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Elijah Brewer
Professor
Department of Finance
1 E. Jackson Blvd.
DePaul Center 6120
Chicago, IL 60604
(312) 362-5151
ebreweri@depaul.edu

Academic Degrees


Ph.D. M.I.T., Cambridge, MA, Economics, 1985
M.S. M.I.T., Cambridge, MA, Finance, 1976
B.A. Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, Economics, 1971

Academic Experience


Professor (most recent), DePaul University (1984 - Now).

Professional Interests

Research: Monetary policy, Banking, corporate governance, small business finance, derivative usage, and financial marketsTeaching: Management of financial institutions; money and banking; business condition, corporate finance

Selected Publications

Article

Brewer, E., Jackson, W. (2006). A Note on the Risk-adjusted Price-concentration Relationship. Journal of Banking and Finance.
Brewer, E., Genay , H., Hunter, W., Kaufman, G. (2003). The Value of Banking Relationships during a Financial Crisis: Evidence from Failures of Japanese Banks. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 17 (), 233-262.
Brewer, E., Genay, H., Hunter, W., Kaufman, G. (2003). Does the Japanese Stock Market Price Bank Risk? Evidence from Financial Firm Failures. Journal of Money, Credit & Banking,507-543.
Brewer, E., Genay, H., Hunter, W., Kaufman, G. (2003). The Value of Banking Relationships. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Quarterly Review, 233-262.
Brewer, E., Jackson, W., Moser, J. (2001). The Value of Using Interest Rate Derivatives. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Quarterly Review.

Non-Academic Experience

AVP - Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (1977 - 2003).

Selected Consulting

2008: Provide investment advice to the Cook County Treasurer's Investment Co, Cook County Treasurer's Office

Selected Professional and Community Service

Reviewer: Ad Hoc Review of Article or Manuscript

2005: Journal of Small Business Management, Reviewer and discussant of Understanding Sustainability in Microfinance Institutions through the Supply-Side Pricing of Credit at the Transaction Level, for the special issue of the journal
2005: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Review of Japan's Banking Crisis: Who Has the Most to Lose?, for possible publication in the journal
2005: Journal of Law and Economics, Review of Insurance Company Failures: Why Do They Cost So Much? for possible publication in the journal
2005: Journal of Applied Finance, Review of Moral Hazard and Deposit Insurance: A Classroom Exercise, for possible publication in the journal
2005: Journal of Applied Finance, Review of Impact of Community Bank Mergers on Acquiring Shareholder Returns, for possible publication in the journal