VITA

                                                                                   KENNETH J. MARTIN

 

College of Business Administration & Economics                                                                        535 North Park Drive

Department of Finance                                                                                                                        Las Cruces, NM  88005

P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3FIN                                                                                                 (505) 526-4614

New Mexico State University                                                                                                           

Las Cruces, NM  88003-8001

(505) 646-1236 (voice)

(505) 646-2820 (fax)

email: kjmartin@nmsu.edu

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D.                      Purdue University, 1987.  Major: Finance, Minor: Econometrics

M.B.A.                   Oklahoma State University, 1980, Finance

B.S.                         Oklahoma State University, 1977, Accounting

A.B.                        Northern Oklahoma College, 1975, Computer Science

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Corporate Control and Governance Issues, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Finance

 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

                Associate Professor, Department of Finance, New Mexico State University, 1997-Present.

                Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, New Mexico State University, 1995 - 1997.

                Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, The University of Iowa, 1987 - 1995.

                Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1983 - 1987.

                Lecturer, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1982 - 1983.

                Instructor, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Oklahoma, 1981 - 1982.

 

PUBLICATIONS

Randall S. Thomas and Kenneth J. Martin, “Litigating Challenges to Executive Pay: An Exercise in Futility?” Washington University Law Quarterly, Volume 79, No. 2, 2001, pp. 569-613.

 

James F. Cotter and Kenneth J. Martin, "Using Internet Data to Forecast Quarterly Earnings: A Real-Time Case for Class Use", Financial Practice and Education, Volume 10, No. 2, Fall/Winter 2000, pp. 222-230.

 

Randall S. Thomas and Kenneth J. Martin, "The Determinants of Shareholder Voting on Stock Option Plans", Wake Forest Law Review, Volume 35, No. 1, Spring 2000, reprinted in Corporate Practice Commentator, Volume 41, 2000.

 

Randall S. Thomas and Kenneth J. Martin, "The Effect of Shareholder Proposals on Executive Compensation", University of Cincinnati Law Review, Volume 67, No. 4, Summer 1999, abstracted in Bowne Digest for Corporate & Securities Lawyers, Vol. 14, February 2000.

 

Randall Thomas and Kenneth J. Martin, "Should Labor Be Allowed to Make Shareholder Proposals?" Washington Law Review, Volume 73, No. 1, January 1998, pp. 41-80, reprinted in Securities Law Review, Volume 32, 1999.

 

Claudio Loderer and Kenneth Martin, "Executive Ownership and Performance: Tracking Faint Traces,” Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 45, No. 2, August 1997, pp. 223-256.

 

Randall S. Thomas and Kenneth J. Martin, “Using State Inspection Statutes for Discovery in Federal Securities Fraud Actions”, Boston University Law Review, Volume 77, No. 1, February 1997, pp. 69-107, reprinted in, Corporate Practice Commentator, Volume 39, 1997 and Securities Law Review Volume 31, 1998.

 

Kenneth J. Martin, "The Method of Payment in Corporate Acquisitions, Investment Opportunities, and Management Ownership,” The Journal of Finance, Volume 51, No. 4, September 1996, pp. 1227-1246.

 

Randall S. Thomas and Kenneth J. Martin, "The Impact of Rights Plans on Proxy Contests:  Reevaluating Moran v. Household International," International Review of Law and Economics, Volume 14, 1994, pp. 327-339.

 

Claudio Loderer and Kenneth Martin, "Postacquisition Performance of Acquiring Firms", Financial Management, Volume 21, Autumn 1992, pp. 69-79.

 

Wilbur Lewellen, Claudio Loderer, Kenneth Martin and Gerald Blum, "Executive Compensation and the Performance of the Firm", Managerial and Decision Economics, Volume 13, January-February 1992, pp. 65-74.

 

Kenneth J. Martin and John J. McConnell, "Corporate Performance, Corporate Takeovers, and Management Turnover", The Journal of Finance, Volume 46, No. 2, June 1991, pp. 671-687.

 

Claudio Loderer and Kenneth Martin, "Corporate Acquisitions by Listed Firms:  The Experience of a Comprehensive Sample", Financial Management, Volume 19, Winter 1990, pp. 17-33.

 

Wilbur Lewellen, Claudio Loderer, and Kenneth Martin, "Executive Compensation and Executive Incentive Problems:  An Empirical Analysis", Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 9, No. 3, December 1987, pp. 287 – 310, reprinted in The Economics of Executive Compensation, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1998 (see letter in Appendix IV).

 

WORKING PAPERS

                Kenneth J. Martin and Randall S. Thomas, "When is Enough, Enough? Market Reaction to Highly Dilutive Stock Option Plans and the Subsequent Impact on CEO Compensation."

 

PARTICIPATION AT CONFERENCES AND PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

1.             Paper presentations at professional conferences

 

"Market Reaction to Highly Dilutive Stock Option Plans," Law and Entrepreneurship Research Conference at Northwestern Law School of Lewis & Clark College, October 20, 2000.

 

                "The Determinants of Shareholder Voting on Stock Option Plans," 2000 Business Law Symposium on Executive Compensation at Wake Forest University School of Law.

