About Eric McKee

West Texas A&M University. Assistant Professor of Finance. 2020-Present

2020 PhD in Finance, University of Iowa               

2014 MS in Actuarial Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

2012 BS in Finance, Actuarial Science, and Classics, North Central College 

From Query to Conclusion: Active Learning Using the WRDS Database With Oscar Solis and Anne Macy. Published in Journal of Education for Business (2025)

Survey Instrument & Documentation (GitHub)

Human Capital Migration Networks and Stock Returns.  With Shagun Pant, Gautam Pant, and Yuanyang Liu. Published in Review of Financial Economics (2025)

Media Coverage: Gies College of Business Blog 

Can Financial Literacy and Payday Loan Bans Benefit Consumers?.  With Oscar Solis and Wei Zhang. Published in Finance Research Letters (2025)

Survey Variable Documentation (GitHub)

Online Students' Perception of Finance Project using Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). with Oscar Solis. Published in Journal of Financial Education (2025)

Media Coverage: WRDS Fall 2025 Newsletter

Risk-shifting: Evidence from the 2007 credit crisis. Published in North American Journal of Economics and Finance (2022)

The Effectiveness of Commodities in Hedging Inflation-Is It Still Valid during Low Inflationary Period? with Doh-Khul Kim. Published in Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives (2012)

Which Supreme Court Cases Are Actually Important? SCOTUSblog, December 17th 2025.

Corporate Governance and Litigation (With Robin Clark and Anne Macy)

Dual Ownership as a Market Solution to Risk Shifting: Evidence from Loan Covenant Violations (With Steve Irlbeck and Tyson Van Alfen)

With the Advice and Consent of the Senate He Shall Appoint Judges of the Supreme Court: The Importance of the Senate in Measuring Judicial Ideology (With Anne Macy and Wei Zhang)

Data and Linking Table (GitHub)

Business students' perception of the use of AI: Active learning in an introductory finance course  (With Oscar Solis, Goutham Abotula, Wei Zhang, and Anne Macy)

Limited Partner: Denham Capital Management and IRS Code §1402(a)(13) (With Anne Macy and Darlene Pulliam)

West Texas A&M University

Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits (FIN 4368/5368) —  Undergraduate and MBA, 2024—Present

Managerial Finance (FIN 6300) —  MBA, 2023—Present 

Business Finance (FIN 3320) —  Undergraduate, 2021—Present

Financial Markets and Derivatives (FIN 6330) —  MBA, 2021—Present

Seminar in Finance (FIN 6320) —  MBA, 2020—2023

Investments (FIN 4320/5320) —  Undergraduate and MBA,  2020

University of Iowa

• Introductory Financial Management (Undergraduate)

• Investment Management (Undergraduate)