JIM TURNER
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FINANCE

James Turner

CONTACT

PHONE: 801.626.7357

EMAIL: jamesturner@weber.edu

OFFICE: WB 261

ABOUT

Jim Turner joined the faculty of Weber State University in 2005 and is currently an associate professor of finance in the School of Accounting & Taxation at the Goddard School of Business & Economics.

He has been a member of the Weber State University Faculty Senate and the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, along with serving on various department and college committees.

Turner holds a BA degree in economics from the University of Utah and an MA degree in economics from the University of Michigan. He earned a PhD in finance from the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. He teaches upper-division undergraduate corporate finance classes and the financial management class in the Goddard School’s MBA program.

Turner conducts research on asset pricing and stock price prediction and has published in nationally and internationally recognized journals. He has also published research on pedagogical methods in finance and presented his research at various national conferences.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Finance - University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business, 2007

MA, Economics - University of Michigan, 1987

BA, Economics - University of Utah, 1985

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

PUBLICATIONS

  1. “Net Operating Working Capital, Capital Budgeting, and Cash Budgets:  A Teaching Example.”  American Journal of Business Education, vol. 9, no. 1, 2016.  (Reprint of earlier 2013 article.  Invited to reprint by popular demand.)
  2. “Optimal Portfolios and the R Programming Language.” International Journal of the Academic Business World, vol. 9, Issue 2, Fall 2015

  3. “Casting Doubt on the Predictability of Stock Returns in Real Time: Bayesian Model Averaging Using Realistic Priors.”  Review of Finance, vol. 19, no. 2, March 2015.

  4. “Teaching the Effects of Risky Debt and Financial Distress Costs Using Consistent Examples.”  Journal of Financial Education, vol. 40, no. 3/4, Fall 2014.

  5. “Net Operating Working Capital, Capital Budgeting, and Cash Budgets:  A Teaching Example.”  American Journal of Business Education, vol. 6, no. 6, 2013.

  6. “Momentum Portfolios and the Capital Asset Pricing Model: A Bayesian Approach.”  Quarterly Journal of Finance and Accounting, vol. 49, 2010.
  7. “The Merger of AOL and Time Warner: A Case Study” (with David Malone).  Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies, vol. 16, no. 7, 2010.
  8. “What Happens to ‘The Last Best Place’ When Everyone Wants a Piece of it?” Current Regional Issues: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Fort Worth, Texas: The Dryden Press, Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1994
  9. “Symbolic Cowboys and Genuine Cows.” Current Regional Issues: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Fort Worth, Texas: The Dryden Press, Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1994
  10. “Scarce Markets and Scarce Water.” Current Regional Issues: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington, Wyoming. Fort Worth, Texas: The Dryden Press, Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1994
  11. “Marketing the West's Life Blood” (with Terry L. Anderson). Water Resources Update. Issue no. 92, Summer 1993.

PRESENTATIONS

  1. “The R Programming Language and the Efficient Portfolio,” Academic Business World International Conference, May 2015, Nashville, TN.  (Best paper award)
  2.  “Teaching Portfolio Diversification:  How Much Do Undiversified Investors Lose?,” Academic Business World International Conference, May 2015, Nashville, TN
  3. “The Rent or Sell Decision,” Mountain Plains Management Conference, October 2011, Grand Junction, CO
  4. “Casting Doubt on the Predictability of Stock returns in Real Time: Bayesian Model Averaging Using Realistic Priors,” Mountain Plains Management Conference, October 2009, Grand Junction, CO           
  5. “Momentum Portfolios and the Capital Asset Pricing Model: A Bayesian Approach,” Mountain Plains Management Conference, October 2009, Grand Junction, CO
  6. “A Bayesian View of Stock Return Predictability,” Financial Management Association Meetings, October 2006, Salt Lake City, UT