John R. Becker-BleaseVita Table of ContentsBiography
Education
Employment
Publications
Proceedings
Non-Refereed Publications and Chapters
Current Manuscripts
Awards & Honors
Biography:
John Becker-Blease joined the College of Business in the summer of 2009. He teaches courses in corporate finance and financial institutions at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. He has worked closely with the Aspen Institute on redesigning the business school curriculum to include a strong element of sustainability and corporate social responsibility. His research interests include examining the drivers of corporate innovation, the value associated with increases in visibility, and gender equality issues in business. His research has been featured in many local, regional, and national media outlets including Business Week, The Oregonian, U.S. News & World Report, and the The Wall Street Journal.
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Education:
Ph.D. (Finance) University of Oregon, 2002
BS/BS (Finance/Insurance) University of Florida, 1996
BA (History) University of New Hampshire, 1991
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Employment:
Assistant Professor of Finance, Oregon State University (2009-present)
Assistant Professor of Finance, Washington State University, Vancouver (2005-2009)
Reginald G. Atkins Professor, University of New Hampshire (2004-2005)
Assistant Professor of Finance, University of New Hampshire (2001-2005)
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Publications:
"Stock Liquidity and Investment Opportunities: Evidence from Index Additions" with Donna Paul, Financial Management, Autumn, 2006 (v35, issue 3)) pp. 35-52.
"Do Women-owned Businesses Have Equal Access to Angel Capital?" with Jeff Sohl, Journal of Business Venturing, July, 2007 (v22) pp. 503-521.
"Media Reporting of Executive Resignations: Is There a Gender Difference?" with Susan Elkinawy and Mark Stater, Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Fall, 2007 (v16.2) pp. 98-113.
"Mergers and Acquisitions as a Response to the Deregulation of the Electric Power Industry: Value Creation or Value Destruction?" with Fred Kaen and Larry Goldberg, Journal of Regulatory Economics, Feb, 2008 (v33, n1) pp.21-53.
"Do Corporate Goverance Attributes Affect Adverse Selection Costs?: Evidence from Seasoned Equity Offerings" with Afshad Irani, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, April, 2008 (v30, n3) pp.281-296.
"The Impact of Gender on Voluntary and Involuntary Executive Departure" with Susan Elkinawy and Mark Stater, Economic Inquiry, forthcoming.
"Does Inclusion in a Smaller S&P Index Create Value?" with Donna Paul, Financial Review, forthcoming.
"The Effect of Gender Diversity on Angel Group Investment" with Jeff Sohl, Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, forthcoming. (Received the 2008 USASBE John Jack Best Paper Award).
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Proceedings:
"Angel Capital and Women Entrepreneurs" with Jeff Sohl, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, BCERC, 2005.
"Confidence and Angel Investors: Does Sex Matter?" with Jeff Sohl, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, BCERC, 2008.
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Non-Refereed Publications and Chapters:
"Do Stakeholders Belong in Corporate Finance?" in Case-in-Point, Aspen Institute, Center for Business Education Journal, January, 2008.
"Corporate Responsibility in Finance" in Mainstreaming Corporate Responsibility: Cases and Text for Integrating Corporate Responsibility Across the Business School Curriculum, Craig Smith & Gilbert Larsson (eds.), Wiley.
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Current Manuscripts:
"The Advisory Role of the Board of Directors" with Barbara Grein, under review at The Review of Financial Studies.
"The Value of Visibility" with Donna Paul, under review at Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting.
"Goverance and Innovation", under review at Journal of Corporate Finance.
"Managerial Equity Incentives and the Market for Corporate Control" with Donna Paul and Swami Kalpathy.
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Awards & Honors:
MBA Society Professor of the Year, 2008 (Washington State University)
Student Business Organization Outstanding Faculty Award, 2007 (Washington State University)
Dean's Excellence Award in Research, Service, & Teaching, 2007 (Washington State University)
Whittemore School of Business & Economics Outstanding Faculty Award, 2004 (University of New Hampshire)
Reginald G. Atkins Professor of Finance, 2004-2005.
International Private Enterprise Center Research Grant Recipient, 2004.
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