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Curriculum Vitae
Gordon M. Bodnar


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Education 


Fields of Interest

  • International Finance, Corporate Finance, Risk Management, and Macroeconomics

Academic Appointments


Other Professional Activities

Consulting

  • NASD, Southern Company, John Deere, Merrill Lynch, NYFER, Chase Manhattan Bank, Prudential Insurance  
  • Affiliated Expert: Rutter Associates, New York, NY, and Criterion Economics, Washington DC

Awards and Research Grants

  • Awards:
    • Excellence in Teaching Award, SAIS, 2000, 2002
    • Wharton Executive MBA Elective Teaching Award, Wharton School, 2003
    • Outstanding Teaching Award, Wharton School, 1996, 1997, 1998
    • Reader's Digest Award for Teaching Economic Principles, Princeton University, 1990
    • Connors Scholarship for Top Undergraduate in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1986
  • Research Grants:
    • Wharton International Research Grant, 1998
    • University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation Research Grant - 1994, 1995
    • Columbia University Center for International Business Research Grant - 1995

Publications

The Foreign Exchange Exposure Puzzle,  Managerial Finance, Vol. 33 (9), September 2007. (with S Bartram).

The Value Relevance of Foreign Income: An Australian, Canadian and British Comparison, Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting, Vol 14, No. 3, 2003, pp. 171 - 193 (with L-S. Hwang and J. Weintrop).

Estimating Exchange Rate Exposures: Issues is Model Structure, Financial Management, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2003,  pp. 35-67. (with Franco M. H. Wong).

The Impact of Institutional Differences on Derivatives Usage: A Comparative Study of U.S. and Dutch Firms, European Financial Management, Vol 9, No 3, (2003). (with Abe de Jong and Victor Macrae)

Pass-through and Exposure, Journal of Finance, Vol. 57, No.1, (2002) pp. 199 - 231. (with Bernard Dumas and Richard C. Marston)

Derivative Usage by Non-Financial Firms in the US and Germany: A Comparative Survey, Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting, Vol. 10, No. 3, (1999) pp. 153-87. (with G. Gebhardt)

Wharton 1998 Survey of Risk Management by U.S. Non-Financial Firms, Financial Management, Winter Vol. 27, No. 4, (1998). (with G. Hayt and R. Marston)

The Valuation of the Foreign Income of U.S. Multinational Firms: A Growth Opportunity Perspective, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 24, (1997). (with J. Weintrop)

Wharton 1995 Survey of Derivative Usage by U.S. Non-Financial Firms, Financial Management, Winter Vol. 25 (1996). (with G. Hayt and R. Marston)

Exchange Rate Volatility and the Riskiness of U.S. Multinational Firms: Evidence from the Breakdown of the Bretton Woods System, Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 42, No. 1, (1996). (with E. Bartov and A. Kaul)

Are Exchange Rates Excessively Volatile? And What Does that Mean Anyways? IMF Staff Papers, Vol 43, No. 1, (1996). (with L. Bartolini)

Alternative Accounting Methods, Information Asymmetry, and Liquidity: Theory and Evidence, The Accounting Review, Vol.71, No. 3, (1996). (with E. Bartov)

Foreign Currency Translation Reporting and the Exchange Rate Exposure Effect, Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting, Vol. 6, No. 2, (1995). (with E. Bartov)

Wharton Survey of Derivative Usage by U.S. Non-Financial Firms, Financial Management, Summer, Vol. 24, (1995). (with G. Hayt, R. Martson, and C. Smithson)

Firm Valuation, Earnings Expectations and the Exchange-Rate Exposure Effect, Journal of Finance, Vol. 45, No. 5, (1994). (with E. Bartov)

The Impact of Capital Liberalization on the Financial Markets in the European Monetary System: An Empirical Investigation, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions, and Money, Vol. 4, Nos. 1 and 2, (1994).

Exchange Rate Exposure and Industry Characteristics: Evidence from Canada, Japan and the U.S., Journal of International Money and Finance, 12, (1993).

Target Zones and Forward Rates in a Model with Repeated Realignments, Journal of Monetary Economics, December, (1992). (with L. Bartolini)


Non-Refereed Publications

Review of “Handbook of the Economics of Finance: Volume 1 and Volume 2,” Journal of Economic Literature,  Volume 44, No. 1, pp. 159-161,  March 2006.

Exchange Rate Exposure: A Simple Model, in Global Risk Management: Financial, Operational and Insurance Strategies, J Choi and M. Power (eds),  International Finance Review, Vol 3, (Elsevier Science: JAI), 2002, pp. 107-116. (with Richard C. Marston)

A Simple Model of Foreign Exchange Exposure, in Economic Theory, Dynamics and Markets: Essays in Honor of Ryuzo Sato, edited by Takashi Negishi, Rama Ramachandran and Kazuo Mino, (Kluwer: New York), 2001. (with Richard C. Marston)

Risk Allocation, in RISK, (Risk Waters Group: London), February, 2001, p. 58-59. (with Charles Smithson)

Comment on 'Evaluating the credit risk of firms from the emerging markets' by E. Altman," Emerging Market Capital Flows, (Kluwer: Boston, MA) 1998.  

Exchange Rate Exposure and Market Value, Financial Times, Mastering Finance Series, 1997, Vol. 4, p. 2. (reprinted in The Complete Finance Companion, (Pittman Press: London)), 1998.

Derivatives as a Way of Reducing Risk, Financial Times, Mastering Finance Series, 1997, Vol. 9, p. 10. (reprinted in The Complete Finance Companion, (Pittman Press: London)), 1998.


