David Dicks
Associate Professor - Finance
Contact Information
Office Hours
W 10:00-12:00
Educational Background
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PHD - Finance, Northwestern University
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BS - Economics, University Of Missouri Columbia
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BS - Mathematics, University Of Missouri Columbia
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BS - Statistics, University Of Missouri Columbia
Work Experience
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Assistant Professor, Baylor University (August 9, 2017 - Present)
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Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina (July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2017)
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Instructor with Special Provision, University of North Carolina (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009)
Awards and Honors
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Reviewer Award, Journal of Risk and Insurance (January 29, 2024)
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Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) Award, Casualty Actuarial Society and the American Risk and Insurance Association (August 8, 2023)
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Habicht Early Career Research Award, Baylor University, Hankamer School of Business (April 5, 2023)
Biography
I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University. I study corporate finance, focusing on executive compensation, corporate governance, banking, innovation, and insurance. I teach Advanced Corporate Finance.
Publications
Basic or Discovery Scholarship
"Uncertainty, Contracting, and Beliefs in Organizations,"
Review of Financial Studies, The, (August 2024) (coauthors: Paolo Fulghieri).
"Asymmetric Information and Insurance Cycles,"
Journal of Risk and Insurance, The, Vol. 89, No. 2, (June 2022), pp. 449-474 (coauthors: James R. Garven). Winner, Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) Award, August 8, 2023.
"Uncertainty, Investor Sentiment, and Innovation,"
Review of Financial Studies, The, Vol. 34, No. 3, (March 2021), pp. 1236-1279 (coauthors: Paolo Fulghieri).
"Uncertainty Aversion and Systemic Risk,"
Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 127, No. 3, (June 2019), pp. 38 (coauthors: Paolo Fulghieri).
"Executive Compensation and the Role for Corporate Governance Regulation,"
Review of Financial Studies, The, Vol. 25, No. 6, (June 2012), pp. 1971-2004.
Presentations and Proceedings
Basic or Discovery Scholarship
"(Most) Everyone is Above Average: Optimism Bias and Insurance Nonparticipation," presented at the Western Risk and Insurance Association, Scottsdale, AZ, January 2024 (coauthors: James R. Garven, James I Hilliard).
"Catastrophe Risk Management with Asymmetric Information and Basis Risk (formerly titled "Reinsurance, Catastrophe Bonds, and Private Information")," presented at the American Risk and Insurance Association, Washington, DC, August 2023 (coauthors: James R. Garven).
"Optimism Bias and the Demand for Health Insurance," presented at the Western Risk and Insurance Association, Waikiki Beach, HI, January 2022 (coauthors: James R. Garven, James I Hilliard).
Applied or Integration/Application Scholarship
"The Earnings Announcement Premium as Uncertainty Aversion: Theory and Evidence," presented at the 4th Annual Quantitative Investment Virtual Conference 2020, Virtual Meetings, December 2020 (coauthors: Brian Kim).
Basic or Discovery Scholarship
"The Earnings Announcement Premium as Uncertainty Aversion: Theory and Evidence," presented at the SKKU Finance Seminar Series, Virtual Meeting, October 2020 (coauthors: Brian Kim).
"The Earnings Announcement Premium as Uncertainty Aversion: Theory and Evidence," presented at the 2020 FMA Virtual Conference, Virtual Meetings, October 2020 (coauthors: Brian Kim).
"Optimism Bias and the Demand for Health Insurance," presented at the Temple University Research Seminar, Philadelphia, PA, July 2020 (coauthors: James R. Garven, James I Hilliard).
"Uncertainty and Contracting: A Theory of Consensus and Envy in Organizations," presented at the American Finance Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, January 2020 (coauthors: Paolo Fulghieri).
"Uncertainty and Contracting: A Theory of Consensus and Envy in Organizations," presented at the SFS Cavalcade Asia-Pacific 2019, Hong Kong, December 2019 (coauthors: Paolo Fulghieri).