James Booth
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Professor |
| Department of Finance |
1 E. Jackson Blvd.
DePaul Center 7100
Chicago, IL 60604 |
| (312) 362-6783 |
| jbooth3@depaul.edu |
Academic Degrees
Ph.D. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL USA, Financial Economics, 1981
M.A. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL USA, Finance, 1979
M.A. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL USA, Economics, 1977
B.S. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL USA, Business Economics, 1975
Academic Experience
Christopher Keeley Chair In Investment Management and Professor of Finance, DePaul University (2008 - Now).
Professor, Arizona State University (1996 - 2008).
Selected Publications
Article
Booth, J., Booth, L. (2006). Loan Collateral and Corporate Borrowing Costs. Journal of Money, Credit & Banking.
Booth, J., Smith, R. (1986). Capital Raising, Signaling and the Certification Hypothesis. Journal of Financial Economics, 15 (), .
Booth, J., Smith, R. (1985). The Application of Errors-in-Variables Methodology to Capital Market Research: Evidence of the Small-Firm Effect. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 20 (4), .
Booth, J., Fruits, E., Pozdena, R., Smith, R. (2008). A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Comparative Cost of Negotiated and Competitive Methods of Municipal Bond Issuance. Municipal Finance Journal, 29 (4), .
Booth, J., Tehranian, H., Trennepohl, G. (1985). Efficiency Analysis and Option Portfolio Selection. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 20 (4), .
Booth, J., Deli, D. (1999). On Executives of Financial Institutions as Outside Directors. Journal of Corporate Finance, 5 (), .
Booth, J., Chua, L. (1996). Ownership dispersion, costly information, and IPO underpricing. Journal of Financial Economics, 41 (), .
Booth, J. (1992). Contract Costs, Bank Loans and the Cross-Monitoring Hypothesis. Journal of Financial Economics, 31 (), .
Booth, J., Cornett, M., Tehranian, H. (2002). Board of Directors, Ownership and Regulation. Journal of Banking and Finance, 26 (10), .
Booth, J., Deli, D. (1996). Factors Affecting the Number of Outside Directorships Held by CEOs. Journal of Financial Economics, 40 (), .
Booth, J., Booth, L. (2004). Deposit Insurance and Specialization in Commercial Bank Lending. Review of Financial Economics.
Booth, J., Booth, L. (2003). Is the Pesidential Cycle in Stock Returns merely a reflection of Business Conditions?. Review of Financial Economics.
Selected Professional and Community Service
Academic Conference: Chair of Track or Program
2009: Midwest Finance Conference, Review papers, find reviewers for the asset pricing papers; organize Asset Pricing sessions, find session chairs for these sessions, and find discussants for all the papers in these sessions.
Committee Member
2008: Personnel Committee, Contribute to finance faculty tenure and promotion decisions.
2008: Driehaus Virtual Portfolio Competition, Evaluate and advise student teams participating in the competition.