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    William Edwards Professor of Finance
    Marriott School of Management
    Brigham Young University

    Born: August 13, 1958
    Marital Status: Married, four children
    Citizenship: United States of America
    Languages: Swedish as a Second Language

    Address

    Business Management Department
    636 Tanner Building
    Brigham Young University
    Provo, Utah 84602
    Voice: (801) 422-3017
    FAX: (801) 422-0108

    E-mail: mcqueen@byu.edu
    Homepage: http://marriottschool.byu.edu/emp/grm/

    Education

    Ph.D. in Finance, University of Washington, School of Business Administration, December 1989. Dissertation: "Three Essays on the Behavior of Asset Returns."

    • Albert O. Foster Fellowship, 1986-1989.

    Masters of Business Administration, Brigham Young University, Marriott School of Management, Graduated with Highest Distinction, April 1984.

    • Top 10 percent of class.
    • Exxon Scholarship, 1983-84.
    • MBA Merit Scholar, 1982-83.
    • Graduate School of Management Dean's List, 1982-84.
    • Graduate School of Management Commencement Speaker, 1984.

    Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Brigham Young University, Economics Department, December 1981.

    • BYU Dean's Scholar, 1976-77.

    Journal Articles

    McQueen, Grant and Steven Thorley, "Are Stock Returns Predictable? A Test Using Markov Chains," Journal of Finance Vol. 46, March 1991, pp. 239-263. Summarized in The CFA Digest, Winter 1993, Vol. 23, No. 1. Abstract.

    McQueen, Grant, "Mean Reverting Stock Prices Revisited," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis Vol. 27, March 1992, pp. 1-18. Abstract.

    Chang, Eric, Grant McQueen, and J. Michael Pinegar, "Tests of the Nominal Contracting Hypothesis Using Stocks and Bonds of the Same Firms," The Journal of Banking and Finance Vol. 16, June 1992, pp. 477-496. Abstract.

    McQueen, Grant and Steven Thorley, "Asymmetric Business Cycle Turning Points," Journal of Monetary Economics Vol. 31, June 1993, pp. 341-362. Abstract.

    McQueen, Grant, and V. Vance Roley, "Stock Prices, News, and Business Cycles," The Review of Financial Studies Vol. 6, No. 3, 1993, pp. 683-707. Also available as NBER Working Paper No. 3520. Abstract.

    McQueen, Grant and Steven Thorley, "Bubbles, Stock Returns, and Duration Dependence," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Vol. 29, September 1994, pp. 379-401. Abstract.

    Larson, Alan and Grant McQueen, "REITs, Inflation, and Real Activity: Lessons from the Gold Market," The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Vol. 10, No. 3, May 1995, pp. 285-297. Abstract.

    Crawford, Robert, Grant McQueen, and Maxwell Miller, "Valuing Illiquid Real Property: The Pitfalls of Yield Capitalization," Journal of Property Tax Management, Vol. 6, Issue 4, Spring 1995, pp. 43-56. Abstract.

    McQueen, Grant and Brent Wilson, "Geneva Steel: Initial Public Offering Case," Journal of Financial Education, Vol. 22, Spring 1996, pp. 82-100. Abstract.

    McQueen, Grant, Michael Pinegar, and Steven Thorley, "Delayed Reaction to Good News and the Cross-Autocorrelation of Portfolio Returns," Journal of Finance, Vol. 51, No. 3, July 1996, pp. 889-920. Abstract.

    McQueen, Grant, Kay Shields, and Steven Thorley, “Does the ‘Dow-10 Investment Strategy’ Beat the Dow Statistically and Economically?” Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 53, No. 4, July/August 1997, pp. 66-72. Abstract. (see discussion at Investorhome)

    McQueen, Grant and Steven Thorley, "Do Investors Learn? Evidence from a Gold Market Anomaly," The Financial Review, Vol. 32, No. 3, August 1997, pp. 501-526. Abstract.

    Chan, Kalok, Grant McQueen, and Steven Thorley, “Bubbles and Duration Dependence in Asian Stock Markets,” Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Vol. 6, No. 1-2, 1998, pp. 125-151. Abstract.

    McQueen, Grant and Steven Thorley, "Mining Fool's Gold," Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 55, No. 2, March/April, 1999, pp. 61-72. Summarized in The CFA Disgest , Fall 1999, Vol. 29, No. 11. Abstract.

    Adams, Greg, Grant McQueen, and Kristie Seawright, "Revisiting the Stock Price Impact of Quality Awards," Omega, the International Journal of Management Science, Vol. 27, No. 4, November/December, 1999, pp. 595-604. Abstract.

