K. VICTOR CHOW

Professor

Education:

Ph.D. University of Alabama, Finance, 1989
M.A. University of Alabama, Finance, 1986
B.S. Chinese Cultural University, Natural Resources, 1981

Current Positions:

Professor of Finance, West Virginia University, 2001-present.
Professor of Economics, West Virginia University, 2001-present
Associate Director, Center for Chinese Business, WVU, 1995-present
Research Faculty Associate, Regional Research Institute, WVU, 1993-present

Selected Previous Positions:

Associate Professor of Finance, West Virginia University, 1995-2001.
Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics, West Virginia University, 1995-2001.
Assistant Professor of Finance, West Virginia University, 1989-1995.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics, West Virginia University, 1993-1995.
Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Alabama, 1986-1989.

Research Interests:

Portfolio management, asset allocation, stochastic dominance, and statistical applications for capital asset price and income distributions.

Selected Recent Publications and Papers, 1990-Present:

Chow, K. B., J. Bishop and L. Zeager. 2002. Changes in economic advantage by national origin after German unification. Estadistica, forthcoming.

Chow, K. V., J. Bishop and L. Zeager. 2002. Decomposing Lorenz and concentration curves. International Economic Review, forthcoming.

Chow, K. V. Summer 2001. Marginal conditional stochastic dominance, statistical inference and measuring portfolio performance. Journal of Financial Research, 289-307.

Chow, K. V., J. Formby, and B. Zheng. October 2000. Inequality orderings, stochastic dominance and statistical inference. Journal of Business, Economics and Statistics, 479-488.

Chow, K. V. and H. Hulburt. 2000. Value, size and portfolio efficiency. Journal Portfolio Management.

Chow, K. V., J. Formby, J. Bishop and B. Zheng. 1998. Income and tax changes following the tax reform act of 1986: A general decomposition. Research on Economic Inequality, 165-200.

Chow, K.V., J. Bishop, J. Formby and C.C. Ho. 1997. Did tax reform reduce actual U.S. progressivity? Evidence from the taxpayer compliance measurement program. International Tax and Public Finance, 4: 177-197.

Chow, K. V., J. Bishop, J. Formby, and C. Ho. 1997. The redistributive effects of non-compliance and tax evasion in the US. Taxation, Poverty and Income Distribution, 28-47.

Chow, K. V. and Joseph Shieh. 1996. Investment banking. Chinese version, Taipei, Taiwan.

Chow, K.V., S..M.. Lin, and K. Denning. 1996. Spectral analysis in three dimensions: The examination of economic interdependence between New York, London, Tokyo, and the Pacific Basin equity market indices. Journal of Applied Business Research, 12: 72-84.

Chow, K.V., M, Pan, and R. Sakano. 1996. On the long-term or short-term dependence in stock prices: Evidence from international stock markets. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 6: 181-194.

Chow, K.V., K. Denning and S. Ferris. 1995. Long and short-term price memory in the stock markets. Economic Letters 49.

Zheng, B., B.J. Cushing and K.V. Chow. Oct. 1995. Statistical tests of changes in U.S. poverty 1975 to 1990. Southern Economic Journal 62(2).

Chow, K. V., J. Bishop, and J. Formby. 1995. The redistributive effects of taxes: A comparison of six LIS countries. Journal of Income Distribution 5(1).

Chow, K.V., C. Beach and J. Formby. 1994. Statistical inference for docile means. Economic Letters 45.

Chow, K. Victor, John Bishop, and John Formby. May 1994. Testing for marginal changes in income distributions with Lorenz and concentration curves. International Economic Review 35.

Chow, K. Victor, and Karen C. Denning. May 1994. On variance and lower partial moment betas: The equivalence of systematic risk measures. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting 21.

Chow, K. Victor and Karen C. Denning. 1993. A simple multiple variance ration test. Journal of Econometrics 58, 385-401.

Chow, K. Victor, K. C. Denning, and E. Gruca. 1993. Option portfolio strategies: Testing distributional stability. Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management.

Chow, K. Victor, and Ashok Abbott. 1993. The random walks of treasury bill and eurodollar futures and the mean-reversion of TED-spread. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 3.

Riley, William B., and K. Victor Chow. 1992. Asset allocation and individual risk aversion. Financial Analysts Journal, 48, 6: 32-37.

Chow, K. Victor, and Ashok Abbott. 1992. Cointegration among European equity markets. Journal of Multinational Financial Management 2.

Chow, K. Victor, William Riley and John Formby. 1992. International portfolio selection and efficient analysis. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting , 2: 47-67.

Chow, K. Victor, and Karen C. Denning. 1992. The symmetry and stability of word equity markets: Getting to the issue on international portfolio diversification. Journal of Multinational Financial Management 2.

Bishop, John A., K. Victor Chow, and John P. Formby. 1991. A stochastic dominance analysis of growth, recessions and the U.S. income distribution, 1967-1986. Southern Economic Journal 57, 4: 936-946.

Selected Scholarly Service and Honors:

Outstanding Research Award, College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University, 1995.
Outstanding Research Award, College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University, 1993.
Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University, 1992.
Tax Research Award, KPMG Peat Marwick Foundation, 1991.

Referee for:

International Review of Economics and Finance
Journal of Applied Business Research
Journal of Econometrics
Journal of Empirical Finance
Journal of Finance and Economics
Journal of Financial Service
Journal of Financial Studies
Journal of Financial Quantitative Analysis
Journal of Financial Research
Journal of Futures Markets
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
Journal of Multinational Financial Management
Journal of Portfolio Management
Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting
Southern Economic Journal
The Financial Review
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics