In this article, the authors offer a powerful teaching tool, the graphic syllabus, to help instructors meet the unique challenges of teaching introductory finance. This tool is a visual representation of the topical organization of the course, meant to supplement and clarify the text syllabus....

In this paper we explain and assess the benefits of integrating an interactive, online learning object into a finance course. Animation and interactivity combined with the accessibility of the online learning objects create a rich, student-controlled learning environment. We present a new...

A major goal of Colleges of Agriculture is to prepare students for productive careers in agribusiness. Goecker, Gilmore, and Whatley estimated that approximately 40% of the potential job openings for food and agricultural sciences graduates during 2000-2005 would be for posi-tions in management,...

We examine market reactions to changes in the FTSE SmallCap index membership, which are determined quarterly based on market capitalization and are free of information effects. Our main results are asymmetric price and liquidity responses between the firms that are shifted between FTSE indexes...

This article, which suggests the use of French proverbs as an effective tool for teaching finance to French-speaking students, aligns 35 financial concepts and 7 general teaching concepts with one or more French proverbs. French proverbs allow students to link new information with previous...

The difficult transition from high school to university means that many students need to repeat (retake) one or more of their university courses. This paper examines the performance of students who were repeating first-year core courses in an undergraduate business program. It used data from...

This study provides the first examination of the Canadian implied volatility indexes for forecasting future volatility. Introduced by Montreal exchange in 2010, the model-free implied volatility index for the Canadian stock market, the VIXC, outperforms the previously used model-based index, the...

The globalization of the world economy has increased interest in internationally recognized finance designations, which serve as external validation of expertise and are routinely used in hiring and promotion decisions. To help students, finance professors, career advisors, and practitioners...

This article recommends the film Inside Job as an effective teaching tool for illustrating the ethical issues that surrounded the global financial crisis of 2008 and the subsequent economic downturn. The study discusses issues such as the revolving door, conflicts of interest, fiduciary duty,...

We examine market responses to changes in the Nasdaq 100 index membership and find asymmetric stock price and investor awareness reactions. Stocks added to the Nasdaq 100 index for the first time experience permanent price gains and significant increases in investor awareness, whereas repeated...