• Ph D, UNC at Chapel Hill (Finance) - 1996
• MA, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Economics) - 1990
• BA, Univ of North Carolina at Greensboro (Economics) - 1985
• BA, Furman University (Political Philosophy) - 1982

Research Interests

• Corporate Finance and investments, specifically, stock market reaction to dividends
• Valuation and the Relation between Shareholders and Stakeholders. I'm very interested in Austrian Economics these days and value perception.

Teaching Interests

• Corporate Finance
• International Finance

• Marcum, B.,  Sayari Marcum, N. (Forthcoming). Board Systems, employee representation, and neo-institutional theory: The moderating effect of economic freedom on corporate boards and financial performance. Managerial and Decision Economics/ Wiley.  | more information
• Marcum, B.,  Sayari, N. (Forthcoming). Reducing Risk in the Emerging Markets: Does Enhancing Corporate Governance Work? Business Research Quarterly.  | more information
• Strickland, D., Marcum, B.,  Martin, D. (Forthcoming). Are US Firms Stockpiling Too Much Cash? The Journal of Corporate Accounting and Fiance.
• Marcum, B.,  Goddard, G. J. (Forthcoming). The Good, the Bad and the 1031 Exchange. The RMA Journal.  | more information
• Marcum, B.,  Goddard, G. J. (Forthcoming). The Crowd is Untruth: The Problem of Cap Rates in a Declining Market. Risk Management Association (RMA) Journal.  | more information
• Sayari, N. (Forthcoming). Do US Corporate Governance Standards Effectively Discourage Risk in the Emerging Markets? .
• Marcum, B.,  Goddarad, G. J. (Forthcoming). The Case of the Discounted Sellout: Reducing the Risk of Condo Project Financing. The RMA Journal.  | more information
• Marcum, B.,  Sayari, N. (2017).  Corporate Governance and Financial Performance in the Emerging Markets: Do ADRs Perform any Better than Non-Cross-Listed Firms?  Soner Gokten and Guray Kucukkocaoglu (Ed.), Financial Management from an Emerging Market Perspective (pp. 149-171). London: InTech Open Limited.  | more information
• Marcum, B., Martin, D.,  Strickland, D. (2015). Merger Waves and Corporate Inversions - Causes and Consequences. Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance (July/August, 2015)
• Strickland, D., Marcum, B.,  Martin, D. (2013). U.S. Firms: Still Holding Too Much Cash? Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance,  23-31.
• Marcum, B.,  Goddard, G. J. (2012). A World of Herf: The Importance of Market Concentration in CMBS Risk Assessment. The RMA Journal, December 2012,  36-42.  | more information
• Marcum, B., Cooper, M.,  Gutierrez, R. C. (2005). On the Predicatiblity of Stock Returns in Real Time. Journal of Business, 78 (2),  469-499.
• Marcum, B.,  Robin, D. (2003). Understanding Ethical Attitudes of Insurance Practitioners. CPCU Journal, 56 (5),  18 pages.  | more information
• Marcum, B., Cotter, J.,  Martin, D. (2003). A Cure for Outdated Capital Budgeting Techniques. Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance, 14,  71-80.
• Marcum, B., Bridges, S.,  Harrison, K. (2003). The Relation Between Employee Perceptions of Stakeholder Balance and Corporate Financial Performance. SAM Advanced Management Journal, 22,  55-75.
• Marcum, B.,  Bridges, S. (2001). Back to Business Basics: Buyers, Benefits and Brands on the Internet. Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, 13,  71-82.
• Marcum, B.,  Cotter, J. (2001). The Limits of Reverse Auction Pricing and Priceline.com. Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, 13,  23-32.

• 2016 - Alumni Teaching Award, School of Business
• 2016 - Service Award, School of Business
• 2013 - Saturday Charlotte teaching award
• 2012 - Saturday Charlotte teaching award
• 2009 - Senior Teaching Award, Undergraduate business school
• 2006 - Senior Teaching Award, Calloway
• 2003 - Senior Teaching Award, Calloway

• January 1, 2008 - Finance Students be Recession Proof , Job postings
• January 1, 2008 - Anniversary of Atlas Shrugged , WXII
• September 5, 2007 - Favorite Professors: Expecting the Unexpected , BusinessWeek
• January 1, 2005 - Everyday Economics: The 97-cent weakling , MSN Money
• December 1, 2004 - Imported goods will cost more , MoneyCentral.com