J Hoffmeister

Emeritus Professor,

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BAC 534 TEMPE, AZ 85287-3906
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Long Bio

J. Hoffmeister is an associate professor of finance with the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. He joined ASU in 1983. His prior academic appointments include positions with the University of Colorado, and University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Professor Hoffmeister's research interests include corporate governance, dividends and their impact on the marginal investor, CEO turnover and layoffs. He has received multiple awards for his teaching. These include the State Farm Undergraduate Teaching Award (2003), the Department of Finance, Furst Curriculum Grant (1999 and 2002). He was also nominated for the John W. Teets Outstanding Teaching Award in 2001.

Education

Ph.D. Finance, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 1972
M.A. Finance, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 1967
B.S. Business Administration, Millikin University, Decatur, IL 1965

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Professor Hoffmeister's research interests include corporate governance, dividends and their impact on the marginal investor, CEO turnover and layoffs.

Current Projects

"Layoffs, CEO Turnover, and Shareholder Wealth," with Saeyoung Chang
"A look at high dividend yield stocks, changes in dividend taxation and the marginal investor," with Vaughn Armstrong
"Convertible Debt Issuance and Debt Values"

Publications

Representative Publications

"The Micromechanics of the Federal Funds Market: Implications for Day-of-the-Week Effects in Funds Rate Variability," with Paul Spindt, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, December 1988
"The Case for Indexing a Bond's Call Price," with Douglas Emery and Ronald Spahr, Financial Management, Autumn 1987
"ADRs: A Substitute for the Real Thing," with Dennis Officer, Journal of Portfolio Management, Winter 1987. Also reprinted in the Handbook for International Investors, Probus Publishing Company, 1987

Honors / Awards

State Farm Undergraduate Teaching Award (2003)
Department of Finance, Furst Curriculum Grant (1999 and 2002)
Nominated, John W. Teets Outstanding Teaching Award (2001).

Editorships

Textbook Review: Corporate Finance, 1st edition, Berk And DeMarzo, 2005; A First Course in Finance, 1st Edition, Ivo Welch, 2005; Modern Corporate Finance, 2nd Edition, Chambers and Lacey, 1999.

Expertise Areas

Corporate Finance