Kristin Fink, Ph.D image

 

Professor, Finance
finkke@jmu.edu
Contact Info

Teaching & Research Interests
  • The relationship between financial markets, poverty and inequality
  • Social security
  • The modeling of volatility in asset prices
  • The effects of tropical storms on financial markets
Education
  • Ph.D., Economics, University of Virginia, 2002
  • M.A., Economics, University of Virginia, 2000
  • B.S. Economics, The Ohio State University, 1992
Positions Held
  • Faculty Member in Residence for COB 300 in Antwerp, Belgium, James Madison University College of Business, Fall 2014
  • Associate Professor, James Madison University College of Business, 2006-2012 
  • Assistant Professor, James Madison University College of Business, 2000-2006
  • Instructor, James Madison University College of Business, 1999-2000 
Select Publications

Jason Fink and Kristin E. Fink, (2018), “Diversity and the Starting Salaries of Undergraduate Business School Students,” Journal of Education for Business, Volume 94, 290-296.

Jason Fink and Kristin E. Fink, (2018), "Vector Autoregression-Informed Monte Carlo Simulation," Advances in Financial Education, accepted.

Jason Fink and Kristin Fink, (2016), “A Dynamic Yield Curve-Based Approach to Retiree Portfolio Allocation," Journal of Financial Planning, 29 (9): 50–57.

Jason Fink and Kristin Fink, (2014), “Do Seasonal Tropical Storm Forecasts Affect Crack Spread Prices?”, Journal of Futures Markets 34, 420 - 433.

Jason Fink, Hui Sono and Kristin Fink, (2013), “Stress-Testing Portfolio-Specific Risk”, Journal of Investment Management 11, 40 - 57

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