DELVIN D. HAWLEY, Ph.D.

Senior Associate Dean

Associate Professor of Finance

School of Business Administration

The University of Mississippi

 

dhawley@bus.olemiss.edu

 

320 Holman Hall                                                                     (662) 915-5496 Voice

University, MS 38677                                                             (662) 915-7968  Fax

 

Education

 

Ph.D., Finance (1987)

      Michigan State University Graduate School of Business

 

      Minor Fields:        Accounting, Economics, Statistics

                                    Management Information Systems

 

      Dissertation:          Industry-Specific Characteristics of Cyclical Variations

                                    in the Yield Structure of Corporate Bonds.

 

M.B.A. Finance (1982)

Michigan State University Graduate School of Business

 

B.S. Psychology (1976)

Michigan State University

 

 

Research Interests

 

Valuation of investments and businesses under uncertain conditions. Valuation of internet businesses. Factors influencing bond risk premiums. Event-study methodology applications for corporate bonds. Artificial intelligence applications in financial analysis and financial management. 

 

 

Teaching Interests

 

Corporate Finance, Investments, Financial Modeling; Graduate and Undergraduate.

 

Strong interest in the development of courses at all levels which provide extensive practical experience in the use of microcomputer tools to extend and enhance the decision environment of financial managers.  Extensive experience in the integration of practical computer instruction and usage throughout the finance curriculum.


 

Academic Experience

 

Senior Associate Dean (8/01 – Present)

Associate Dean for Administration and MBA Program Director (7/98 – 8/01)

Associate Dean and MBA Program Director (2/93 - 6/98)

Acting Associate Dean and MBA Program Director  (7/92 - 2/93)

 

Chief Operating, Financial, and Information Technology Officer for the School and Director of the MBA Program. Major accomplishments include coordination of the reengineering of the MBA Program, heavy involvement in all aspects of the design and construction of the Business/Accountancy Building Complex, and the implementation of major improvements in the human and technological infrastructure of the School. Supervise most non-faculty professional and clerical staff within the School.

 

Associate Professor of Finance (5/92 - Present)  

Assistant Professor of Finance (8/86 - 5/92)

 

Typical Teaching assignments:

 

MBA 601:    MBA Business Foundations

MBA 622:    Business Planning and Entrepreneurship

FIN 634:      Corporate Financial Management

 

Total teaching experience: 18 years

 

 

Business Experience

 

More than 10 years of retail management experience with supervisory, purchasing, merchandising, and budgetary responsibilities.

 

 

Publications

 

Balasundram Maniam and Delvin D. Hawley, “Application of Artificial Neural Systems as an Event Study Methodology: An Empirical Investigatiton,” Academy of Information and Management Sciences Journal (2001, Forthcoming) Received the Distinguished Researcher Award at the Allied Academics Spring 2000 national conference.

 

Delvin D. Hawley and O. Felix Ayadi, “The Valuation of Exchangeable Securities: A Pedagogic Approach,” The Journal of Business and Management (Summer, 1997)


 

John D. Johnson and Delvin D. Hawley, "Artificial Neural Networks: Past, Present and Future.  An Overview of the Structure and Training of Artificial Learning Systems".  Lead article in the first edition of Advances in Artificial Intelligence in Economics, Finance and Management, (1994, Volume 1)

 

Delvin D. Hawley and M. Mark Walker. "Speculative Grade Bonds, Agency Ratings, and the Investment Decision Process: A Survey of Institutional Money Managers".  Financial Practice and Education  (Fall, 1993)

 

D. Hawley and M. Walker, "An Empirical Test of Investment Restrictions in the High Yield Debt Market," The Financial Review (May 1992).  An abstract of this article was published in the CFA Digest, (Fall 1992) p. 68. This paper was cited and abstracted in The CFA Digest (Fall 1992) and was reviewed in Extra Credit: The Journal of High Yield Bond Research (January/February 1993), a Merrill Lynch research publication, edited by Martin S. Fridson.

 

Delvin D. Hawley, John D. Johnson and Dijjotam Raina, "Artificial Neural Systems: A New Tool for Financial Management," Financial Analysts Journal (Nov/Dec 1990).  Also reprinted in Neural Network Applications in Investment and Financial Services, edited by Efraim Turban, Probus Publishing (1992).

 

Delvin D. Hawley. "Modern Financial Theory and Business Ethics Education in the Finance Curriculum: An Abdication of Responsibility".  Journal of Business Ethics 10(Nov. 1991) pp. 711-721

 

Delvin D. Hawley, and R. Phil Malone.  "The Relative Performance of Duration in the Capital Budgeting Decision Environment". The Engineering Economist (Fall 1989)

 

Delvin D. Hawley and Larry J. Johnson.  "An Efficient Algorithm for Calculating Yields and Durations,"  The Journal of Applied Business Research 5 (Winter 1988-89) pp. 45-51.

 

 

Presentations at National Meetings

 

Balasundram Maniam and Delvin D. Hawley, “Application of Artificial Neural Systems as an Event Study Methodology: An Empirical Investigatiton,” Received the Distinguished Researcher Award at the Allied Academics Spring 2000 national conference.            

 

Sanjay Jain, Delvin D. Hawley, and M. Mark Walker, “An Empirical Test of Investment Restrictions, Bond Rating Changes and Efficiency in the High Yield Debt Market”, Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting, 1997.       

