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Faculty Biography

Uric Dufrene
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Sanders Chair in Business
(812) 941-2325
udufrene@ius.edu

Professional Interests:

Research:
Corporate Finance, Regional Economic Development

Teaching:
Corporate Finance

Academic Background:

Intellectual Contributions:

Publications

Dufrene, Uric and Brenda Swartz. (2007). Casino Impact on Orange County's Labor Market--Early Evidence. INContext.

Dufrene, U. B. and Jay White, "Indiana Evidence on the Employment Beta: A Simple Tool for Evaluating the Desirability of Targeted Sectors", Indiana Business Review, Fall 2007, pp. 4-9.

Dufrene, U. B. & Altmann, J. (2007). The Professional and Business Services Sector: Employment Changes Across Indiana. Indiana Business Review, 82 (2), 1-6.

Dufrene, U. B. & He, Y. (2007). Southern Indiana Bank Deposit Market. INContext.

Dufrene, U. B. & He, Y. (2007). New Residential Permit Trends in Southern Indiana. INContext.

Dufrene, U. B. (2007). Louisville Metro Continues to Add Jobs. INContext.

Dufrene, U. B. (2006).  Outlook 2007: New Albany. Indiana Business Review, 81 (4).

Wadsworth, F., Dufrene, U. , Little, E. , & Bjornson, C. (2002).  Does Advertising Help or Hurt a Firm? It Depends on Whom You Ask: The Influence of Advertising on Firm Performance Using Market and Accounting Based Performance Measures. Journal of Accounting and Finance Research, 10 (6).

Wong, A. & Dufrene, U. (2001).  A Model to Assess the Ethics of Benefits Distribution. Journal of Markets and Morality, 4 (1).

Ayadi, Felix, A. Chatterjee, and Uric Dufrene, "The Investment Implications of the Korean Financial Market Reform" International Review of Financial Analysis, 1998.

Chatterjee A., O. Felix Ayadi, and Uric B. Dufrene, "International Portfolio Diversification in the African Emerging Equity Markets: A Cointegration Anaylsis" Journal of Emerging Markets, Volume 3, Number 2, Summer 1998.

Dufrene, Uric and Chris Bjornson, "The Role of Debt and Preferred Stock in Financing Capital Expenditures" Journal of Accounting and Finance Research, Spring 1998.

Dufrene, Uric, Frank Wadsworth, Chris Bjornson, and Eldon Little, "Evaluating Intangible Asset Investments: The Value of Cross Functional Teams" Management Research News, Volume 21, No. 10, 1998.

Dufrene, Uric and Felix Ayadi. "A Teaching Note on the Marginal Cost of Capital Schedule." Journal of International Business Disciplines.

O. Felix Ayadi, Uric Dufrene, and Amitava Chatterjee, "Stock Return Seasonalities in Low-Income African Emerging Markets", Managerial Finance, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 22-33, 1998.

Dufrene, Uric, O. Felix Ayadi, John Dobson, and Luc Soenen, "The Impact of Presidential Elections on Exchange Rates" Journal of Global Business, Spring 1997, pp. 27-37.

Ayadi, O. Felix, Uric Dufrene, and C. Pat Obi, "Firm Performance Measures: Temporal Roadblocks to Innovation?", Managerial Finance, Vol. 22, No. 8, pp. 18-32, 1996.

Dufrene, Uric and Alan Wong, "Stakeholders Versus Stockholders and Financial Ethics: Ethics to Whom?", Managerial Finance, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 1-10, 1996.

John Dobson, Dufrene, Uric, and Wuttipan Tawarangkoon, "The Pricing of Dividend Consistency", Journal of Economics and Finance, Summer 1996, v. 20, no. 2 pp. 47-61.

Dufrene, Uric and Alan Wong, "Finance Education and the Ethics Debate." Journal of Education for Business, January/February 1995, pp. 179-181.

Dufrene, Uric and Alan Wong. "The Relationship Between Firm Characteristics and Contributions to Non-Profit Organizations." Midwest Review of Finance and Insurance. 1995. pp. 73-80.

Dobson, John, and Uric Dufrene, "Presidential Elections and Bond Futures: Further Evidence on the Interaction Between Political and Financial Markets." Southern Business and Economics Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 62-75, October 1994.

Dobson, John, and Uric Dufrene, "The Impact of U.S. Presidential Elections on International Security Markets." Global Finance Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring 1993, pp. 39-48.

Dufrene, Uric, "A Note on the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, An Agency Perspective." Managerial Finance, vol. 19, no. 6, pp.45-52. 1993.

Presentation of Refereed Papers

International

He, Y., Dufrene, U. B., & Wu, C. (2006, November). The 2000 Presidential Election and the Information Cost of Sensitive vs. Non-sensitive S&P Stocks.   Presented at Decision Science Institute International Conference, San Antonio, Texas.

National

Rakich, J.S., Eplion, D., & Dufrene, U. (2006, November). AACSB AOL Standards: Using ETS Major Field Tests for Seniors and MBA Students and Rubrics to Assess Learning Outcomes.   Presented at Academy of Business Disciplines, Ft. Myers, Florida.

Wadsworth, F., Dufrene, U., Little, E., & Strupeck, D. (2001, December). Does Advertising Help or Hurt a Firm: Influences of Advertising on Firm Performance Using Market and Accounting Based Measures.   Presented at American Academy of Accounting and Finance, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Presentation of Non-Refereed Papers

National

Dufrene, U. B. (2005, November). Dean's Panel on AACSB Accreditation.   Invited presentation at Academy of Business Disciplines, Ft. Myers, Florida.

Local

Dufrene, U. B. & Swartz, B. (2006, October). The Casino is Coming: Opportunities to Excel.   Invited presentation at Community Event, Paoli, Indiana.