Charles J. Cuny

Teaching Professor of Finance
Olin Business School
Washington University in St. Louis
Campus Box 1133, One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899

Office phone: (314) 935-4527
E-mail: cuny@wustl.edu

CURRICULUM VITAE

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

2023 - present. Teaching Professor, Washington University in St. Louis

2007 - 23. Senior Lecturer, Washington University in St. Louis

2004 - 07. Visiting Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis

1999 - 2004. Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University

1997 - 99. Visiting Associate Professor, London Business School

1989 - 97. Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine

EDUCATION

1990: Ph.D., Business; Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

1984: B.S. with honors, Mathematics, Economics; California Institute of Technology

1984: M.S., Social Science; California Institute of Technology

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Teaching Auction Theory to Finance Students, with Jonathan Breazeale, 2010, Journal of Instructional Techniques in Finance 2, 5-8.

Stock Options and Total Payout, with Gerald S. Martin and John Puthenpurackal, 2009, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 44, 391-410.

A Theory of Private Equity Turnarounds, with Eli Talmor, 2007, Journal of Corporate Finance 13, 629-646.

Why Derivatives on Derivatives? The Case of Spread Futures, 2006, Journal of Financial Intermediation 15, 132-159.

Professional Investor Re-entry and the January Effect, with Mark Fedenia and Robert A. Haugen, 1996, Advances in Financial Economics 2, 47-74.

Valuing Executive Stock Options With Endogenous Departure, with Philippe Jorion, 1995, Journal of Accounting and Economics 20, 193-205.

The Capital Structure Puzzle Revisited, with James L. Berens, 1995, Review of Financial Studies 8, 1185-1208.

Stock Volatility and the Levels of the Basis and Open Interest in Futures Contracts, with Nai-Fu Chen and Robert A. Haugen, 1995, Journal of Finance 50, 281-300.

The Role of Liquidity in Futures Market Innovations, 1993, Review of Financial Studies 6, 57-78.

HONORS

Dec 2022 Reid Teaching Award (MSF, Wealth and Asset Management): Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis.

Dec 2021 Reid Teaching Award (MSF, Wealth and Asset Management): Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis.

Sep 2009 Reid Teaching Award (Professional MBA, Elective Course): Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis.

Jan 2008 Reid Teaching Award (Professional MBA, Elective Course): Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis.

1997 Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award: Graduate School of Management, University of California, Irvine.

1996 Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award: Graduate School of Management, University of California, Irvine.

1994 MBA Teaching Excellence Award: Graduate School of Management, University of California, Irvine.

Unpublished research available here