases, and survey of finance faculty current research. Empirical Methods in Finance: Application of statistical and econometric techniques in financial research, time series properties of asset returns, GMM, and tests of asset pricing models. Visiting Professor of Finance, University of Florida, 1997-1999 Adjunct Professor of Finance, Emory University, Summer, 1995 MBA Teaching Managerial Finance: Capital structure, dividend policy, valuation of stocks and bonds, capital budgeting, risk assessment, interest rate analysis, and investment theory. Teaching Assistant, University of Chicago, 1993-1997 MBA courses: Investments, Statistics, Macroeconomics, Financial Institutions. Ph.D. courses: Theory of Financial Decisions, Econometric Methods in Financial Economics. Research Assistant, University of Chicago, 1993-1997 2
Research Assistant, Emory University, 1991-1992 Other Professional Experience CFA Charter awarded Fall, 2008. Consultant, Banc of America Securities, 2002 Evaluation of academic research relevant to BofA trading strategies. Consultant, Integrity Capital Management, 1998 Evaluation of alternative trading strategies. Senior Consultant, Accenture (then Andersen Consulting), 1987-1990 Assignments with state government and bank clients. Publications "Disclosure Policies and Shareholder Wealth in the Early Twentieth Century: The Case of American Sugar Refining Company," with Kumar Sivakumar and Gregory Waymire, Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance, Winter 1995. "An Introduction to Production Based Asset Pricing", Financiële Studievereniging Rotterdam Forum, 2004. "Connecting Optimal Investment and Equity Returns", Financial Management, Vol. 34, Summer 2005. "Individual Equity Return Data From Thomson Datastream: Handle with Care!", with Ozgur Ince (Virginia Tech), The Journal of Financial Research, Vol 29, Winter 2006. "Including Emerging Markets in International Momentum Investment Strategies", with Andy Naranjo (University of Florida), Emerging Markets Review, Vol 8, May 2007. "Risk Factor and Industry Effects in the Cross-country Comovement of Momentum Returns", with Andy Naranjo (University of Florida), Journal of International Money and Finance, forthcoming. Book Chapters "The Multiple Dimensions of Market-Wide Liquidity: Implications for Asset Pricing" in Stock Market Liquidity, Gregoriou, G. and Lhabitant, F (eds.), John Wiley & Sons, 2008. 3
Working Papers Intertemporal Substitution, Small-Sample Bias, and the Behavior of U.S. Household Consumption, with Kogularkrishman Maheswaran (KBC Financial Products) and Simon Wheatley (University of Melbourne) "Time Non-Separable Preferences or Artifact of Temporal Aggregation?" with Simon Wheatley (University of Melbourne). Paper Presentations/ Conference Participation Topics in Corporate Finance, Session Chair, Financial Management Association, Grapevine, TX, October 2008. Estimating Dynamic Panel Models in Corporate Finance (by Mark Flannery and Kristine Watson Hankins), Financial Management Association, Grapevine, TX, October 2008. Investment Strategies and Issues, Session Chair, Financial Management Association, Grapevine, TX, October 2008. The Value of Stop Loss Strategies (by Adam Y.C. Lei and Huihua Li), Financial Management Association, Grapevine, TX, October 2008. Data in Financial Research, Special Panel at the 2006 Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) Forum 2006, Chicago, IL, October 2006. Anomalies, Session Chair, Financial Management Association, Chicago, IL, October 2005. "The Multiple Dimensions of Market-Wide Liquidity: Implications for Asset Pricing", Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Pepperdine University, and Iowa State University, 2005. "Cross-Country Comovement of Momentum Returns (with Andy Naranjo), Southern Finance Association, Naples, FL, November 2004. "An Empirical Examination of Tunneling in an Emerging Market" (by Vladimir Atanasov, Conrad Ciccotello, and Stanley Gyoshev), Discussant, Southern Finance Association, Naples, FL, November 2004. "Individual Equity Return Data From Thomson Datastream: Handle with Care!" (with Ozgur Ince), Financial Management Association, New Orleans, LA, October 2004. "Connecting Optimal Capital Investment and Equity Returns", Financial Management Association, New Orleans, LA, October 2004. 4
Index Changes and Name Changes, Session Chair, Financial Management Association, New Orleans, LA, October 2004. "Are 'Market Neutral'Hedge Funds Really Market Neutral?", (by Andrew J. Patton), Discussant, European Finance Association, Maastricht, August 2004. "Individual Equity Return Data From Thomson Datastream: Handle with Care!" (with Ozgur Ince), European Financial Management Association, Zurich, June 2004. "The Multiple Dimensions of Market-Wide Liquidity: Implications for Asset Pricing", Southern Finance Association, Charleston, SC, December 2003. "IPOs 1", Session Chair, Southern Finance Association, Charleston, SC, December 2003. "The Multiple Dimensions of Market-Wide Liquidity: Implications for Asset Pricing", Financial Management Association, Denver, CO, October 2003. "Cross-Country Comovement of Momentum Returns (with Andy Naranjo), Financial Management Association, Toronto, October 2001. "Expected Real Estate Returns and Volatility Bounds: Implications for Asset Pricing and Portfolio Allocations (by J. Sa-Aadu, James Shilling and Ashish Tiwari), Discussant, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, January 1999. "Economic Fundamentals of Equity Returns: The Equivalence of Industry Equity Returns and Investment Returns, University of Arizona, University of Michigan, Southern Methodist University, University of North Carolina, and University of Florida, 1997. "Time Non-Separable Preferences or Artifact of Temporal Aggregation?", Western Finance Association, Aspen, CO, June 1995. "Pitfalls in the Estimation and Testing of Habit Persistence Models," Finance Workshop, The University of Chicago, December 1994. Research in Progress Why Is Bad News Ignored? Rational vs. Behavioral Explanations for Negative Drift Following Announcement of Bad News Identifying Analyst Skill, with Ioannis Floros. Superior Analysts and Market Expectations of Earnings, with Ioannis Floros. 5
On the Revelation of Private Information in the Decision to Become a 404(c) Pension Plan, with Mark Power " Cross-Country Merger and Acquisitions: Competition Dynamics Among Foreign and Domestic Acquirers", with Arnie Cowan and Valentina Salotti. Service Midwest Finance Association Program Committee, 2008 European Finance Association Program Committee, 2006-2010 Financial Management Association (FMA) Program Committee, 2001-2003, 2005-2009 Southern Finance Association Program Committee, 2003-2006 Iowa State University College of Business Department of Finance Faculty Recruiting Committee, 2007-2010 Iowa State University College of Business Computer Advisory Committee, 2006-2010 Financial Management Association (FMA) Doctoral Consortium, 2003 University of Florida PhD Admissions Committee, 2001-2002 6