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Adam Stivers
Associate Professor
Finance
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Specialty area(s)
Investments, asset pricing, behavioral finance
Brief biography
Starting in Spring 2023, I am also serving as co-director of the Menard Family Initiative.
Current courses at UWL
FIN 475: Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
Education
McMaster University, PhD Finance
West Virginia University, MA Economics
West Virginia University, BS Economics
Career
Teaching history
FIN 380: Principles of Investments
FIN 407: Advanced Financial Planning
FIN 475: Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
Research and publishing
- "Do Economic Forecasters Believe the Stock Market is Efficient? Evidence from Germany," Applied Finance Letters, 2021, 10, 40-47.
- "A Comparison of Forecasting Performance and Systematic Risk Under Different Political Environments," American Journal of Finance and Accounting, 2021, 6(3/4), 266-283.
- "Behavior when the Chips are Down: An Experimental Study of Wealth Effects and Exchange Media" Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2020, 27, 100323.
- "Equity Premium Predictions with Many Predictors: A Risk-Based Explanation of the Size and Value Factors” Journal of Empirical Finance, 2018, 45, 126-140.
- “Forecasting Returns with Fundamentals-Removed Investor Sentiment” International Journal of Financial Studies, 2015, 3, 319-341.
- "Assessment within a Student-Managed Investment Fund," Accepted at Journal of Financial Education.
- "An Experimental Investigation of the “Follow Own Signal” Decision Rule under Increased Information Uncertainty," Accepted at Review of Behavioral Finance.
- "Efficient Factor Selection: Explaining Risk and Mean Returns Jointly," Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Finance.
- "Bitcoin’ Stocks: What Drives Stock Performance after a Blockchain or Cryptocurrency Disclosure?," Revise and Resubmit at International Review of Financial Analysis.