    Chang, Eric C., Grant McQueen, and J. Michael Pinegar, "Cross-Autocorrelation in Asian Stock Markets," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Vol. 7, No. 5, December 1999, pp. 471-493. Abstract.

    Alexander, William, Scott Grimshaw, Grant McQueen, and Barrett Slade, "Some Loans are More Equal than Others: Third-party Originations and Defaults in the Subprime Mortgage Industry," Real Estate Economics, Vol. 30, No. 4, Winter 2002, pp. 667-697. Abstract.

    Lambson, Val, Grant McQueen, and Barrett Slade, "Do Out-of-State Buyers Pay Too Much for Real Estate?" Real Estate Economics, Vol. 32, No. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 85-126. Paper

    Adams, Greg, Grant McQueen, and Bob Wood, "The Effects of Inflation News on High Frequency Stock Returns," Journal of Business, Vol 77, No. 3, July 2004. pp. 547-574. Paper

    Vorkink, Keith, and McQueen, Grant, "Whence GARCH? A Preference-Based Explanation for Conditional Volatility," Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 17, No. 4, Winter 2004, pp. 915-949. Paper

    Brau, Jim, Lambson, Val, and McQueen, Grant, "Lockups Revisited," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Vol. 40, No. 3, September 2005, pp. 519-530. Paper

    Grimshaw, Scott, James McDonald, Grant McQueen, and Steven Thorley, "Estimating Hazard Functions for Discrete Lifetimes," Communications in Statistics--Simulation and Computation, Vol. 34, No. 2, 2005, pp. 451-463.

    Non-Journal Publications

    McQueen, Grant, Ivan Call, and Roger Clarke, "Duration, Immunization, and Volatility for Taxable Debt Securities," in Fixed Income Portfolio Strategies, edited by Frank Fabozzi, Probus Publishing Company, 1989, pp. 167-188. Abstract.

    McQueen, Grant, "Spreadsheets," in Introduction to Financial Management, fifth edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1988, pp. 489-494, and in Introduction to Financial Management, sixth edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1991, pp. 613-619. Abstract.

    McQueen, Grant, "The Beta Debate: An Academic's Perspective," The Valuation Examiner, a newsletter to members of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, Fourth Quarter 1993, pp. 2-6. Abstract.

    McQueen, Grant, “Japan, China, Hong Kong, and Cambodia,” Marriott School Annual Report, 1996/1997, pp. 6-9. Paper.

    McQueen, Grant and Steven Thorley, "Don't Fall into the Data Mine, Investors Relations Quarterly, Fall 1999, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 18-23. Abstract.

    McQueen, Grant and Steven Thorley, "Stock Market Investing in the 21st Century: Four Important Lessons," Marriott School Exchange Magazine Online, Summer 1999.

    McQueen, Grant and Steven Thorley, "Stock Strategy Performance Claims: Don't Fall into the Data Mine," AAII Journal, Vol. 22, No. 2, February 2000, pp. 2-7. Abstract.

    Grimshaw, Scott, Jim McDonald, Grant McQueen, and Steve Thorley, "Testing for Duration Dependence with Discrete Data." In Proceedings of the American Statistical Association Annual Meeting, 2002

    Working Papers

    McQueen, Grant, "Diversifying with Gold Bullion and Gold Stocks." Paper

    Grimshaw, Scott, McDonald, Jim, Grant McQueen, and Steven Thorley, "Testing for Duration Dependence with Discrete Data." Paper

    Teaching Notes and Cases

    "Determining Cash Flows for Capital Budgeting" (Word)

    "Forecasting Financial Statements: Proforma Analysis" (Word)

    "Some Indicators of a Firm's Risk and Debt Capacity" (Word)

    "After-Tax Cash Flows for Taxable Debt Securities" (WP 8.0 file)

    "Novell/Digital Research Merger Case" (WP 8.0 file)

    "The Beta Debate: A Teaching Note" (WP 8.0 file)

    "Valuing Businesses: A Teaching Note" (Word)

    "Valuing Publicly Traded Equity Securities: The Black and Decker Corporation" (Word)

    "Black and Decker Spreadsheet" (Excel)

    "Yahoo!/GeoCities Case" (Word)

    Work Experience

    William Edwards Professor of Finance, Business Management Department, BYU, 2000-present.

    • Finance and Managerial Economics Group Leader, 2000 - present
    • MBA "Core Instructor of the Year", 2001
    • Marriott School "Teaching Excellence Award", 2002
    • Marriott School "Outstanding Faculty Award", 2003

    Visiting Associate Professor of Finance, Department of Finance, ASU, 1998-1999.

