Gordon Alexander

Gordon Alexander

Emeritus Professor
Finance

Education:

  • BS 1969
    Business Administration, State University of New York-Buffalo
  • MBA 1970
    Finance, The University of Michigan
  • MA 1973
    Mathematics, The University of Michigan
  • PhD 1975
    Finance, The University of Michigan

Expertise:

  • Portfolio theory and management

Biography

Gordon Alexander received his PhD in finance in 1975 from The University of Michigan, where he also received a Master of Science in mathematics in 1973 and an MBA in finance in 1970. Previously he received a Bachelor of Science in business administration from the State University of New York-Buffalo in 1969.  He has held appointments as a Visiting Professor at  the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of California-Los Angeles, and the University of Auckland, and has been an Academic Economic Fellow at the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. His area of expertise is in portfolio theory and management and his current research focuses on short selling, risk management, market microstructure, and mutual funds. He has co-authored three books and published articles in academic journals such as the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Monetary Economics, Management Science, the Journal of Business, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Financial Intermediation, the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, the Journal of Financial Markets, the Journal of Corporate Finance, the Journal of Empirical Finance, and Financial Management.  He currently serves on the editorial boards of the European Journal of Finance, the Quarterly Journal of Finance, the Journal of Economics and Business, and The Financial Review. Previously he served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Finance and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. In 2008-09 he was president of the Midwest Finance Association; 1995-97 he was a director and in 2014-2016 he served as Vice-President Financial Education of the Financial Management Association. In 2015 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Midwest Finance Association.

Selected Works & Activities

  • Journal Articles
    "Does the Basel Capital Accord Reduce Bank Fragility? An Assessment of the Value-at-Risk Approach," Gordon J. Alexander and Alexandre M. Baptista, Journal of Monetary Economics (October 2006).
  • Journal Articles
    "Economic Implications of Using a Mean-VaR Model for Portfolio Selection: A Comparison with Mean-Variance Analysis," Gordon J. Alexander and Alexandre M Baptista, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (July 2002).
  • Journal Articles
    "Short Selling on the New York Stock Exchange and the Effects of the Uptick Rule," Gordon J. Alexander and Mark A. Peterson, Journal of Financial Intermediation (January-April 1999).
  • Journal Articles
    "An Analysis of Trade-Size Clustering and its Relationship to Stealth Trading," Gordon J. Alexander and Mark A. Peterson, Journal of Financial Economics (May 2007).
  • Journal Articles
    "Does Motivation Matter When Assessing Trade Performance? An Analysis of Mutual Funds," Gordon J. Alexander, Gjergji Cici, and Scott Gibson, Review of Financial Studies (January 2007).
  • Journal Articles
    "The Effect of Price Tests on Trader Behavior and Market Quality: An Analysis of Reg SHO," Gordon J. Alexander and Mark A. Peterson, Journal of Financial Markets (February 2008).
  • Journal Articles
    "Active Portfolio Management with Benchmarking: Adding a Value-at-Risk Constraint," Gordon J. Alexander and Alexandre M. Baptista, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (March 2008).
  • Current Research

    Short selling

  • Current Research

    Market microstructure

  • Current Research

    Risk management

  • Current Research

    Mutual funds

  • Scholarly Service

    Keynote Speaker, International Finance Conference, 2003 and 2005; French Finance Association, 2007

  • Scholarly Service

    President, Midwest Finance Association, 2008-09

  • Scholarly Service

    Director 1995-97 and Vice-President Financial Education 2014-2016, Financial Management Association

  • Scholarly Service

    Member, Discipline Advisory Committee for Fulbright Scholar Awards in Business Administration, 1992-95

  • Editorial Appointments

    Editorial Board, European Journal of Finance

  • Honors and Awards

    Best Risk Management Paper, Financial Management Association Conference, 2006

  • Editorial Appointments

    Advisory Editor, Financial Review

  • Honors and Awards

    Best Market Microstructure Paper, Financial Management Association Conference, 2003

  • Scholarly Service

    Appointed Advisor Professor, Chongqing University, 1993

  • Honors and Awards

    Fulbright Fellowship, 1989

  • Honors and Awards

    Best Investments Paper, Midwest Finance Association, 2012

  • Honors and Awards

    Best Investments Paper, Southern Finance Association, 2007

  • Editorial Appointments

    Editorial Board, Journal of Economics and Business

  • Editorial Appointments

    Editorial Board, Quarterly Journal of Finance

  • Honors and Awards

    Best Financial Institutions Paper, Southern Finance Association, 2013

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