Matt Maher

Associate Professor of Finance

Department of Marketing and Finance

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ph.D. Finance, 1989. Northern Arizona University, M.B.A., 1981.

Northwestern University, B.S. Communications, 1975.

 

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Boise State University -14 years

University ofl11inois at Urbana-Champaign -4 years Northern Arizona University -3 years

 

 

 

OTHER PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

 

Foreman -Undercarriage Heat-treat Department -Fiat-Allis Heavy Construction Machinery

 

 

 

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY Refereed Journal Articles

 

"Classroom Financial Analysis with Electronic Databases," (with Phil Fry and Dian

Schooley) Journal of Education for Business, Vol. 76, No.3, JanuaryIFebruary 2001, p 144-148.

 

"The Two-Factor Model for Bank Holding Company Returns: An Empirical Investigation," Financial Review May 1997.

 

 

 

Other Basic and/or Applied Research

 

"The Current Status of Financial Modeling in Academic Finance" (with Phil Fry) was presented at the American Academy of Accounting and Finance meeting in New Orleans in December of 2003, and an abstract will be published in the proceedings. We plan to submit the paper to the Journal of Accounting and Finance Research in March of this year.

 

"Did Morningstar Risk and Performance Measures Help Predict the Decline in Individual Mutual Fund Returns After March 2000?" (with Phil Fry) was presented to the Western

Decision Sciences Institute's 31st Annual Meeting in April of 2003 and published in their

proceedings.

 

"Mutual Funds in the Classroom" (with Phil Fry) was presented to the Western Decision Sciences Institute's 31 st Annual Meeting in April of 2002 and published in their proceedings.

 

"Applying Benford's Law to Food Service Payments" (with Phil Fry and David Taylor) presented and published in the proceedings of the 2001 Western Decision Sciences Annual Meeting in April of 2001.

 

"An Integrative Approach to Teaching Real World Business Analysis Using Real World Financial Data" (with Phil Fry and Diane Schooley) was presented and published in the proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Annual Meeting in April of2000.

"The Factor Structure of Bank Holding Company Returns" with Mark Krueger (presented at the 1995 Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting)

 

"Should the Inventor Sell the Rights To their New Product? A Valuation Approach" with Harry White and Ted Rudder (published in the proceedings of the 1993 Western Decision Sciences Annual Meeting)

 

"The Differing Role of Accounting in Two Energy Industries" with Zeke Sarikas and Joe Callaghan. (published in the proceedings of the 1993 Western Decision Sciences Annual Meeting)

 

"1991 Mutual Fund Performance" for Idaho's Economy (Fall 1992, Boise State University, Vol. 9, Number 3)

 

"Current Financial Market Conditions" for Idaho's Economy (Spring/Summer 1992, Boise State University, Vol. 9, Number 2).

 

 

 

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

 

Omicron Delta Epsilon, Honor Society in Economics

 

Beta Gamma Sigma, Business Honorary Society

 

Marc C. Norton Award, University of Illinois, 1988

 

Beatrice Companies Scholarship, University of Illinois, 1988

 

 

 

UNIVERSITY SERVICE ASSIGNMENTS IN ACADEMIC YEARS 2000-2001 I 4 AND 2002-2003

 

2002--2003

Member -COBE Scholarship Committee Member -COBE Alumni Committee

Advisor- Financial Management Association (FMA) student organization

 

2000-2001

Co-chair -COBE Scholarship Committee Member- COBE Alumni Committee

Advisor -Financial Management Association (FMA) student organization