Edward Lawrence

Education

• PhD, Business Administration
• University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
• Master, Business Administration
• University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
• Bachelor, Engineering
• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

Areas of Expertise

• Banking and Bank Management
• Capital Budgeting
• Corporate Finance
• Investments

Professional Activities

Dr. Lawrence’s research interests are in asset pricing, behavioral finance and banking and financial institutions. His research has been published in the Applied Financial Economics, Financial Analyst Journal, Finance India, Global Finance Journal, International Journal of Banking Finance, International Journal of Finance, Journal of Behavioral Finance, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Journal of Emerging Markets, Journal of Modern Accounting and Auditing, Managerial Finance, Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, and the Nanyang Business Review. He has presented papers in several professional conferences, including Eastern Finance Association, Financial Management Association, Global Finance Conference, World Finance Conference, Northern Finance Association, South Western Finance Association, Sothern Finance Association, Mid Western Finance Association and the Academy of Economics and Finance. He has reviewed papers for the Financial Review, Applied Financial Economics, Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics and the International Journal of Banking and Finance. His teaching experience includes such courses as fundamentals of corporate finance, security analysis, portfolio management, financial economics and managerial corporate finance. Dr Lawrence has won the Best Professor Award thrice in the MSF Program and has twice received the undergraduate teaching awards.

Refereed Journal Articles

Dandapani, K., Hibbert, A. M., & Lawrence, E. (2020). The Shareholder's response to a firm's first international acquisition. Journal of Banking & Finance. (Accepted)

Rodriguez, I., Dandapani, K., & Lawrence, E. R. (2019). Measuring Sovereign Risk: Are CDS Spreads Better than Sovereign Credit Ratings? Financial Management, 48(1). View Article

Rodriguez, J., & Lawrence, E. R. (2019). Institutional Investment Patterns in Gender Diverse Firms. Journal of Behavioral Finance, 20(4).

Butchey, D., Dandapani, K., & Lawrence, E. (2018). Lessons Learned from an MBA program for a successful Online MSF Program. Journal of Financial Education. (Accepted)

Dandapani, K., Lawrence, E. R., & Rodriguez, J. (2018). Determinants of Transactional Internet Banking. Journal of Financial Services Research, 54(2). View Article

Dandapani, K., Lawrence, E., & Patterson, F. (2017). The Effect of Holding Company Affiliation on Bank Risk and the 2008 Financial Crisis. Studies in Economics and Finance, 34(1). View Article

Chang, C., Jain, A., Lawrence, E., & Prakash, A. (2016). The tax exemption to Subchapter S banks: Who gets the benefit? Financial Review, 51.

Hibbert, A. M., Lawrence, E., & Prakash, A. (2016). The Effect of Prior Investment Outcomes on Future Investment Decisions: Is There a Gender Difference? Review of Finance. View Article

Shankar, S., Chang, C., Lawrence, E., & Mishra, S. (2015). Spread Behavior and Multiple Restatement Announcements. International Journal of Finance. (Accepted)

Shankar, S., Lawrence, E., Mishra, S., & Prakash, A. (2015). Can Repetitive Restatements be predicted? International Journal of Finance. (Accepted)

Jain, A., & Lawrence, E. (2014). The Effect of Ownership Structure on the Asset Quality and Performance of Subchapter S Banks and Credit Unions. International Journal of Finance, 26(3).

Hibbert, A. M., Lawrence, E. R., & Prakash, A. (2013). Does Knowledge of Finance Mitigate the Gender Differences in Financial Risk-aversion? Global Financial Journal, 24(2).

Chang, C., Lawrence, E. R., & Prakash, A. (2012). Face to Face and Online Finance Courses: An Assesment. International Journal of Finance, 24(2).

Chang, C., Lawrence, E., & Prakash, A. (2012). Teaching Finance Courses: A Comparison of Face to Face and Online Teaching Platform. International Journal of Finance, 24(2).

Hibbert, A. M., Lawrence, E. R., & Prakash, A. (2012). Do Finance Professors Invest Like Everyone Else? Financial Analyst Journal, 68(5).

Hibbert, A. M., Lawrence, E. R., & Prakash, A. J. (2012). Can diversification be learned? Journal of Behavioral Finance, 13(1).

Kamal, R., Lawrence, E. R., McCabe, G., & Prakash, A. J. (2012). Additions to S&P 500: Not so informative any more. Managerial Finance, 38(4).

Lawrence, E. R. (2012). Short sellers are indeed sophisticated traders! Journal of Modern Accounting and Auditing, 8(2).

Mergers and acquisitions between developed and developing countries: A case of USA and India. (2012). International Journal of Banking and Finance, 8(1).

The role of financial education in the management of retirement savings. (2012). Journal of Behavioral Finance, 13(4).

Lawrence, E. R., Karels, G., Prakash, A., & Shankar, S. (2011). Effect of regulation FD on disclosures of information by firms. Applied Financial Economics, 21(13).

Dandapani, K., & Lawrence, E. R. (2010). Effect of foreign institutional investors on the stock market of India. Finance India, 27(2).

Hibbert, A. M., & Lawrence, E. R. (2010). Testing the performance of asset pricing models in different economic and interest rate regimes using individual stock returns. International Journal of Banking and Finance, 7(1).

Arunachalam, A., Lawrence, E. R., & Prakash, A. (2009). Investor sentiment and perceived price of stocks. International Journal of Finance, 21(3).

Lawrence, E. R., Geppert, J., & Prakash, A. J. (2009). An empirical investigation of Campbell Cochrane Habit utility model. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 36(5-6).

Arunachalam, A., Lawrence, E. R., & Prakash, A. (2008). Managerial Sentiment and Project Selection. Journal of Emerging Markets, 1(1).

Dandapani, K., & Lawrence, E. R. (2008). Virtual Bank Failures: An Investigation. Managerial Finance, 34(6).

Dandapani, K., Karels, G. V., & Lawrence, E. R. (2008). Internet Banking Services and Credit Union Performance. Managerial Finance, 34(6).

Lawrence, E. R. (2007). The effect of us fair disclosure law on Canadian investors. International Journal of Finance, 19(2).

Lawrence, E. R., & Dandapani, K. (2007). Examining split bond ratings: Effect of rating scale. Quarterly Journal of Business & Economics, 46(2).

Lawrence, E. R., & Shankar, S. (2007). A simple and student friendly approach to the mathematics of bond prices. Quarterly Journal of Business & Economics, 46(4).

Lawrence, E. R., Geppert, J., & Prakash, A. (2007). Asset pricing models: A comparison. Applied Financial Economics, 17(11).

Lawrence, E. R., McCabe, G., & Prakash, A. (2007). Answering financial anomalies: Sentiment based stock pricing. Journal of Behavioral Finance, 8(3).

Lawrence, E., Mishra, S., & Prakash, A. J. (2004). A Synthesis of Theoretical Relationship between Systematic Risk and Financial and Accounting Variables. International Journal of Banking and Finance, 2(1).

Lawrence, E., Aslan, H., & Digman, L. A. (2003). Intellectual Property Rights and Trade in the Digital Age. Nanyang Business Review, 2(2).