Eric McKee is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Paul and Virginia Engler College of Business at West Texas A&M University. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business. His research interests encompass corporate finance, investments, financial markets, and household finance.
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 at Journal of Education for Business (2025)
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Human Capital Migration Networks and Stock Returns. With Shagun Pant, Gautam Pant, and Yuanyang Liu. Review of Financial Economics (2025)
Media Mentions: Gies College of Business Blog
Can Financial Literacy and Payday Loan Bans Benefit Consumers?. With Oscar Solis and Wei Zhang. Finance Research Letters (2025)
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Online Students' Perception of Finance Project using Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). with Oscar Solis. Accepted at Journal of Financial Education (2024)
Risk-shifting: Evidence from the 2007 credit crisis. North American Journal of Economics and Finance (2022)
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)
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)
Pride, Prejudice, and Future Value of Annuities (With Anne Macy)
Business Finance, FIN 3320 (Undergraduate), West Texas A&M 2021-Present
Financial Markets and Derivatives, FIN 6330 (MBA), West Texas A&M 2021-Present
Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits, FIN 4368/5368 (Undergraduate and MBA), West Texas A&M 2024-Present
Managerial Finance, FIN 6300 (MBA), West Texas A&M, 2023-Present
Seminar in Finance, FIN 6320 (MBA), West Texas A&M 2020-2023
Investments, FIN 4320/5320 (Undergraduate and MBA), West Texas A&M 2020
Introductory Financial Management (Undergraduate), University of Iowa
Investment Management (Undergraduate), University of Iowa