    Associate Professor of Finance, Business Management Department, BYU, 1995-2000.

    • Goldman Sachs Fellowship, 1997 - 2000
    • MBA Core Instructor of the Year, 2000
    • Marriott School of Management, “Faculty Research Award,” 1997.
    • Marriott School of Management Alumni Board, “TEAMS Award” for curriculum development, 1997.

    Assistant Professor of Finance, Institute of Business Management, BYU, 1988-1995.

    • Business Management Department, “Outstanding Colleague Award,” 1993.

    Activities

    Referee: Journal of Finance, The Review of Financial Studies, The Journal of Business, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Empirical Finance, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of Empirical Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Review of Financial Economics, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions, and Money, Journal of Economics and Business, Journal of Futures Markets, Managerial and Decision Economics, Journal of Financial Research, The European Journal of Finance, The Financial Review, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, The Economic Journal, International Review of Economics and Finance, International Finance, Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, Global Finance Journal,

    American Finance Association, member.

    Financial Management Association, member.

    Western Finance Association, member.

    The Society for Financial Studies, member.

    Phi Kappa Phi, national honor society, member.

    Omicron Delta Epsilon, honor society in economics, 1980-85.

    Presentations

    "Duration, Immunization, and Volatility for Taxable Debt Securities," presented at:

    • Western Finance Association Meeting, 1985

    "Are Stock Returns Predictable? A Test Using Markov Chains," presented at:

    • University of Washington, 1989
    • Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank, 1990
    • University of Utah, 1990

    "Mean Reverting Stock Prices Revisited," presented at:

    • University of Washington, 1989
    • Brigham Young University, 1990

    "Asymmetric Business Cycle Turning Points," presented at:

    • Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank, 1990
    • Brigham Young University, Business School, 1991
    • Brigham Young University, Economics Department, 1991

    "Stock Prices, News, and Business Cycles," presented at:

    • University of Santa Clara, 1988
    • North Carolina State University, 1988
    • Brigham Young University, 1988
    • University of Washington, 1989
    • NBER Summer Finance Conference, 1991

    "Bubbles, Stock Returns, and Duration Dependence," presented at:

    • Brigham Young University, 1993
    • Arizona State University, 1993

    "Impact of Quality Management upon Share Price," presented at:

    • The Decision Science Institute Conference, Hawaii, 1994

    "Valuing Illiquid Real Property: The Pitfalls of Yield Capitalization," presented at:

    • Wichita Workshop on Appraisal: Communications, Energy, and Transportation Properties for as Valorem Taxation, 1995.

    "Delayed Reaction to Good News and the Cross-Autocorrelation of Portfolio Returns," presented at:

    • University of Utah, 1995
    • University of Colorado at Boulder, 1995
    • American Finance Association, 1996

    "Bubbles and Duration Dependence in Asian Stock Markets," presented at:

    • National Taiwan University International Conference on Finance, 1995
    • University of Washington Pacific Basin Finance Business Seminar, 1996

    "Cross-Autocorrection in Asian Stock Markets,"

    • Arizona State University, 1998
    • National University of Singapore, 1998
    • Tenth Annual PACAP/FMA Finance Conference, Malaysia, 1998

    "Stock Market Investing in the 21st Century: Four Important Lessons," presented at:

    • Marriott School Management Conference, 1999 and 2001
    • Marriott School National Advisory Council, 2000
    • Marriott School Management Socretres, 2001, 2002
    • Brigham Young University Athletic Advisory Council, 2003

    "The Effects of Inflation News on High Frequency Stock Returns," presented at:

    • Arizona State University, 1998
    • Brigham Young University, Marriott School, 1998
    • Brigham Young University, Economics Department, 1999
    • Eleventh Annual PACAP/FMA Finance Conference, Singapore, 1999

    "Why Lockup?" presented at:

    • University of Utah, 2000
    • University of Washington, 2001
    • FMA Annual Meeting, Toronto, 2001

    "Some Loans are More Equal than Others: Third Party Organizations and Mortgage Defaults," presented at:

    • American Real Estate and Urban Economics Associations Meeting, Atlanta, 2002

    "Testing for Duration Dependence with Discrete Data," presented at:

    • The American Statistical Association Annual Meeting, New York, 2002

    "Whence GARCH?" presented at:

    • University of Utah, 2002
    • BYU Economics Department and Business Departments, 2002
    • University of Washington, 2002
    • Washington University at St. Louis, 2002

    "Do Out-of-State Buyers Pay Too Much For Real Estate?" presented at:

    • American Real Estate and Urban Economics Assocation Meeting, Washington D.C., 2003
    • University of Utah, 2003


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