Professor of Finance
Evert McCabe Faculty Fellow
Chair, Department of Finance and Business Economics
PhD, University of Chicago, 1969
MA, University of Chicago, 1967
BA, University of California, Los Angeles, 1962
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Michael G. Foster School of Business |
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255 Mackenzie Hall
lschall@u.washington.edu
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Finance Department
Box 353200
Seattle, WA 98195-3200 |
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Specialties
Corporate financial policies, leasing, firm performance evaluation, business valuation.
Positions Held
At the University of Washington since 1968
Selected Publications
- "Book-to-Market Ratios as Predictors of Market Returns," with J. Pontiff, Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 49, No. 2, 1998, pp. 141-160.
- Introduction to Financial Management, with C. Hill, 6th edition, McGraw-Hill, 1991.
- "Taxes, Inflation, and Corporate Financial Policy," Journal of Finance, March 1984.
- "Commodity Chain Systems and the Housing Market," Journal of Urban Economics, September 1981.
- The Theory of Financial Decisions, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, 1979.
- "Urban Renewal Policy and Economic Efficiency," American Economic Review, September 1976.
Current Research
Firm performance evaluation, firm investment incentives and financing, behavior of the stock market.
Honors and Awards
Andrew V. Smith Faculty Development Award (1992)
First Interstate Bank Faculty Award (1990)
UW Graduate School of Business Professor of the Year (1987)
Burlington Northern Foundation Teaching Achievement Award (1986)
Seafirst Bank Excellence Award (1983)
Selected Consulting Experience
- Microsoft, software product development.
- Safeco Corporation, evaluation method for business unit performance.
- General Telephone and Electronics, evaluation of a lease analysis system.
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