Dr. Daniel Tompkins

Professor of Finance

Email:

dlt@niagara.edu

Phone:

716.286.8157

Fax:

716.286.8296

Office Location:

Bisgrove Hall, 1st Floor, Room 170

Office Hours:

Spring 2013: Tues, Thurs 8:30-9:30, 11-12 & Wed 10-12

Curriculum Vitae:

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Bio

Dr. Tompkins joined the faculty in January 1999. He has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Akron. Dr. Tompkins completed his doctoral education in 1993 at the University of Kentucky with a major in Finance and a minor in Statistics.

Dr. Tompkins primary research and teaching interests include investments, international finance, portfolio theory, signalling and capital structure. He recently had the following papers published:

Filbeck, G., D. L. Tompkins, P. Choong, and J. Zhao, “Share Price Reactions to Advertising Announcements and Broadcast of Media Events,” Management and Decision Economics, 33(3) (Fall/Winter 2008), pp. 229-240.

Choong, P., G. Filbeck, and D. L. Tompkins, “The Economic Worth of Target Advertising: Investigating the Returns on Investment in Highly Anticipated Television Programs,” Journal of Business Research, Cambridge, 2007, Vol. 8 (2).

He is a member of the Financial Management Association, CFA Institute and Southern Finance Association. He provides leadership and community service by serving as the Board of Directors for a Credit Union, as an officer of a local professional society and is active in other civic activities. Dr. Tompkins is also the co-moderator of the Niagara University student chapter of the Financial Management Association.

Focus of Teaching

• Finance 320 - Managerial Finance
• Finance 350 - Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
• Finance 360 - Global Finance and Economics

MBA Classes

• Finance 643 - Corporate Financial Policy II
• Finance 644 - Investments
• Finance 645 - International Finance