Department of Finance and Law 

Jean Loo  
Professor 

Office: ST F717 
Phone: (323) 343-2872, (323) 343-2870 
FAX: (323) 343-2813, (323) 343-6461 
Email: jloo@calstatela.edu  

INTRODUCTION 

I came to Cal State L.A. in 1985, one year after receiving my Ph.D. in Finance from the Ohio State University. My teaching interests lie in the areas of corporate finance and investments at the graduate and undergraduate level. My research interests include asset pricing with inflation, pricing of futures and forward contracts, and international asset pricing with foreign exchange rate risk. I am currently the chair of Finance and Law Department. 

TEACHING INTERESTS 

I teach a variety of courses but specialize in corporate finance (FIN 303 and FIN 530)and investments (FIN 332 and FIN 534). My teaching interests also extend to securities analysis, options and futures, and multinational finance. Incorporating technology in my instruction is my primary goal. 

RESEARCH INTERESTS 

I have conducted research with my colleagues in the Department of Finance and Law in the areas of asset pricing with inflation risk, foreign exchange rate risk,  the pricing of futures and forward contracts, IPOs and underwriter reputation. Currently, I am working on microstructure issues related to Asian financial markets. 

Representative Professional Activities 

Date	Publications/Presentations
1994	Dollar Value and Stock Return, International Review of Economics and Finance
1994	Futures-Forward Price Differentials in the T-Bill Markets: An Application of the Arbitrage Pricing Theory, Global Finance Journal
1993	The Effect of Foreign Exchange Risk and Interest Rate Risk on Bank Stock Returns, Review of Business Studies
1991	Mark-to-Market and Futures-Forward Differentials: Further Evidence from the Foreign Exchange Markets, Pacific Basin Capital Market Research
1990	Common Stock Returns, Expected Inflation, and the Rational Expectations Hypothesis, Journal of Financial Research

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 

Ph.D. Finance 1984 
Ohio State University  Columbus, Ohio 

M.A. Economics 1978 
University of Cincinnati  Cincinnati, Ohio 

B.A. Economics 1975 
National Taiwan University  Taipei, Taiwan 

SUMMER 1999 SCHEDULE 

Course	Sect. No.	Title	Units	Day & Time	Room

COURSE LIST 
 

Course	Title	Units
FIN 303	Business Finance	4
FIN 332	Investments	4
FIN 500	Business Finance	4
FIN 530	Seminar: Business Finance	4
FIN 534 & 598	Seminar: Portfolio Management	4

SUMMER 1999 OFFICE HOURS  
 

Day	Time
Monday	10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Tuesday	4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday	10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Thursday	By Appointment
Friday	By Appointment