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			ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
		
        
                
			Finance
		
           
          
			
            
				ACADEMIC SCHOOL
			
            
				School of Business
			
        
		 
          
			TITLES/RESPONSIBILITIES
		
          
			Professor, Finance
Department Chair of Sports Management
		
          
			CONTACT
		
 
          
			Office phone: (716) 375-2091
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			OFFICE
		
 
          
			Swan Business Center 206C
		
          
			COURSES TAUGHT
		
 
          
			
    - ECO 101. Microeconomics Principles
    
- FIN 461. International Financial Management
    
 
          
			ACADEMIC DEGREES
		
          
			
    - Ph.D., Economics, Clemson University 2008
 
          
			OTHER EDUCATION
		
 
          
			
		
          
			PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
		
          
			
		
          
			ACCOMPLISHMENTS
		
 
          
			Publications 
    - "Efficient Markets, Fair Bets, and Profitability in NBA Totals 1995-96 to 2001-02" with Rodney Paul and Andrew Weinbach.  Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 44:4 (2004). 
Submitted Papers 
    - "Changing of the Line: The Elimination of the Favorite-Long Shot Bias in Hockey" with Rodney Paul and Andrew Weinbach.  Applied Economics.
- “Efficient Markets and Bettor Biases in the Baseball Totals Market” with Rodney Paul and Andrew Weinbach.  Journal of Risk and Uncertainty.
Working Papers 
    - "Property Rights and the Decision to Vertically Integrate" with Andrew Weinbach.  Presented at the International Atlantic Economic Conference, October 2003.
- “Can Las Vegas Predict Attendance” Presented at the Academy of Economics and Finance Conference, February, 2006.
- "Competitive Balance in College Football:  An Analysis by Conference" with Rodney Paul and Andrew Weinbach.
- "The Link Between Televised Games and the Overbetting of Overs in Totals Markets:  Evidence from College Football" with Rodney Paul and Andrew Weinbach.
Professional Conference Presentations 
    - NABET 30th Annual Meeting, Market Efficiency In The Post-Lockout NHL, October, 2007
- Academy of Economics and Finance Conference, Sports Economics (presenter and discussant) February, 2006
- Southern Economic Association Conference, The Economics of Sports (discussant) Washington D.C., November, 2005.
- International Atlantic Economic Conference, Quebec City, Quebec, October, 2003.
 
          
			TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
		
 
          
			
		
          
			CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS/PROJECTS
		
 
          
			Applied Microeconomics, Sports Economics, Law and Economics
		
          
			PERSONAL INTERESTS/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
		
          
			
		
          
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