Professional Summary
Dr. Slezak earned his PhD in Economics at UC San Diego. He has served at the University of Michigan and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, prior to his joining the University of Cincinnati in 2002.
Education
Ph D: University of California, San Diego San Diego, California, 1989 (Economics )
MA: University of California, San Diego San Diego, California, 1985 (Economics )
BA: University of California, San Diego San Diego, California, 1981 (Economics )
Research and Practice Interests
Insider Trading, Asset Pricing with Asymmetric Information, Incentives to Commit Fraud, and Corporate Governance.
Positions and Work Experience
Bad Format: 20110900 - Associate Professor , University of Cincinnati, Carl H. Lindner College of Business,
Bad Format: 20090900 -08-31-2011 Visiting Professor of Finance, University of Michigan, Ross School of Business,
Bad Format: 20030900 -08-31-2009 Associate Professor , University of Cincinnati, College of Business,
Bad Format: 20020900 -08-31-2003 Assistant Professor , University of Cincinnati, College of Business,
Bad Format: 20000700 -08-31-2002 Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School,
Bad Format: 19950900 -06-30-2000 Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School,
Bad Format: 19890900 -08-31-1995 Assistant Professor , University of Michigan Business School,
Research Support
Investigators:Slezak, Steve; Fich, Eliezer M. Bad Format: 20020100 -Bad Format: 20030100 Financial Services Exchange "Governance Structures and the Hazard of Bankruptcy for Distressed Firms" with Eliezer M. Fich. 10000 Type:Grant Level:Other
Publications
Published Abstracts
Eswar, Sapnoti;Slezak, Steve A Simple Model of Costly Hedging .[Abstract]
Slezak, Steve;Kassa, Haimont Are Incentive Contracts too short-sighted? .[Abstract]
Slezak, Steve;David Capital Gains Overhang and the Closed-End Fund Puzzle .[Abstract]
Slezak, Steve;Qiu, Buhui Incentive Compensation, Fraud, and Amplified Downturns .[Abstract]
Slezak, Steve;David The Economic Significance and Arbitrage of Idiosyncratic Risk .[Abstract]
Other Publications
Slezak, Steve; Kassa, Haimont; The Inevitable Tension between Long-term and Short-term Managerial and Investor Incentives .
Eswar, Sapnoti; Slezak, Steve A Simple Model of Costly Hedging .
Slezak, Steve; Qui, Buhui; ; The Equilibrium Relationships between Equity-Based Compensation and the Commission and Detection of Fraudulent Misreporting . The Accounting Review
Kluger, Brian; Slezak, Steve (05-07-2018. ) Signal jamming models of fraudulent misreporting and economic prospects: An experimental investigation .151 , Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Slezak, Steve; Kassa, Haimont; Chichernea, Doina; Lottery Preferences and the Idiosyncratic Volatility Puzzle .forthcoming , European Financial Management
Slezak, Steve; Kluger, Brian; Signal Jamming Models of Fraudulent Misreporting and Economic Prospects: An Experimental Investigation of Fraudulent Misreporting .Forthcoming , Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Slezak, Steve (Bad Format: 20141200. ) The Investor as a Source of Risk: The Performance of Alternative Retirement Strategies in the Hands of Investors Who Behave “Behaviorally" . Great American Insurance Group White Paper
Slezak, Steve; Bond, Shaun; The Impact of Liquidity Costs, Estimation Error, and Uncertainty Aversion on Real Estate Asset Allocation and Portfolio Performance . Journal of Asset Management
Slezak, Steve; Chichernea, Doina; ; (Bad Format: 20130900. ) Idiosyncratic Risk Premia and Momentum .30 (3 ) , Journal of Financial Research
Qiu, Buhui; Slezak, Steve The Strategic Interaction between Committing and Detecting Fraudulent Misreporting .
