Dr. Joel Harper
Associate Professor

joel.harper@okstate.edu
314 North Hall, OSU-Tulsa

918-594-8460 (office)
405-744-5199 (department)
918-594-8281 (fax)

Academic, Military, and Professional Positions

Oklahoma State University, Associate Professor, August 2004
Florida Atlantic University, Assistant/Associate Professor, August 1998 - May 2005
Grand Canyon University, Assistant Professor, August 1996 - May 1998

Awards and Honors

Researcher of the Year (2002)

Education

Ph D, Oklahoma State University, Finance, 1996
BBA, Harding University, Economics, 1991

Courses Taught

FIN 4213
- International Financial Management (Fall 2009)
FIN 5053
- Theory and Practice of Financial Management (Fall 2009)
FIN 4213
- International Financial Management (Fall 2008)
FIN 5053
- Theory and Practice of Financial Management (Fall 2008)
FIN 5053
- Theory and Practice of Financial Management (Summer 2008)
FIN 4213
- International Financial Management (Fall 2007)
FIN 5053
- Theory and Practice of Financial Management (Fall 2007)
FIN 5053
- Theory and Practice of Financial Management (Spring 2007)
FIN 4213
- International Financial Management (Fall 2006)
FIN 5213
- International Business Finance (Fall 2006)
FIN 5053
- Theory and Practice of Financial Management (Spring 2006)
FIN 3113
- Finance (Fall 2005)
FIN 4213
- International Financial Management (Fall 2005)

Contracts, Grants, and Sponsored Research

Public Pension Plan Governance and Contracting Relationships
International Centre for Pension Management
January 1 2007 - December 31 2007

Publications

Joel Harper, 2008, "Public Sector Pension Governance in the United States: Up to the Task?," Rotman International Journal of Pension Management, 1 (1), 22-28.

Joel Harper, James E. Mcnulty, 2008, "Financial System Size in Transition Economies: The Effect of Legal Origin," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 40 (6), 1263-1280.

Wm. R. Mcdaniel, Joel Harper, 2007, "Asset Volatility and Equity Value," Journal of Financial and Economic Practice, 8 (1), 33-52.

Joel Harper, James E. Mcnulty, Anita Pennathur, 2007, "Financial Intermediation and the Rule of Law in Transitional Economies of Central and Eastern Europe," Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 47 (1), 55-68.

Joel Harper, Jeff Madura, Oliver Schnusenberg, 2006, "Performance Comparison Between Exchange-Traded Funds and Closed-End Country Funds," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 16 (2), 104-122.

Jarrod Johnston, Jeff Madura, Joel Harper, 2005, "Interaction Between Short Sales and Potential Inside Sales in the IPO Aftermarket," Journal of Financial Services Research, 27 (3), 283-302.

Joel Harper, Jarrod Johnston, Jeff Madura, 2004, "Follow-on Offerings," Journal of Banking and Finance, 28 (1), 251-264.

Joel Harper, Jeff Madura, 2002, "Sources of Hidden Value and Risk within Tracking Stock," Financial Management, 31 (3), 91-109.

Joel Harper, 2002, "The Performance of Privatized Firms in the Czech Republic," Journal of Banking and Finance, 26, 621-649.

Joel Harper, 2001, "Short-Run Effects of Privatization on Operating Performance in the Czech Republic," Journal of Financial Research, 24 (1), 119-131.

Joel Harper, John Wingender, 2000, "Agency Cost Reduction Using Interest Rate Swaps: An Empirical Test," Journal of Banking and Finance, 24, 1419-1431.

Joel Harper, Raj Aggarwal, 2000, "Equity Valuations in the Czech Voucher Privatization Auctions," Financial Management, 29 (4), 77-100.