 

            "Do Top Executives Under-Estimate the Value of Their Stock Option Compensation?" 1999 Financial Management Association Meeting, Orlando.

 

                “When Should Labor Be Allowed to Use Rule 14A-8?”, 1996 Financial Management Association

                Meeting, New Orleans.

 

                “Executive Stock Ownership and Firm Performance: Tracking Faint Traces,”  1996 Southwestern Finance

                Association meeting, San Antonio.

 

                “An Empirical Analysis of Delaware’s Inspection Statute:  Does It Promote Effective Shareholder Monitoring”, 1995 Financial Management Association meeting, New York.              

 

                "The Method of Payment in Corporate Acquisitions, Investment Opportunities, and Management Ownership", 1995 Association of Financial Economists program at ASSA meeting, Washington, D.C.

 

                "The Method of Payment in Corporate Acquisitions, Investment Opportunities, and Management Ownership", 1994 Financial Management Association meeting, St. Louis.

 

                "The Impact of Rights Plans on Proxy Contests:  Reevaluating Moran v. Household International", co-authored with Randall Thomas,  1993 Financial Management Association meeting, Toronto.

 

                "Financial Stakes and Corporate Acquisitions," co-authored with Claudio Loderer, 1992 Financial Management Association meeting, San Francisco.

 

                "The Effects of Outside Director Stock Incentive Compensation Plans on Stockholder Wealth," co-authored with Scott Linn, 1992 Financial Management Association meeting, San Francisco.

 

                "Corporate Acquisition Announcements:  Time-Series Patterns," co-authored with Claudio Loderer, Second Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, SUNY-Buffalo, 1991.

 

                "Corporate Acquisition Announcements:  Time-Series Patterns," co-authored with Claudio Loderer, 1990 American Finance Association meeting, Washington, D.C.

 

                "Corporate Acquisition Announcements:  Time-Series Patterns," co-authored with Claudio Loderer, 1990 Financial Management Association meeting, Orlando.

 

                "Corporate Acquisitions by NYSE and AMEX Firms: The Experience of a Sample of 10,000-Plus," co-authored with Claudio Loderer, 1989 Western Finance Association meeting, Seattle.

 

                "Corporate Performance, Corporate Takeovers, and Management Turnover," co-authored with John J. McConnell, 1987 Meeting of Association of Managerial Economists, Chicago.

 

                "Firm Performance and Managerial Discipline in Contests for Corporate Control," Conference on the Distribution of Power Among Corporate Managers, Shareholders, and Directors, Rochester, 1987.

 

2.             Discussant

                Financial Management Association meetings – 2001, 1999, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992

                Western Finance Association meeting - 1989

 

3.             Other presentations

                Financial Management Association Doctoral Student Seminar - 1986

                Financial Markets Research Institute Conference, University of Iowa, 1989.

 

COURSES TAUGHT AT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA AND NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY

1.             Undergraduate

                Investment Analysis (Elective course)

                Financial Information Technology (Elective course)

                Financial Management (Elective corporate finance course)

                International Finance (Elective course)

                Theory of Financial Decisions (Second corporate finance course, required of Finance majors)

                Introduction to Financial Management (Core course required of all students)

 

2.             MBA

                Managerial Finance (Core course required of all students)

                Financial Policy Decisions (Elective case course in corporate finance topics.)

                International Finance (Elective course)

 

3.             Executive MBA

                Managerial Finance

                Financial Policy Decisions

 

4.             Executive Development

                Basic corporate finance overview (3-hour session)

 

OTHER TEACHING RELATED ACTIVITIES

                Served as member of eight doctoral dissertation committees

                Supervised eight research reports for students in M.A. in Finance program

                Supervised six projects for students in undergraduate honors program

                Service on Master’s Oral Examination committees

 

SERVICE

1.             Professional Service

                Ad-Hoc Journal Reviewing

                                Journal of Finance

                                Journal of Empirical Finance

                                Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

                                Financial Management

                                The Financial Review

                                Journal of Financial Research

                                International Review of Economics and Finance

                                Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

 

                Program Committee, 1993, 1996, and 1999 Financial Management Association Annual Meeting.

 

2.             Service Work at the University of Iowa

                Academic Computing Committee, 1991-1993

                Undergraduate Programs Committee, 1992-1994

                Department of Finance MBA curriculum review committee, 1993

                Department of Finance PhD examination committee, 1993

 

3.             Service Work at New Mexico State University

                Faculty Senate, Fall 1995, Fall 1997.

                MBA Curriculum Committee, 1996-1997.

                Undergraduate Curriculum and Policy Committee, 1997-2002.

                Assessment Committee, 2001-02.

                Faculty advisor to student Financial Management Association group, 2000-2002.

 

HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS

                Bank of America Distinguished Professorship, 2001 (New Mexico State University)

                Outstanding Performance in Scholarly Research, 1997 (New Mexico State University)

                Outstanding Performance in Community Service, 1999 (New Mexico State University)

                Executive MBA Teacher of the Year, 1993 (University of Iowa)

                College of Business Summer Grant, 1990 (University of Iowa)

                Old Gold Summer Fellowship, 1988 - 1989 (University of Iowa)

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

                American Finance Association

                Financial Management Association