 

Balasundram Maniam, Delvin D. Hawley, and John D. Johnson, "The Development of an Artificial Neural System for Event Study Applications",  FMA Annual Meeting, 1993.

 

Robert E. Dorsey, Delvin D. Hawley and John D. Johnson, "The Development of an Unrestricted Returns Generating Model for Common Stocks Using an Artificial Neural Network", ORSA/TIMS, 1991

 

Delvin D. Hawley and M. Mark Walker, "An Empirical Test of Investment Restrictions and Efficiency in the High Yield Debt Market,"  Midwest Finance Association, 1991.

 

Amitava Chatterjee, Bala Maniam, and Delvin D. Hawley.  "German Reunification's Effect on the American Stock Market,"  Midwest Finance Association, 1991.

 

Amitava Chatterjee, K. P. Sridharan, and Delvin D. Hawley.  "Market Anomalies Revisited,"  Eastern Finance Association, 1991.

 

Delvin D. Hawley, and R. Phil Malone.  "Duration Measures and the Capital Budgeting Decision Making Process,"  Financial Management Association, 1987.

 

 

Dissertation Participation

 

Sanjay Jain. “An Empirical Test of Investment Restrictions, Market Structure Changes, NRSRO Hypothesis, and Efficiency in the High Yield Debt Market,” (1997 - Ph.D. Finance) Committee chair

 

Rebecca Su Hee Cho. “The Comparison of Corporate Policy Choices Between the U.S. and Japanese Firms under the Agency Framework,” (1995 - Ph.D. Finance) Committee chair

 

Linda J. Jones.  "A Comparison of the Effects of Computer-Assisted Instruction Using LOGO and Prescription Learning on the Achievement and Attitude of 2nd Grade Students," (1995 - Ph.D. Education) Outside member of committee

 

Bala Maniam. "The Development and Testing of an Artificial Neural System for Event Study Applications,"  (1992 - Ph.D. Finance) Committee chair

 

Olesegun Ayadi.  "Stock Market Volatility, Fads, and Bubbles in the Nigerian Stock Market,"  (1991 - Ph.D. Finance) Committee chair

 

Chiming Wu.  "Stock Volatility, Macroeconomic Series, and Firm Characteristics: A VAR Analysis Across Stock Portfolios,  (1991 - Ph.D. Finance)

 

Kwokfai Matthew Wong.  "Stock Returns, Monetary Aggregates, and the Real Sector:  A VAR Analysis Across Leading OECD Nations,"  (1990 - Ph.D. Finance)

 

Cyrill Pat Obi, Jr. "OPEC Meetings and Capital Market Relations: Empirical Tests and Essays on Oil Price Volatility and Returns Behavior in the Commodity Market for Crude," (1989 - Ph.D. Finance)

 

 

Other Professional Activities

 

Ad hoc reviewer for Financial Management, The Financial Review, and others.

 

Expert witness in more than 15 legal cases for the valuation of economic loss from injury or death.

 

Reviewer/editor for Allen Resources, a commercial vendor of study materials for the Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) exam..

 

Authored spreadsheet software instruction package to accompany Cases in Financial Management by Sulock and Dunkleberg, John Wiley Publishers (1992)

 

Authored spreadsheet software instruction package to accompany the Ross/Westerfield/Jaffe, Corporate Finance, Richard D. Irwin Publishing. (2nd Ed., 1989.  3rd Ed. 1992.)

 

Authored test bank for Cooley and Roden, Business Financial Management, The Dryden Press, 1987.

 

Serve as textbook and ancillary reviewer for Macmillan Publishing, West Publishing, Irwin Publishing, Harper Collins Publishing, Addison Wesley Publishing, Prentice Hall Publishing, John Wiley & Sons Publishing, McGraw Hill Publishing, The Dryden Press, Times Mirror/Mosby College Publishing, and several others over a 19-year period.

 

 

Honors/Recognitions

 

2000 Allied Academics Distinguished Researcher Award

 

1994-95 MBA Association Teacher of the Year

 

1989 and 1991 Business School nominee for Burlington Foundation Award for teaching excellence 

 

 

Service Committees/Activities (Partial List – Most recent 5 years)

 

MBA Program Revision Committee Chair 1993-1997

 

MSSM Program Curriculum Development Committee 1994-1997

 

MSSM Graduate Coordinators Committee 1997-Present

 

Business/Accountancy Building Complex Planning Committee Chair 1992-1998

 

Business/Accountancy Building Complex Construction Coordinator 1996-1998

 

Hearin Support Foundation Grant (wrote proposal, write annual reports, managed budget, wrote proposal for extension) 1996 to present

 

Other grants (wrote approximately ten grant proposal in addition to Hearin Grant)

 

Staff Recruiting Committee Chair (three IT managers, Coordinator for Communications, Coordinator for MBA Administration, Coordinator for MBA Career Planning, Staff Writer, Senior Secretary)

 

Other Business School Committees

 

Executive Committee

 

Finance Faculty Committee

 

MBA Faculty Committee

 

Commencement Committee

 

Other University Committees

 

UM Tupelo Building Planning Committee 1998-2000

 

Committee to explore ways to increase UM doctoral production 1999

 

Committee to explore ways to reduce graduate tuition waiver expenditure 1999

 

Sesquicentennial Planning Committee 1997