Kristine Beck
Specialties: Investments, International Finance
Ph.D., Florida State University
Associate Professor of Finance
Director of the Wisconsin Financial Services Institute (WFSI)
Sage 1614G, (920) 424-1455
beck@uwosh.edu
Background:
Dr. Kristine L. Beck earned a B.S. in Economics from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo and a Ph.D. in Finance from Florida State University. She has been a professor at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh since 2001. Dr. Beck taught at the University of Denver and worked in the banking industry prior to joining the faculty at UWO. Professor Beck’s research interests include international finance, investments, and methodological issues; her research has been published in several journals, including The Financial Review, Managerial Finance, and the Journal of Investing. She has been a Faculty Advisor for the UW Oshkosh Student-Managed Endowment Fund since 2002. Professor Beck is also the Director of the Wisconsin Financial Services Institute, which offers educational services to professionals in the financial services industry.
Recent Publications/Presentations:
"Performance of Micro-Cap Mutual Funds," co-authored with Parvez Ahmed and Sudhir Nanda, Journal of Investment Consulting, Volume 11 #1, Summer 2010.
"Good to Great, or Great Data Mining?" Co-authored with Bruce Neindorf, Journal of Financial Education, Volume 35, Spring 2009.
"Short and Long-term Volatility and Closed-End Fund discounts," co-authored with Bruce Niendorf; presented at the 2009 meeting of the International Atlantic Economic Society.
"Good to Great or Just Good?" Co-authored with Bruce Niendorf; Academy of Management Perspectives, Volume 22 #4, November 2008.
- Translated and reprinted: " 'Good to Great' - of alleen maar 'Good' "? co-authored with Bruce Niendorf; Holland Management Review, 125, mei-juni 2009.
"Good to Great or Great Data Mining?," co-authored with Bruce Niendorf; presented at the 2007 meeting of the Financial Management Association.
"The Structure of Closed-End Fund Discounts," co-authored with Bruce Niendorf; The Journal of Investing, Volume 16 #3, Fall 2007.
"The Structure of Closed-End Fund Discounts," co-authored with Bruce Niendorf, presented at the 2007 meeting of the International Atlantic Economic Society.
"Performance of Focus Mutual Funds," co-authored with Parvez Ahmed and Elizabeth Goldreyer. Journal of Applied Business and Economics, Vol. 5 #1, 2005.
"Moving Average Technical Trading Strategies for Currencies of Emerging Economies," co-authored with Parvez Ahmed and Elizabeth Goldreyer, Managerial Finance, Volume 31 #5, 2005.