Working Papers

with C. Y. Tang and J. Weintrop, "The Value Impact of Corporate International Diversification. mimeo 2004

with B. Dumas and R. Marston, "Cross Border Valuation: The International Cost of Equity Capital".  NBER WP # 10115. 

with C. Y. Tang and J. Weintrop, "Both Sides of Corporate Diversification: The value impacts of corporate geographic and industrial diversification." NBER WP # 6224.


Teaching

 School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), The Johns Hopkins Unversity,

Masters of International Affairs Program:
Corporate Finance SAIS 380.760
Multinational Corporate Finance SAIS 380.761
Private Sector Project Finance SAIS 380.762
Essentials of Finance - Winter intersession skill course

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania 

Executive Education  - Wharton MBA for Executives  (EAST - Philadelphia, PA)
International/Multinational Corporate Finance WEMBA FNCE 748  2002 - present
Executive Education  - Wharton MBA for Executives  (WEST - San Francisco, CA)
International/Multinational Corporate Finance WEMBA FNCE 748  2002 - present
Executive Education  - Wharton Executive MBA Program (Philadlephia, PA)
International Finance FNCE 719, 1997 - 2001
MBA and Undergraduate Courses:
Multinational Corporate Finance

Simon School of Business, University of Rochester

Executive Education:
Economics of International Business; 1991 - 1996
MBA Courses:
International Economics and Finance; Macroeconomics; 1991 - 1993

J.W. Goethe Univeristät, Frankfurt, Germany

Diploma level course and Ph.D. seminar in International Finance, summer 1996

Participation in Executive Education Programs

 Aresty Institute of Executive Education – University of Pennsylvania:

  • Wharton - Merrill Lynch Investment Banking Institute, 2001 – present.
  • Merger & Acquisition Program, 1998 – present.
  • Pension Funds and Money Management Program, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2004.
  • Managing Financial Risk in Multinational Corporations, 2003.
  • Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Financial Advisor Program, 1998 – 2002.
    Creating Value through Financial Management, 2000.
  • Advanced Management Seminar, Swedbank 2000.
  • USSALEP Seminar, 1997, 1998, 2000.
  • Financial Executive Institute, 1999.
  • Fundamentals of Finance and Accounting Program – Consulting Sessions, 1998.
  • National School of Administration Guest Lecture Program, Beijing China, 1998.
  • Wharton - Taiwan CEO Circle, Taipei, Taiwan, 1998.
  • Wharton Chinese Executive Development Program, 1998.
  • Advanced Management Seminar, Samsung, 1996 and 1997.

Other Programs: 

  • Fundamentals of Finance and Accounting, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, 1998, 1999.

 Professional Activities

  • Associate Editor, European Financial Management, Journal of Asian Economics, and Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money
  • Editorial Review Board, Journal of International Business
  • Ad hoc reviewer for : Accounting and Finance, American Economic Review, Applied Financial Economics, European Economic Review, European Financial Review, Financial Management, Global Finance Journal, International Economic Review, International Journal of Finance and Economics, Journal of Accounting and Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Business, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Economics and Business, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Real Estate Economics, Management Science, Pacific Basin Finance Journal, Review of Economics Studies, and Review of Financial Studies.
  • Member: American Finance Association, American Economic Association, Financial Management Association, and Academy of International Business.

Paper Presentations at Major Conference

  • European Financial Management Association Annual Meetings, London, June, 2002, "The Impact of Institutional Differences on Derivatives Usage: A Comparative Study of U.S. and Dutch Firms."
  • 2nd Annual International Business Research Forum, Philadelphia, PA, April 2001, “A Simple Model of Foreign Exchange Exposure.”
  • European Financial Management Association Meetings, Paris June, 1999, ““Derivatives Usage in Risk Management by U.S. and German Non-Financial Firms.”
  • Western Finance Association 1999 Annual Meetings, Monterrey, CA, June 1998, "Both Sides of Corporate Diversification: The value impacts of corporate geographic and industrial diversification."
  • German Finance Association 1998 Annual Meetings, Hamburg, Germany, September 1998, “Derivatives Usage in Risk Management by U.S. and German Non-Financial Firms.”
  • American Finance Association 1998 Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, January 1998, "Pass-through and Exposure."
    NBER Summer Institute, International Finance and Macro Economics Workshop, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, July 1997, "Pass-through and Exposure"
  • NBER Summer Institute, International Finance and Macro Economics Workshop, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, July 1996, "Wharton 1995 Survey of Derivative Usage by U.S. Non-Financial Firms."
  • American Finance Association 1995 Annual Meeting, Washington DC, January 1995, "Exchange Rate Volatility and the Riskiness of U.S. Multinational Firms: Evidence from the Breakdown of the Bretton Woods System."
  • American Finance Association 1994 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA January 1994, "Firm Valuation, Earnings Expectations and the Exchange-Rate Exposure Effect."
  • American Accounting Association 1993 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 1993, "The Association between Foreign and Domestic Income, Revenues, and Expenses and Corporate Returns."
  • Mid-West Economic Association 1993 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, April 1993, "Exchange Rate Exposure and Industry Characteristics: Evidence from Canada, Japan and the U.S."
  • American Accounting Association 1992 Annual Meeting, Washington DC, August 1992, "Determinants of the Choice between Foreign Currency and Dollar as Functional Currency by Multinational Firms."
  • NBER Summer Institute, International Finance and Macro Economics Workshop, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, July 1992, "Firm Valuation, Earnings Expectations and the Exchange-Rate Exposure Effect."
  • First North American European Research Conference, Baltimore MD, March 1992, "The Impact of Capital Liberalization on the Financial Markets in the European Monetary System: An Empirical Investigation."
  • Conference on Exchange Rate Regimes, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, December 1990, "Are Target Zone Models Relevant?"
  • Conference on Trade and Competitiveness, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, July 1990, "Exchange Rate Exposure and Industry Characteristics."

The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Johns Hopkins University, 2004