Benton E. Gup

Benton E. Gup
Professor of Finance and Robert Hunt Cochrane/Alabama Bankers Chair
Economics, Finance & Legal Studies
Office: 229 Alston Hall, 205-348-8984
Specialty Areas:

Banking, Investments, and Financial Management.

Education:
University of Cincinnati (B.A., M.B.A., and Ph.D.).
Honors, Achievements and Affiliations:

Dr. Gup is the author or editor of numerous books dealing with banking and finance.  His latest books are:  

The Financial and Economic Crises: An International Perspective. Benton E. Gup, ed. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. Forthcoming. The Valuation Handbook: Valuation Techniques from Today's Top Practitioners (2010); Handbook for Directors of Financial Institutions (2008); Corporate Governance in Banking: A Global Perspective (2007); Money Laundering, Financing Terrorism, and Suspicious Activities (2006).

Lifetime Achievement Award, Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Finance Association, Chicago, March 2009.

Selected Publications

  • “Lessons Learned From Recent Financial Crises.” In James Barth, Clas Wihlborg, Chen Lin, eds., International Research Handbook for Banking and Governance. Edward Elgar. Forthcoming.
  • Banking and Financial Institutions. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.  2011.
  • The Financial and Economic Crises: An International Perspective. Benton E. Gup, ed., Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. 2010.
  • The Valuation Handbook:  Valuation Techniques from Today’s Top Practitioners. Rawley Thomas and Benton E. Gup, eds., John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York. 2010.
  • “Limited Liability Company (LLC) and Financial Crime.” (With Navin Beekarry.) Journal of Money Laundering Control. 2009.
  • “Potential Effects of Fair Value Accounting on U.S. Bank Regulatory Capital.” (With Thomas Lutton.)  Journal of Applied Finance. 2009.
  • Do Solicitations Matter in Bank Credit Ratings? Results from a Study of 71 Countries.” (With Winnie Poon, and Junsoo Lee.) Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking. March 2009.
  • Handbook for Directors of Financial Institutions. Benton E. Gup, ed. Edward Elgar Publishing. Inc., Northampton, MA. 2008.
  • “Insider Trading and Large Chapter 11 Bankruptcies in the USA.” (With Tareque Nasser.) International Journal of Banking and Finance. February-March 2008.
  • “The Financial Performance of Retailers Owning Credit Card Banks.” (With Doowoo Nam & Jongbae Kim.)   International Journal of Revenue Management. 2007.
  • “Market Microstructure:  an analysis of bank-specific factors in retail CD pricing.” (With Doowoo Nam.) International Journal of Revenue Management. 2007.
  • “Corporate Governance in Banks: Does the Board Structure Matter?” Hungarian Banking Review, 2007.
  • Commerical Banking:  The Management of Risk (Australian Edition). (With Katherine Avram, Diana Beal, Rod Lambert, Jim Kolari.)  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007.
  • The New Basel Capital Accord. Benton E. Gup, ed., Thomson/Texere, Mason, OH.  2004.
  • Too-Big-To-Fail, Policies and Practices in Government Bailouts. Benton E. Gup, ed., Praeger, Westport, CT. 2004.