Dr. Bill Marcum

Undergraduate Program Director - Finance; Wall Street Partners Faculty Fellow; Associate Professor

EMAIL: marcumbm@wfu.edu

PHONE: (336) 758-7166

OFFICE: Farrell 357

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HONORS

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

IN THE MEDIA

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

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

EDUCATION

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

PUBLICATIONS

Managerial and Decision Economics/ Wiley

Board Systems, employee representation, and neo-institutional theory: The moderating effect of economic freedom on corporate boards and financial performance

Marcum, B. , & Sayari Marcum, N.

Business Research Quarterly

Reducing Risk in the Emerging Markets: Does Enhancing Corporate Governance Work?

Marcum, B. , & Sayari, N.

InTech Open Limited

Corporate Governance and Financial Performance in the Emerging Markets: Do ADRs Perform any Better than Non-Cross-Listed Firms?

Marcum, B. , & Sayari, N. (2017)

Do US Corporate Governance Standards Effectively Discourage Risk in the Emerging Markets?

Sayari, N.

Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance

Merger Waves and Corporate Inversions - Causes and Consequences

Marcum, B. , Martin, D. , & Strickland, D. (2015)

The RMA Journal

The Case of the Discounted Sellout: Reducing the Risk of Condo Project Financing

Marcum, B. , & Goddarad, G. J.

Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance

U.S. Firms: Still Holding Too Much Cash?

Strickland, D. , Marcum, B. , & Martin, D. (2013)

The RMA Journal

A World of Herf: The Importance of Market Concentration in CMBS Risk Assessment

Marcum, B. , & Goddard, G. J. (2012)

The Journal of Corporate Accounting and Fiance

Are US Firms Stockpiling Too Much Cash?

Strickland, D. , Marcum, B. , & Martin, D.

The RMA Journal

The Good, the Bad and the 1031 Exchange

Marcum, B. , & Goddard, G. J.

Risk Management Association (RMA) Journal

The Crowd is Untruth: The Problem of Cap Rates in a Declining Market

Marcum, B. , & Goddard, G. J.

Journal of Business

On the Predicatiblity of Stock Returns in Real Time

Marcum, B. , Cooper, M. , & Gutierrez, R. C. (2005)

Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance

A Cure for Outdated Capital Budgeting Techniques

Marcum, B. , Cotter, J. , & Martin, D. (2003)

SAM Advanced Management Journal

The Relation Between Employee Perceptions of Stakeholder Balance and Corporate Financial Performance

Marcum, B. , Bridges, S. , & Harrison, K. (2003)

CPCU Journal

Understanding Ethical Attitudes of Insurance Practitioners

Marcum, B. , & Robin, D. (2003)

Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship

Back to Business Basics: Buyers, Benefits and Brands on the Internet

Marcum, B. , & Bridges, S. (2001)

Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship

The Limits of Reverse Auction Pricing and Priceline.com

Marcum, B. , & Cotter, J. (2001)