John C. Alexander, Jr., Ph.D.


 

John C. Alexander, Jr., Ph.D.

Professor of Finance
Breazale Professor of Investments/Department of Finance
Spiro Fellow of Leadership and Entrepreneurship
Teaching graduate and undergraduate investments and corporate finance

Department of Finance
314 Sirrine Hall
Clemson, SC 29634-1323
1-864-656-0547
alexanj@clemson.edu
Office Hours: TuTh 2:30-3:30pm (314)

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Academic Group Homepage:
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  • Doctor of Philosophy in Finance, Florida State University, 1991
  • Master of Business Administration, Stetson University, 1985
  • Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance, Stetson University, 1984


 

Academic

  • Clemson University, Full Professor, 2000-present
  • Clemson University, Breazeale Professor of Investments, 1998-present
  • Clemson University, Interim Department Chair, 2006-2008
  • CIMBA, Asolo, Italy, Visiting Professor, 1998, 2000 Summer
  • Clemson University, Associate Professor, 1997-present
  • Clemson University, Assistant Professor, 1990-1996
  • Florida State University, Instructor, Research Assistant, 1987-1990
  • Stetson University, Adjunct Faculty, Guest Lecturer, 1986


 

 
Applied

  • Clemson University Foundation, Chief Investment Officer, 2005-present
  • Clemson University Foundation, Director, Quantitative Investment Strategy, 2003-2005
  • Alexander Associates/John C. Alexander, Jr., Ph.D. Consulting and Expert Testimony, 1998-present
  • Polaris Investment Partners, Senior Advisor, Quantitative Management, 1997-present
  • General Electric Company, Financial Analyst, International Business, Operations, Financial Management Program, 1986-1987
  • Kennedy Capital Management, Product Development, 1985 Summer
  • Sears Roebuck & Company, Manager, 1973-1983


 

  • Market Efficiency and Corporate Control

 

  • "Profitability of a Trading Strategy Based on Unexpected Earnings", with Delbert C. Goff and Pamela P. Peterson, Financial Analysis Journal, Vol.45 (July/August 1989), pp.65-71. Abstracted in "Fundamentals of Investments", by Cheney and Moses, West Publishing Company, 1993, p.445.
  • "Earnings Surprise, Market Efficiency, and Expectations", Financial Review, Vol.27 (November 1992), pp.475-502. Abstracted in The CFA Digest, Vol.23, (Spring 1993), pp.55-56.
  • "Relative Significance of Journals, Authors and Articles Cited in Financial Research", with Rodney H. Mabry, Journal of Finance, Vol.49, (June 1994), pp.697-712.
  • "CEBA of 1987 and the Security Returns and Market Risk of Savings and Loan Institutions: A Note", with Michael F. Spivey, Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol.18, (December 1994), pp.1205-1215.
  • "Refining the Degree of Earnings Surprise: A Comparison of Statistical and Analysts' Forecasts", Financial Review, Vol.30, (August 1995), pp.469-506.
  • "Nonshareholder Constituency Statutes and Shareholder Wealth: A Note", with Michael F. Spivey and Wayne Marr, Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol.21, (1997), pp.417-432.
  • "The Impact of the Warn Act on Firm Value", with Michael F. Spivey, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol.37, (1997), pp.905-921. Abstracted in Labor Abstracts: Vol.2:20 (November 12, 1997).
  • "Do Security Markets Respond to Earnings Paths?" with James S. Ang, Financial Analysts Journal, Vol.54 (July/August 1998), pp.81-94. Outstanding Paper in Investments, Eastern Finance Association meeting.
  • "The Market Response to Low-Balling Earnings Expectations", with James Ang, Journal of Investing, Vol.8, (Spring 1999), pp.57-66. Abstracted in Journal of Financial Abstracts:Series C, Vol.2 (July 1995), and the Journal of Accounting Abstracts, Vol.1 (July 1995), funded by NationsBank.
  • "Antitakeover Provisions and the CEO Performance-For-Pay Relationship", with Scott Barnhart, Stuart Rosenstein, and Michael Spivey, Advances in Financial Economics, Vol. 5, (May 2000), pp. 1-24.
  • "A Guide to Building a University Trading Room", with Charles Heck and Robert McElreath, Financial Services Review, Vol. 10, (Winter 2001), pp. 209-220.
  • "Investor Perception of Corporate Governance Initiatives: The Case of TIAA-CREF", with Scott Barnhart and Stuart Rosenstein, funded by Bank of America, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol.47, (2007), pp. 198-214.


 


 

FIN 301, Personal Finance

FIN 305,   Investment Analysis

FIN 405, Portfolio Management & Theory

MBA 835, Investment Management

FIN 306, Corporation Finance

FIN 311,   Financial Management

  • Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, College of Business and Behavior Science (1996-1997, 2003-2003)
  • Cote Fellow Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship (1999-2000)
  • Cote Fellow Award for Excellence in Teaching and Service (1998-1999, 2001-2002, 2004-2005)
  • NationsBank Faculty Research Award (1993, 1996)
  • Center for Policy Studies Student/Faculty Research Grant, funded by BB&T (1995)
  • Roland George Merit Scholar, Stetson University (1984)


 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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