Jeffrey M. Mercer, PhD

Lubbock Bankers Association Professor of Finance

Director, Institute for Banking and Financial Studies

Contact Information

Office: BA 905

Mailing Address:

  Rawls College of Business 

  Administration

  Department of Finance

  Box 42101

  Lubbock, TX  79409-2101

Phone: (806) 742-3365

FAX: (806) 742-3197

Email: jeffrey.mercer@ttu.edu

Office Hours: By Appointment

Courses Taught

Click here for information about FIN 4326 and FIN 5327.

 

Application for Spring 2010 FIN 5327 (graduate SMIF class)

 

Application for Spring 2010 FIN 4326 (undergrad SMIF class)

 

 

FIN4324 - Investments (Undergraduate)

FIN4326 - Student Managed Investment Fund (Undergraduate)

FIN4327 - Derivative Securities and Markets (Undergraduate)

FIN4329 - Fixed Income Analysis (Undergraduate)

 

FIN5325 - Seminar in Security Analysis and Investments (Masters)

FIN5327 - Student Managed Investment Fund (Masters)

FIN5328 - Options and Futures (Masters)

FIN6333 - Doctoral Seminar in Investments and Asset Pricing (Ph.D.)

Professional

Vita (last updated: July 2009)

Working Papers

Biographical Information

Jeff Mercer is a Professor of Finance in the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University. He is currently the Lubbock Bankers Association Professor of Finance and Director of the Institute for Banking and Financial Studies. 

Dr. Mercer received his BS from the University of Wyoming and his MS and PhD from Texas Tech University. He joined Texas Tech in 2002, and was previously a faculty member, department chair, and Acting Associate Dean of the College of Business at Northern Illinois University. 

While at Texas Tech, Dr. Mercer has received the prestigious President's Excellence in Teaching Award and the College of Business' Lockheed Martin Excellence in Teaching Award. 

Dr. Mercer's research interests include asset pricing, asset allocation, and investment management. His publications have appeared in Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial Research, Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Futures Markets, Journal of Portfolio Management, Financial Review, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of Alternative Investments, Journal of Investing, and Journal of Wealth Management.

AREAS OF INTEREST
Research: Asset Allocation, Portfolio Management, Asset Pricing
Teaching: Derivative Securities, Fixed Income Analysis, Investments/Portfolio Management

EDUCATION
PhD, Texas Tech University 1992
MS, Texas Tech University 1987
BS, University of Wyoming 1986