Journal Articles

1.        Do Investors Value Smooth Performance, with Brian Rountree and George Allayannis, Forthcoming at the Journal of Financial Economics.

 

2.        Can Managers Successfully Time the Maturity Structure of their Debt Issues?, with Alex Butler and Gustavo Grullon, Journal of Finance 61 (August 2006), 1731-1758. (Finalist for the Brattle Prize)

 

3.        Competition on the Nasdaq and the Growth of Electronic Communication Networks, with Jason Fink and Kristin Fink, Journal of Banking and Finance (September 2006) 2537-2559. 

 

4.        Stock Market Liquidity and the Cost of Issuing Equity, with Alex Butler and Gustavo Grullon, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 40 (June 2005) 331-348.

 

5.        Can Managers Forecast Aggregate Market Returns?  with Alex Butler and Gustavo Grullon, Journal of Finance (April 2005), 963-986. (Nominated for the Smith-Breeden Prize)

 

6.        Advertising, Breadth of Ownership, and Liquidity,  with Gustavo Grullon and George Kanatas, (April 2004)  Review of Financial Studies 17, 439-461.

 

7.        Exchange-Rate Exposure: Financial vs. Operating Strategies , with George Allayannis and Jane Ihrig, American Economic Review (P& P), 91 (June 2001), 391-398.

 

8.        The Use of Foreign Currency Derivatives and Firm Market Value, with George Allayannis, Review of Financial Studies 14 (Spring 2001) 243-276.

 

9.        Competition on the Nasdaq and the Impact of Recent Market Reforms, Journal of Finance 55 (December 2000) 2565-98.

 

10.     Small Business Lending and the Changing Structure of the Banking Industry, with Philip E. Strahan, Journal of Banking and Finance, 22 (June 1998) 821-845.

 

Other Publications

 

1.        The Impact of the Asian Financial Crisis on U.S. Multinationals.  Global Risk Management: Financial, Operational, and Insurance Strategies 3, 117-130, 2002 Elsevier Press.

 

2.        Electronic Communications Networks and Liquidity on the Nasdaq, Journal of Financial Services Research Special Issue on E-Finance 22, Aug. - Oct. 2002, 125-39.

 

3.        The Use of Foreign Currency Derivatives and Industry Structure, with George Allayannis, Corporate Risk Management: Theory Practice, and New Developments.  Edited by Greg Brown and Don Chew, Risk Publications, November 1999.

 

4.        Small Business Lending and Bank Consolidation: Is There Cause for Concern? with Phillip E. Strahan, 1996, Current Issues in Economics and Finance, 2(3).

 

The highlighted papers are downloadable in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. 
The others can be requested from westonj@rice.edu

This page last updated: March 10, 2008.


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