Don M. Chance |
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William H. Wright, Jr. Endowed Chair for Financial Services,
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| (*See below if you're curious where this photo was taken.) | |
| Contact Information: | |
| Office: 2155 CEBA | Snail mail address: |
| Phone: 225-578-0372 | Department of Finance |
| Fax: 225-578-6366 | 2163 CEBA |
| email: dchance@lsu.edu | Louisiana State University |
| Baton Rouge, LA 70803 | |
| Fall 2008: | Fall 2008 Office Hours: |
| Not teaching in fall 2008 | No official office hours, but I am usually in the office during afternoons. |
| Bio Sketch: | |
| Don M. Chance holds the William H. Wright, Jr. Endowed Chair for Financial Services at the E. J. Ourso College of Business at Louisiana State University. He was formerly First Union Professor of Financial Risk Management at Virginia Tech and prior to his academic career, he worked for a large southeastern bank. Professor Chance has had numerous articles published in academic and practitioner journals and has authored three books: An Introduction to Derivatives and Risk Management, with the 7th edition published in 2007 co-authored with Robert Brooks, Essays in Derivatives: Risk Transfer Tools and Topics Made Easy, 2nd edition published in 2008, and Analysis of Derivatives for the CFA Program. He is often quoted in the media on matters related to derivatives and risk management as well as financial markets and the economy in general. He is a frequent consultant to companies, organizations, and law firms and has extensive instructional experience in professional training programs. His current research is mostly focused on executive stock options but he also works on problems in derivatives in general as well as in indexing and exchange-traded funds. He holds a Ph.D. in finance from LSU and is a CFA charterholder. | |
My Vita and Information about me:
The following links take you to various parts of my web-based vita, which is not as detailed as the pdf version:
Instructional Material:
Link to this site for a collection of short technical notes on derivatives, class-related material, and other pedagogical odds and ends.
Research Material:
Link to this site for various research-related items (collections of links, journals, bibliographies, reading lists, etc.)
Miscellaneous Professional Material
Link to this site for an assortment of professional items, mostly related to derivatives, finance, and academics.
Personal Stuff
Just some stuff I compiled revealing my other side:
- And for those of you who can't get back to the other key places on our site:
| My official LSU home page | To LSU Department of Finance Home Page | To Ourso College of Business Home Page | To LSU Home Page |
Last updated: September 8, 2008
*Bet you're thinking that photo was taken at one of our many Mississippi River bridges down here in south Louisiana. No, that's not ole man river behind me. Go north by northwest about 4,000 miles to the Yukon River in Alaska. Besides, our bridges are much taller than that puny thing.
