Michael T. Tucker
Professor of Finance
Office: DSB 2112
e-mail:Dr. Tucker
B.A. Washington College;
M.B.A., D.B.A., Boston University.
Courses Taught
BU 120: International Environmental Management and Policy in Costa Rica
BU 100: Business Decision Making
BU 200: Creating a Competitive Advantage
FI 215: Financial Management
FI 330: Applied Financial Management
FI 505: Case Problems in Corporate Financial Theory
IL 585: International Environmental Management and Policy
FI 500: Corporate Financial Theory
Publications
“The Northern Spotted Owl and the Tragedy of the Commons: Stakes and Stakeholders,” (with Cheryl Tromley), v. 26, n. 1, Feb 2002, Journal of Management Education, 99-114.
“Financial Performance of Selected Microfinance Institutions: Benchmarking Progress to Sustainability,” Spring 2002, Vol. 3, no. 1, Journal of Microfinance, 107-123.
“Movie Moguls: An Integrated Business Simulation” with Sandra Ducoffe and Cheryl Tromley, Journal of the Academy of Business Education, Spring 2002, 75-95.
“Returns from hay cultivation in fertilized low diversity
and non-fertilized high diversity grassland – An "insurance" value of
grassland plant diversity?” with Felix Schläpfer and Irmi Seidl, Environment
and Resource Economics 2002, Vol 21 No 1 pp 89-100.
“The Northwest U.S. Dam Breaching decision: Factors, Costs
and Benefits,” 2001, Volume 3, Number 3, Environment, Development
and Sustainability, 217-227.
“Trading Carbon Tradable Offsets Under Kyoto's Clean Development Mechanism: The Economic Advantages to Buyers and Sellers of Using Call Options,” Ecological Economics (37)2 (2001) pp. 173-182.
"Lead Users and
Technology Transfer to Lesser-Developed Countries: Analysis with an Application
to Haiti," Technology in Society 22
(2000), 415-425 (with Carl
Scheraga and Winston Tellis).
“Can Solar Cooking Save the Forests?” Ecological Economics 31 (1999) 77-89.
“Case Development in a Third World Country: Solar Cooking in Haiti,” The Qualitative Report, 1999.
“Asset Allocation Under Partial and Complete Privatization of Social Security Contributions,” Journal of Financial Services Research 14:1, 5-16, 1998.
Climate Change and the Insurance Industry: The Cost of
Increased Risk and the Impetus for Action, Ecological
Economics, 22, 1997, 85-96.
On the Implications of Leverage Adjustments in the Framework of
Arbitrage Pricing Theory Under Modigliani-Miller
Propositions" w/Tom Conine, Advances in Quantitative Finance and
Accounting, 1997.
Temporal Relationships and Dynamic Interactions Between Spot
and Futures Stock Markets,” w/Greg Koutmos Journal
of Futures Markets, v. 16, #1, 1996.
"Foreign Investment Risk and Return on Index-Linked Gilts" w/Robert Eldridge at International Journal of Finance, v. 8, no. 1, 1996.
The
Environment and Free Markets: A Fishing Exercise,” 1995 at National Pollution Prevention Center for Higher Education.
Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Global GDP, Ecological Economics 15, 1995.
Mandating a Market for Electric Vehicles: Motivating a Small Manufacturer, Management Institute for Environment and Business, 1995.
Russian Financial Institutions in an Emerging Free Market Economy,” w/Boris Rubtsov at Business and the Contemporary World, v. VII, n. 1, 1995.
Replacing Ozone Depleting Chemicals: Taxes And Decisions For A Manufacturer,” Fall 1995, National Pollution Prevention Center for Higher Education.
The Shocking State of Electric Car Technology, Business and Society Review, Spring, 1995.
Pollution Prevention: Economically Viable Environmental
Protection” at Business and the
Contemporary World, 3, 1995.
Green Lights’ Economics: Graphic Design Considers a Lighting
Upgrade,” National Pollution Prevention
Center for Higher Education, Spring 1995.
"Art as an Investment: A Portfolio Allocation Analysis," Managerial Finance, v. 21, 6, 1995.
"Asset Allocation and the Equity Premium Puzzle," April 1995, Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting (co‑author Walter Hlawitschka).
"A Proposed Debt-for-Nature Swap in Madagascar and the Larger Problem of LDC Debt" at International Environmental Affairs 1994.
"A Financial Analysis of a Proposed Madagascar
Debt-for-Nature Swap" Vol. 4, Numbers 1/2, 1994, Journal of Multinational Financial Management.
"Short-Term Interest Rate Persistence and Cyclical Variation: A Rescaled Range Analysis," Business Journal, 1994.
"U.S. Advertising Productivity: The Effect of Firm Size and Mergers and Acquisitions," Journal of Promotion Management, with Sandra and Robert Ducoffe, Volume 2, Number 2, 1994.
"A Note on Refinancing an Adjustable Rate Mortgage with a Fixed Rate Mortgage," Vanguard: The Connecticut Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Spring/Summer 1994.
"Mean-Variance Versus Target Return Investment Strategies,” at The Mid-Atlantic Journal of Business, v. 30, no. 2, June 1994, 187-196 (with Walter Hlawitschka).
"Persistence in the S&P 500 Index: Evidence from a Large Sample," Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, 1993. (Co‑Author Oscar Jensen).
"Revisiting an Ecuadorian Debt-for-Nature Swap," International Environmental Affairs, Spring, 1993.
"Swapping Debt for Nature," Management Institute for Environment and Business, 1992.
"A Burning Issue," Management Institute for Environment and Business, September 1992.
"Agency Costs & Takeover Targets," Journal of Financial and Strategic Decisions, Fall-Winter 1992-3.
"Adjusting Net Present Value Calculations When Reinvestment Rate Differs from the Discount Rate," Vanguard: The Connecticut Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Spring/Summer, 1992.
"The Impact of Nondollar Denominated Oil Prices," Eastern Economic Journal, Spring, 1992.
"Corporate Crime and Punishment," Business and the Contemporary World," Summer, 1992.
"Comparing Present Value Cost Differentials between Fixed and Adjustable Rate Loans: A Mortgage Simulation," Financial Review, Vol. 26, No. 3, August, 1991.
"CEO Remuneration and Management Share Ownership in Acquired Firms," The Mid‑Atlantic Journal of Business, Vol. 27, No. 2, June 1991.
"LBOs May Not Be Dead Yet," Fairfield Business Review, Spring, 1991, pp. 13‑16.
"Adjustable Rate and Fixed Rate Mortgage Choice: A Logit Analysis," The Journal of Real Estate Research, Vol. 4, No. 2, Summer, 1989.
"Two Solutions for Environmental Problems of the Nineties: Natural Gas and Cogeneration," Fairfield Business Review, Spring, 1989.