Fich, Eliezer M.; Slezak, Steve (02-2008. ) Can Corporate Governance Save Distressed Firms from Bankruptcy? An Empirical Analysis .30 (2 ) , Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting
Goldman, Eitan; Slezak, Steve (06-2006. ) An Equilibrium Model of Incentive Contracts in the Presence of Information Manipulation .80 , Journal of Financial Economics
Slezak, Steve (09-2003. ) On the Impossibility of Weak-Form Efficient Markets .38 , Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Goldman, Eitan; Slezak, Steve (02-2003. ) Delegated Portfolio Management and Rational Prolonged Mispricing .58 , Journal of Finance
Khanna, Naveen; Slezak, Steve (2000. ) The Effect of Organizational Form on Information Flow and Decision Quality: Informational Cascades in Group Decision-Making .9 , Journal of Economics and Management Strategy
Khanna, Naveen; Slezak, Steve; Bradley, Michael (1994. ) Insider Trading, Outside Search and Resource Allocation: Why Firms and Society May Disagree on Insider Trading Restrictions .7 , Review of Financial Studies
Slezak, Steve (09-1994. ) A Theory of the Dynamics of Security Returns Around Market Closures .49 , Journal of Finance
Published Books
Slezak, Steve (Bad Format: 20140200. ) Advanced Investments .Chnatilly, VA , The Great Courses, The Teaching Company
Presentations
Invited Presentations
Kluger, Brian; Slezak, Steve (02-09-2017. ) Fraudulent Misreporting and the Business Cycle: An Experimental Investigation .Cincinnati Project on Law and Business, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. Seminar. . Level:Local
Goldman, Eitan; Slezak, Steve (2005. ) An Equilibrium Model of Incentive Contracts in the Presence of Information Manipulation .DePaul Conference on Behavior Finance, Level:International
Honors and Awards
2010 Semi-finalist for best paper award Level:International Type:Scholarship/Research
2009 Harold J. Grilliot Award for Exemplary Service to Undergraduate Organizations Award for work with the Finance Club and other student organizations Level:College Type:Service, University
2009 Taiwan Stock Exchange BEst Paper Award Level:International Type:Scholarship/Research
2008 Michael L. Dean Excellence in Classroom Education and Learning EXCEL Graduate Teaching Award Level:College Type:Teaching
2000 Weatherspoon Award for Excellence in MBA Teaching Level:College Type:Teaching
Student Advising
various, various Faculty Advisor to the Investment Banking Club
Puntenney, Julie Directed Individual/Independent Study Status:In-Process
Chichernea, Doina Dissertation Defense Committee Chair Status:In-Process
Qiu, Buhui Dissertation Defense Committee Chair Status:In-Process
Davis, Jonathan Directed Individual/Independent Study Status:Completed 03-26-2008
Fluegeman, Patrick Directed Individual/Independent Study Status:Completed 03-26-2008
Haldule, Prasad Directed Individual/Independent Study Status:Completed Bad Format: 20071200
Goldman, Jonathan Directed Individual/Independent Study Status:Completed Bad Format: 20070900
Manzler, David Dissertation Committee Chair Status:Completed Bad Format: 20070600
Service
LCB Dean Search Committee Committee Member Type:University Level:University Bad Format: 20180900
Albert C. Yates Fellowship Award Committee Committee Member Type:University Level:University 09-2005 -08-2009
Departmental RPT Committee Committee Member Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 09-2004
Search Committee for IRM Center Director of External Relations Committee Chair Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 06-2016 -12-2016
Search Commitee for Professor in Insurance and Risk Management Committee Chair Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 09-2013 -03-2014
Search Commitee for Professor in Real Estate Committee Member Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 09-2013 -03-2014
Search Commitee for Assistant Professor of Finance Committee Member Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 09-2013 -02-2014
Johnson Investment Counsel Student-Managed Fund Faculty Advisor Type:Departmental Service Level:Department Bad Format: 20110900 -08-15-2013
Search Committee for the Academic Director for Risk Management and Insurance Center Committee Chair Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 01-2012 -01-2013
Search Commitee for Thornburgh Professorships Committee Chair Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 12-2011 -04-2012
Department Head Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 09-2006 -08-2009
MBA Capstone Revision Team Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 10-2014
Gamma Iota Sigma Faculty Advisor Type:University/College Service Level:University 01-2014
Investment Banking Club Faculty Advisor Type:University/College Service Level:University 01-2014
Alpha Kappa Psi Faculty Advisor Type:University/College Service Level:University 03-2008 -09-2010
MBA Design Team Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 09-2006 -08-2009
Graduate Programs Committee Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 09-2007 -09-2008
Undergraduate Programs Committee Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 01-2008 -03-2008
Graduate Programs Committee Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 09-2006 -09-2007
MBA Steering Committee Committee Chair Type:University/College Service Level:University 09-2005 -09-2006
MBA Re-Design Committee Committee Chair Type:University/College Service Level:University 10-2003 -06-2004
Task Force for MBA.MS BioTech Degree Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 09-2000 -09-2002
Financial Review Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations
Global Finance Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations
