Bio:

Dr. Joseph J. French (Joe) is an Associate Professor at the AIT School of Management. Before joining AIT, Joe held the position of Full Professor of Finance at the Monfort College of Business at the University of Northern Colorado.   Throughout his 16-year tenure in Colorado, he assumed various roles, including the Department Chair of Finance and the Tointon Chair of Research and was granted Professor Emeritus status upon his departure.   Joe holds a PhD in financial economics from the University of New Orleans and an MBA from Clemson University. His research interests are in the areas of international finance, corporate finance, and developmental economics, with publications in leading academic journals such as the Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Financial Services Research, Emerging Markets Review, and International Review of Financial Analysis, among others. Joe has had the opportunity to conduct research and teach worldwide. He is currently an Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa and has been a visiting professor at universities throughout the world including: Hitotsubashi University, Copenhagen Business School, Shanghai International Studies, University of Trieste, among several others.

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Selected Publications

• French, J.J., Shin., S., Gurdgiev, G. & Naka. A. (2024), Uncertainty and international fund flows: A cross-country analysis, International Journal of Financial Analysis, Vol. 94 (ABDC=A, ABS=3, Q1)

• French, J.J., Gurdgiev, G. & Shin., S. (2024). The Profits vs Protests: Corporate Value Dynamics Amidst Activist Uproar, Finance Research Letters, Vol. 69 (B) (ABDC=A, ABS=2, Q1)

• Lawrence, B., Obalade, A. A., Anthanasius. F. T, & French, J.J. (2024), Stock market connectedness during an energy crisis: Evidence from South Africa. Emerging Markets Review, Vol 63, (ABDC=A, ABS=2, Q1)

• French, J.J., Schaberl, P. & Taborda, R. (2024). Fund Flows, Stock Markets, and Economic Policy Uncertainty: From the Perspective a CIVET Nation, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Vol. 60:5, 967-982 (ABDC=B, ABS=2, Q1)

• Chatterjee, U., French, J. J., Gurdgiev, C., & Borochin, P. (2024), Financial Intermediation, Informational Efficiency: Predicting Business Cycles. International Review of Economics and Finance, Vol 96 (B), (ABDC=A, ABS=2, Q1)

• French, J.J., Gurdgiev, G. & Shin., S. (2023). When Doing the Right Thing Doesn’t Pay: Impact of Corporate Decisions on Russian Market Participation in the Wake of the Ukraine-Russia War, Finance Research Letters, Vol. 58 (ABDC=A, ABS=2, Q1)

• Chatterjee, U. & French, J.J. (2022). A Note on Tweeting and Equity Markets Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Finance Research Letters. Vol 46, (ABDC=A, ABS=2, Q1)

• French, J.J., Fujitani, R., Y., & Yasuda, Y. (2021). Does Stock Market Listing Impact Investment in Japan? Journal of the The Japanese and International Economies, Vol 59, (ABDC=A, ABS=2, Q1)

• French, J.J., Yan, J., & Yasuda, Y. (2019). Relationships matter: the impact of bank-firm relationships on mergers and acquisitions in Japan. Journal of Financial Services Research, Vol 56 (3), pp. 259-305, (ABDC=A, ABS=3, Q1)

•  French, J.J. & Taborda, R. (2018). Disentangling the relationship between liquidity and returns in Latin America, Global Finance Journal, Vol 36, pp. 23-40, (ABDC=A, ABS=2, Q1)

•  Li, W, French, J.J, & Chen, S. (2017). Informed Trading in Index Derivatives: Evidence from the 2008 Financial Crisis, Journal of Empirical Finance, Vol 42 (1), pp. 40-65, (ABDC=A, ABS=3, Q1)

•  Li, W, Chen, S, & French, J.J. (2015). Toward an Early Warning System of Financial Crises: What Can Index Derivatives Tell US? The Quarterly Review of Finance and Economics, Vol. 55 (1), pp. 87-99, (ABDC=B, ABS=2, Q1)

•  French, J.J. & Naka, A. (2013), Dynamic Relationships among Equity Flows, Equity Returns, and Dividends: Behavior of U.S. Investors in China and India, Global Finance Journal, Vol. 24 (1), pp. 13-29, (ABDC=A, ABS=2, Q1)

• Li, W, Chen, S, & French, J.J. (2012). The Relationship between Liquidity, Corporate Governance, and Firm Valuation: Evidence from Russia, Emerging Market Review, Vol. 13(4), pp. 465-477, (ABDC=A, ABS=2, Q1)

• Martin, Kelly D., Jean L. Johnson and Joseph J. French (2011). Institutional Pressures and Marketing Ethics Initiatives: The Focal Role of Organizational Identity, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Vol. 39, pp. 577-594, (ABDC=A*, ABS=4*, Q1)