David Dicks

Professional Summary

David Dicks is an associate professor of Finance at the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University. Dicks teaches Advanced Corporate Finance, and his research focuses on corporate governance, executive compensation, innovation, systemic risk, insurance, and decision making under uncertainty. His research has been published in the Journal of Political Economy, the Review of Financial Studies, and the Journal of Risk and Insurance. He earned his doctorate in finance at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Prior to his time at Baylor, Dicks was on the faculty at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

Education

• 2009 – PhD, Finance, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
• 2003 – BS Economics, BS Mathematics, and BS Statistics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Courses

• FIN 4360 – Advanced Corporate Finance

Research Interests

• Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation
• Decision-Making under Uncertainty
• Banking and Systemic Risk
• Innovation and Early-Stage Financing
• Insurance

Selected Publications

• Dicks, D. & Fulghieri, P. (2019) Uncertainty Aversion and Systemic Risk. Journal of Political Economy, 127(3), 1118-1155.
• Dicks, D. & Fulghieri, P. (2021) Uncertainty, Investor Sentiment, and Innovation. Review of Financial Studies, 34(3), 1236-1279.
• Dicks, D. (2012) Executive Compensation and the Role for Corporate Governance Regulation. Review of Financial Studies, 25(6), 1971-2004.
• Dicks, D. & Garven, J. (2022) Asymmetric Information and Insurance Cycles. Journal of Risk and Insurance, 89(2), 449-474.