John E. Burnett, Ph.D.

John E. Burnett, Ph.D.

John E. Burnett, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Finance
Office: Business Administration Bldg. 377
Phone: 256.824.2928
Fax: 256.824.6328
Email: John.Burnett@uah.edu

Education

Ph.D. - University of Alabama, Finance, 1992
M.A. - Claremont Graduate University, Mathematics, 1983
B.S. - University of New Mexico, Mathematics, 1981

Academic Experience

  • 1997-present - Associate Professor of Finance, College of Business Administration, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama
  • 2002-2004 - Director of Assessment and Accreditation, College of Business Administration, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama
  • 1997-2002 - Assistant Dean, College of Business Administration, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama
  • 1992-1997 - Assistant Professor of Finance, College of Business Administration, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama

Industry Experience

  • 1987-88 - Senior Software Analyst, Federal Systems Division, The Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, Alabama
  • 1983-87 - Mathematician, The BDM Corporation, Huntsville, Alabama

Recent Publications

  • John E. Burnett, Carolyn Carroll and Paul Thistle, "The Relative Impact of Public Information in Shaping Investor Expectations," Journal of Applied Business Research, Forthcoming.
  • Darryl A. Seale and John E. Burnett, "Solving Large Games with Simulated Fictitious Play," International Game Theory Review, Vol. 8 No. 3 (September 2006).
  • Paul Thistle and John E. Burnett, "Computing Sets of Expected Utility Maximizing Distributions for Common Utility Functions," Applied Financial Economics , Vol.11 (2001), pp. 269-277.
  • Jayen B. Patel, Dorla A. Evans and John E. Burnett, "Junk Bond Behavior with Daily Returns and Business Cycles," The Journal of Financial Research , Vol. 21 No. 4 (Winter 1998).
  • John E. Burnett and Bruce M. Wampler, "Unit Price Contracts: A Practical Framework for Determining Competitive Bid Prices," The Journal of Applied Business Research, Vol. 14 No. 3 (Summer 1998).
  • "Political Campaigns as Rent-Seeking Games: Take the Money and Run," (with Chris Paul and Allen Wilhite), Public Finance Quarterly , vol. 25 no. 5 (September 1995).
  • "The Detection of Nonstationarity in the Market Model," (with C. Carroll and P. Thistle), Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, vol. 35 no. 1 (Winter 1996).
  • "Effective Bid Pricing for Unit Price Contracts," (with J. Howard Finch), Engineering Economist, vol. 39 no. 4 (Summer 1994).
  • "Implications of Multiple Structural Changes in Event Studies," (with C. Carroll and P. Thistle), Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, vol. 35 no. 4 (Fall 1995).
  • "Using a Competitive Bid Problem to Teach Capital Budgeting,"  Financial Practice and Education, vol.5 no. 2 (Fall/Winter 1995).

Other Professional Activities, Honors, and Awards

  • Visitor - The Driehaus Center for Behavioral Finance, Dr. Werner De Bondt, Director,
    DePaul University, 2005-06
  • Lecturer - "Free Market Economies and the Role of Financial Institutions and Markets", Bucharest, Romania, 1996
  • Outstanding Service Award, College of Business Administration, UAH, 2002-03
  • Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Business Administration, UAH, 1996-97
  • Outstanding Research Award, College of Business Administration, UAH, 1996-97
  • University of Alabama Outstanding Dissertation Award, 1992-93

Research Interests

  • Behavioral Finance
  • Investments
  • Finance methodology

Teaching Experience

  • FIN 400 Investment Practicum
  • FIN 361 Investments
  • FIN 461 Portfolio Management
  • FIN 301 Principles of Finance
  • FIN 601 Financial Decisions Under Uncertainty
  • FIN 431 Short Term Financial Management

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