Professor, Finance
finkke@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Teaching & Research Interests
- The relationship between financial markets, poverty and inequality
- Social security
- The modeling of volatility in asset prices
- The effects of tropical storms on financial markets
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, University of Virginia, 2002
- M.A., Economics, University of Virginia, 2000
- B.S. Economics, The Ohio State University, 1992
Positions Held
- Faculty Member in Residence for COB 300 in Antwerp, Belgium, James Madison University College of Business, Fall 2014
- Associate Professor, James Madison University College of Business, 2006-2012
- Assistant Professor, James Madison University College of Business, 2000-2006
- Instructor, James Madison University College of Business, 1999-2000
Select Publications
Jason Fink and Kristin E. Fink, (2018), “Diversity and the Starting Salaries of Undergraduate Business School Students,” Journal of Education for Business, Volume 94, 290-296.
Jason Fink and Kristin E. Fink, (2018), "Vector Autoregression-Informed Monte Carlo Simulation," Advances in Financial Education, accepted.
Jason Fink and Kristin Fink, (2016), “A Dynamic Yield Curve-Based Approach to Retiree Portfolio Allocation," Journal of Financial Planning, 29 (9): 50–57.
Jason Fink and Kristin Fink, (2014), “Do Seasonal Tropical Storm Forecasts Affect Crack Spread Prices?”, Journal of Futures Markets 34, 420 - 433.
Jason Fink, Hui Sono and Kristin Fink, (2013), “Stress-Testing Portfolio-Specific Risk”, Journal of Investment Management 11, 40 - 57