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Don M. Chance
William H. Wright, Jr. Endowed Chair for Financial Services, Louisiana State University


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

Spring 2009:	Spring 2009 Office Hours:
BADM 7090, MW, 9:10 - 10:30 & 10:40 - 12:00, PFT 1116	M, 1:30 - 2:30 & TH, 1:30 - 3:00
FIN 7400, MW, 3:10 - 4:30, PFT 3141

Bio Sketch:
Don M. Chance holds the William H. Wright, Jr. Endowed Chair for Financial Services at the 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 (8^th ed., 2009) co-authored with Robert Brooks, Essays in Derivatives: Risk Transfer Tools and Topics Made Easy (2nd ed., 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. He is an advisor to IndexIQ, a New York-based provider of strategic index products, and The Governance Fund, a Minnesota-based investment manager. His current research is primarily 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:

Full academic vita in pdf format) (warning: long and boring)

The following links take you to various parts of my web-based vita, which is not as detailed as the pdf version:

Articles published and forthcoming (Please do not ask for a copy. Use your library or the Interlibrary Loan Service. Also I do not own the copyright and much of this stuff is not available in electronic versions.)
Working papers (you can usually download a copy)
Research in progress (also known as "Ideas Not Worth Stealing")
Books and monographs
- The 7^th edition of An Introduction to Derivatives and Risk Management co-authored with Robert Brooks (8^th edition forthcoming in 2009).
- Essays in Derivatives (2^nd edition, 2008).
- Analysis of Derivatives for the CFA Program
Cases I have written (only one so far)
Awards, Honors, Recognitions (a few but no Oscars, Tonys, or Grammys)
Consulting (yes, I do consulting)
Executive and Professional Development Courses and Training Programs (for your risk management training needs)
Professional Service (where I have been convinced to do something for nothing)
Media (where journalists have been fooled into thinking I have something important to say)

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: April 29, 2009

Don M. Chance

William H. Wright, Jr. Endowed Chair for Financial Services, Louisiana State University

William H. Wright, Jr. Endowed Chair for Financial Services,
Louisiana State University