Journal of Financial Markets Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations
Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations
Journal of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations
Financial Markets and Portfolio Management Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 06-2015
Columbia University Press (Reviewed "Rational Investing; the Subtleties of Asset Management" ) Reviewer, Book Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 11-2015 -01-2016
Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 07-2015 -11-2015
Journal of Economics and Management Strategy Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 05-2015 -07-2015
Journal of Finance Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 01-2015 -05-2015
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 2011 -2011
International Review of Economics and Finance Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 2010 -2010
Journal of Corporate Finance Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 2010 -2010
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 2010 -2010
Review of Financial Studies Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 2010 -2010
Review of Financial Studies Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 2010 -2010
Qaurterly Journal of Finance and Accounting Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 2009 -2009
Review of Financial Studies Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 2009 -2009
Review of Economic Studies Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 2008 -2008
American Economic Review Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 2007 -2007
Econometrica Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 2007 -2007
Financial Management Association Meetings Selection Committee Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 10-2004 -10-2004
Financial Management Association Meetings Session Chair Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 10-2004 -10-2004
Finacial Management Association Meetings Selection Committee Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 10-2002 -10-2002
Financial Management Association Meetings Session Chair Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 10-2002 -10-2002
Western Finance Association Meetings Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 06-2002 -06-2002
Western Finance Association Meetings Selection Committee Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 06-2001 -06-2001
Financial Management Association Meetings Session Chair Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 10-2000 -10-2000
Western Finance Association Meetings Selection Committee Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 06-2000 -06-2000
Western Finance Association Meetings Session Chair Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 06-2000 -06-2000
Financial Management Association Meetings Selection Committee Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 10-1996 -10-1996
Professional Affiliation
American Finance Association , International
Financial Management Association, International
Western Finance Association , International
Courses Taught
AFA BUSINESS FINANCE
BUS FINANCE
BUS FINANCE
FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING
FINANCIAL ECON FOR ENGINEERS
INDEP STUDY IN FIN
INDEP STUDY IN FIN
CORPORATEFINANCE
FINANCIALDECISIONMAKING
FINANCIALECONFORENGINEERS
FINANCIALMGMT
FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING
FINANCIAL ECON FOR ENGINEERS
INDEP STUDY IN FIN
INDEP STUDY IN FIN
PRINC. OF RISK/INS
Financial Management
Independent Study in Finance
Corporate Finance
Principles of Risk and Insurance
Modeling, Pricing, and Managing Risk
Principles of Risk and Insurance
FIN FOUNDATIONS
PRINC. OF RISK/INS
FINANCIAL MGMT
PRINC. OF RISK/INS
Financial Management
Foundations in Finance
Special Topics in Finance
Johnson Investment Counsel Student Managed Fund Jr Analyst
Johnson Investment Counsel Student Managed Fund Portfolio MGR
Johnson Investment Counsel Student Managed Fund Sr Analyst
Foundations of Finance
Independent Study in Finance
Johnson Investment Counsel Student Managed Fund Jr Analyst
Johnson Investment Counsel Student Managed Fund Portfolio MGR
Johnson Investment Counsel Student Managed Fund Sr Analyst
Risk Management of Financial Institutions
Wall Street Uncovered and explained
Individual Study in Business Administration
Options & Futures
Spec Topics in Fin
Wall Street Uncovered and explained
Financial Mgmt
Financial Mgmt
Spec Topics in Fin
Options & Futures
Portfolio Management
Research in Business Administration
Financial Mgmt
Seminar in Fin Theory
Financial Mgmt
Guided Study in BA
Financial Mgmt
Individual Study
PhD Dissrtation Res
Research in Fin
PhD Dissrtation Res
Research in Fin
Financial Mgmt
PhD Dissrtation Res
Research in Fin
Individual Study
PhD Dissrtation Res
Research in Fin
Spec Topics in Fin
Financial Mgmt
Individual Study
PhD Dissertation Res
Research in Fin
Business Finance I
Guided Study in BA
Guided Study: Financ
PhD Dissertation Research
Research in Fin
CHIME
Financial Mgmt
Financial Mgmt
Guided Study Finance
Individual Study
PhD Dissertation Research
Research in Fin
Business Finance II - Honors
CHIME
Global Economics
Guided Study in BA
Guided Study: Finance
Individual Study
PhD Dissertation Res
Research in Fin
CHIME
Financial Tools
Individual Study
PhD Dissertation Res
Real Est Appraisal
Research in Fin
CHIME
Guided Study : Finance
PhD Dissertation Res
Research in FIn
Guided Study : Finance
PhD Dissertation Res
Research in Fin
Spec Topics in Fin
CHIME
Guided Study : Finance
Guidede Study : Finance
Individual Study
PhD Dissertation Res
Research in Fin
Sem Fincl Theory