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Ph.D. Profiles

S. McKay Price
Curriculum Vitae
Phone: (850) 644-2038
E-mail: smp06g@fsu.edu

Education

Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida, Expected 2010
Ph.D. in Finance, support areas in Econometrics and Real Estate

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2005
M.S. in Real Estate Development

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, 1999
B.S. in Finance

Research

Working Papers
"Earnings Conference Call Content and Stock Return: The Case of REITs” with James S. Doran and David R. Peterson

"Examining the Sellers' Loss Aversion Behavior in the Housing Market” with Dean Gatzlaff

"Florida's "Save Our Homes” Amendment and Property Tax Incidence” with Dean Gatzlaff and Marc Smith Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of Housing Economics

Work in Progress
"Pitching IPOs: Exaggeration and the Marketing of Financial Securities" with James S. Ang

"Risk and Uncertainty in Initial Public Offerings" with James S. Ang and Huang Fangliang

Grant
"Analytical Services Relating to Property Taxation: An Analysis of the Effects of Florida’s 'Save Our Homes' Constitutional Amendment and Proposed Alternatives" for the Florida Legislature's Office of Economic and Demographic Research. Joint work by the Schimberg Center for Housing Affordability, University of Florida; Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Florida; Center for Real Estate Education and Research, Florida State University (Dr. Dean Gatzlaff & Dr. Stacy Sirmans) and the Claude Pepper Institute, Florida State University. pp 1-256, 2007.

Citation
Master's Thesis, Multiple Asset Class Investing: Equilibrium Asset Pricing Evaluation of Real Estate Risk and Return across Four Quadrants, coauthored with Nan Li, 2005, cited in the following textbook:
Geltner, D., N. Miller, J. Clayton, and P. Eichholtz. Commercial Real Estate Analysis and Investments, Second Edition, Thomson South-Western, Mason, Ohio. 2007.

Presentations
"Earnings Conference Call Content and Stock Return: The Case of REITs" AREUEA Mid-Year Conference, June, 2009 (Also accepted for presentation at the FMA Meetings in Reno, Nevada, October 2009)

"Critical Issues Affecting REIT Performance" Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Real Estate, March, 2009

"Pitching IPOs: Exaggeration and the Marketing of Financial Securities" Florida State University, Department of Finance, August, 2008 (Also presented by James Ang at the Sixth Corporate Finance Day, Erasmus University, September 2008)

Personal Website: www.mckayprice.com


Teaching Experience

Instructor, FIN 3244 – Financial Markets, the Financial System, and Fundamentals of Investing Florida State University, Summer 2007, Summer 2008, Summer 2009

Teaching Assistant, FIN 4504 – Investments Florida State University, Fall 2006, Fall 2007

FIN 3403 – Financial Management of the Firm Florida State University, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009


Related Industry Experience

Real Estate Manager, Target Corporation
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Commercial Real Estate Broker, NAI Utah Commercial Real Estate, Inc.
Salt Lake City, Utah


Professional Affiliations

American Finance Association

Financial Management Association

American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association

CCIM Institute Designee

Real Estate Broker Licensee

Honors and Awards

  • Presidential University Fellowship (Florida State University)
  • University Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (Florida State University)
  • College of Business Doctoral Teaching Award (Florida State University)
  • Congress of Graduate Students Research Travel Grant (Florida State University)
  • Magna Cum Laude (University of Utah)
  • Dean's List every quarter/semester of undergraduate study (University of Utah)
  • President's Award, 1997, 1998, 1999 (University of Utah)
  • Academic Scholarship (University of Utah)
  • C. Veryl Benzley Scholarship (University of Utah)

Dissertation

Title: “Earnings Conference Call Content, Uncertainty, and the Post-Earnings-Announcement Drift”

“Information Uncertainty and the Post-Earnings-Announcement Drift Anomaly: Insight from REITs”