Maryna Murdock, Ph.D.

Professor

Cottrell Center, 409, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Corporate Finance, Financial Institutions

Overview

Dr. Murdock serves as an assistant professor of finance in the Mike Cottrell College of Business at the University of North Georgia. Prior to teaching, She served as head for the Division of Foreign Currencies and Trade Finance and Prominvestbank of Ukraine. Dr. Murdock was awarded The Dillard Munford Professorship in 2014.

Courses Taught

FINC 3440: Principles of Finance, FINC 3490: Personal Finance, FINC 4430: Financial Institution Management, FINC 4440: Corporate Finance, FINC 6400: Financial Management

Education

Ph.D., Finance, Florida Atlantic University, 2010
M.A., English, Language and Literature, Odessa State University, 1987

Research/Special Interests

Corporate restructuring, financial institutions, personal finance, exchange traded funds

Publications

Murdock, M., Gleason, K., Mina, G. (2015). Political risk and the factors that affect international bids. Global Finance Journal, 28(37), 68-83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gfj.2015.11.005

Murdock, M., McNulty, J., Richie, N. (2013). Are Commercial Bank Lending Propensities Useful in Understanding Small Firm Finance? Journal of Economics and Finance, 37, 517-527.

Murdock, M., Glambosky, M. (2012). Determining the Impact of Stake Accumulation by ESOPs on Stock Return. The Journal of Financial and Economic Practice, 12 (1), 58-74.

Murdock, M., Madura, J. (2012). How and why corporate divestitures affect risk. Applied Financial Economics, 22 (22), 1919-1929.

Murdock, M. (2008). Overreaction of stocks in Russian Stock Market. Global Business and Finance Review, 13 (1), 15-22.

Murdock, M., Richie, N. (2008). The United States Oil Fund as a hedging instrument. Journal of Asset Management, 9 (5), 333-346.

Work Experience

Instructor
Florida Atlantic University
2007 - 2010

Division of Foreign Currencies and Trade Finance Head
Prominvestbank of Ukraine
1990 - 1999