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Finance

John S. Howe

Professor Emeritus

John Howe is a Professor of Finance and Missouri Bankers Chair in the Finance Department at the Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business, University of Missouri. He has been at MU more than 25 years, serving as and Chair of the Finance Department until 2019, and with prior appointments at Louisiana State University and the University of Kansas.

He earned his undergraduate degree (B.A.) from Colorado College and his graduate degrees (M.S., Ph.D.) from Purdue University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and has served on the boards of directors of several for-profit companies along with having extensive non-profit board experience.

Howe's research interests including banking, corporate governance, household finance, and behavioral economics. He has published extensively in the major journals in finance and accounting, and has more than 70 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He has been a visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge (U.K.) and Queensland University of Technology (Australia), and has taught courses for the banking group UBS (Switzerland).

Howe has won numerous teaching awards, including the William T. Kemper Fellow for Excellence in Teaching. He has taught at all levels including the executive MBA.

Education

BA, Colorado College, 1976; MS, Purdue University, 1978; PhD, Purdue University, 1981

Publications

Sandra Chamberlain, John S. Howe and Helen Popper, “The Exchange Rate Exposure of U.S. and Japanese Banking Institutions,” Journal of Banking and Finance, June 1997, pp. 871-892.

Janice C.Y. How and John S. Howe, “Sources of Return Volatility: Evidence from Australian ADRs,” Advances in Pacific Basin Financial Markets, Vol. III, JAI Press, 1997, pp. 101-110.

John S. Howe, “In-the-Money Warrant Extensions,” The Financial Review, May 1996, pp. 407-429

John S. Howe, Soktae Kim and Euiseong Lee, “The Aftermarket Performance of IPOs: The Korean Experience,” Advances in Pacific Basin Financial Markets, Vol. II, JAI Press, 1996, pp. 157-169.

John S. Howe and Peihwang Wei, “The Financing Decisions of REITs: The Case of Warrant Extensions,” Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, May 1994, pp. 235-243.