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William Bradford
Professor of Finance
Business and Economic Development Endowed Professor

PhD, Ohio State University, 1972
MBA, Ohio State University, 1968
BA, Howard University, 1967

Phone:   
 206-543-4559 Mailing Address:
Fax:
 206-543-7472 Michael G. Foster School of Business
Office:
Email:
 203 Mackenzie Hall
bradford@u.washington.edu
 Finance Department
Box 353200
Seattle, WA 98195-3200
     
Faculty Personal Web Page:   http://faculty.washington.edu/bradford

Specialties

    Corporate control, financial markets, small and minority business issues.

Positions Held

    At the University of Washington since 1994
    Dean of the UW Business School (1994-1999)
    Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, University of Maryland School of Business and Management (1991-94)
    Chairman of the Finance Department at the University of Maryland School of Business and Management(1984-89)
    Assistant and Associate Professor at Stanford University (1972-80)
    Visiting Professor at New York University, University of California at Los Angeles, Ohio State University, and Yale University
    Visiting Economist at the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (1974-75)

Selected Publications

  • "Venture Capital Investment in Minority Business” Journal of Money, Credit and Banking," forthcoming.

  • “Distinguishing Economically from Legally Formal Firms: Targeting Business Support to Entrepreneurs in South Africa’s Townships,” Journal of Small Business Management, January 2007.

  • "The Wealth Dynamics of Entrepreneurship for Black and White Families in the U.S.," Review of Income and Wealth, 2003.

  • “The Issue Decision of Manager-Owners Under Information Asymmetry,” Journal of Finance, December 1987.

  • Financing Black Economic Development, Academic Press, 1979.

    Honors and Awards

      Undergraduate Instructor of the Year for Finance and Business Economics (2007)
      Distinguished Alumni Award from Ohio State University (1985)
      Rockefeller Foundation Research Fellowship (1987)
      Federal Reserve Board Visiting Scholar (1981)
      Mellon Foundation Fellow (1977)

    Academic Service

      President of the National Economic Association (1984)
      Member of the Commission on Admission to Graduate Management Education (1987-90)
      Board director for various financial and community service organizations






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