Dr. John Thornton
Dr. John Thornton, Associate Professor of Finance, teaches the Fixed Income Markets course in the Financial Engineering Program. His research interests include financial institution issues and the effect of managerial incentives on firms' risk management decisions. His research has appeared in Journal of Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Review, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Financial Services Review, and Journal of Investing. He currently has papers forthcoming in Journal of Corporate Finance and Global Finance Journal.
Dr. Thornton joined Kent State University in 1999 after earning his Ph.D. from Georgia State University. Prior to earning his Ph.D. he worked for 18 years for Georgia Federal Bank, FSB. He performed several functions for the bank including Mortgage Loan Office, Director of Systems and Procedures, and Assistant to the President. His final position was Senior Vice President in charge of Product Development and Research. In that role he was a member of the bank's Asset Liability Committee - the group responsible for the risk management activities of the bank. His research interests include financial institutions and managerial incentive issues. He has published articles in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Review, Journal of Investing and Financial Decisions.
Prior to entering banking Dr. Thornton served 4 years as an officer in the US Navy. He served on the USS Trepang SSN 674, a fast attack nuclear submarine. He was qualified as Officer of the Deck, Engineering Officer of the Watch and Diving Officer. His duties included Reactor Control and Engineering Officer and Communications Officer.
Courses
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MSFE Fixed Income Markets Spring 2008 MBA Financial Markets and Institutions Fall 2007 MSFE Fixed Income Markets Spring 2007 MSFE Fixed Income Markets Spring 2006 MBA Financial Markets and Institutions Fall 2005 MSFE Fixed Income Markets Spring 2005 MBA Financial Markets and Institutions Fall 2004
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Ghosh, Suvankar, Marvin D. Troutt, and John H. Thornton Jr., “An Empirical Method for Assessing the Research Relevance Gap,” under review at the European Journal of Operational Research. Jung, Sung-Chang, Yong-Gyo Lee, and John H. Thornton Jr., “Good Timing? Stock Repurchases Followed by Stock Reissues in Korea,” under review at the Journal of Finance. Aggarwal, Raj, Michael Merriman, and John H. Thornton Jr., “Religious Market Concentration and Financial Development,” in preparation for third submission to the Journal of Finance. Nam, Jouahn, John H. Thornton Jr., P. V. Viswanath, and Jun Wang “Information Revelation through Dividend Initiations” in preparation for second submission to the Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance Thornton, John H. Jr., “Determinants of Fees Charged by Mutual Fund Families,” in preparation for submission. Gottesman, Aron A., Jouahn Nam, John H. Thornton Jr., and Jun Wang, “NYSE Listings and Firm Borrowing Costs: An Empirical Investigation,” in preparation for submission. Aggarwal, Raj, and John H. Thornton Jr., “Assessing Capital Projects Under Interest Rate Uncertainty: Practicality of Using Callable Rates to Adjust Discount Rates,” in preparation for submission. Aggarwal, Raj, and John H. Thornton Jr., “The Employee Stock Option Disclosure Practices of Large US Corporations,” in preparation for submission. |
