Faculty Profile for Dr. Emmanuel Alanis

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Dr. Emmanuel Alanis
Associate Professor — Finance & Economics
MCOY 504
phone: (512) 245-2547

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Alanis, E. (2022). Forecasting Betas with Random Forests. Applied Economics Letters, 29(12), 1134–1138.
  • Alanis, E., Payne, J., & Picard, J. (2020). Managing for Ratings: Real Effects of a Corporate Ratings Criteria Change. Journal of Financial Research, 43(4), 821–845.
  • Alanis, E., & Quijano, M. (2019). Investment–Cash Flow Sensitivity and the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978. North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 48, 746–756.
  • Alanis, E., Chava, S., & Kumar, P. (2018). Shareholder bargaining power, debt overhang, and investment. Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 7(2), 276–318.
  • Payne, J., Alanis, E., Lessieg, V., & Quijano, M. (n.d.). Forecasting Beta with Machine Learning Methods. Applied Economics.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Department of Finance and Economics Award for Excellence in Research, Department of Finance and Economics. May 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Excellence in Service, McCoy College of Business Administration. 2019
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Award for Service, Texas State University. March 1, 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, McCoy College of Business Administration. 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Department of Finance and Economics Award for Excellence in Service, Department of Finance and Economics. May 2018

Selected Grants

  • Fulton, Lawrence V (Principal), Villagran, Melinda Morris (Co-Principal), , Bing Zhou (Co-Principal), Mendez, Francis A (Co-Principal), Ekin, Tahir (Co-Principal), Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Co-Principal), Konur, Dincer (Supporting), Alanis, Emmanuel (Supporting), Zihagh, Fereshteh (Supporting), Dong, Zhijie (Co-Principal), Shen, Xiaoxi (Supporting), De Nadai, Alessandro Stevens (Supporting), Zhu, Ye (Co-Principal), Hewitt, Barbara A (Co-Principal), Valles Molina, Damian (Supporting), White, Alexander (Supporting), Dolezel, Diane M (Supporting), Ioudina, Vera (Supporting), Islam, Tanzima Z (Supporting), Lee, Chul Ho (Supporting), Metsis, Vangelis (Supporting), Moradi, Masoud (Supporting), Gao, Ju (Supporting), Li-Jen, Lester (Supporting), Jones, Dustin (Supporting), Pham, Vung (Supporting), Holt, Melinda (Supporting), Kyung An, Min (Supporting), Islam, ABM (Supporting), Cho, Hyuk (Supporting), Liu, Quigzhoung (Supporting), Liang, Fan (Supporting), Topinka, Joseph Baar (Supporting). The Accelerating Credentials of Purpose and Value for the Texas Innovation Corridor (TIC) Consortium Grant, THECB, State, $1450000. (Submitted: November 2021, Funded: February 2022 - October 2022). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Reviewer / Referee
North American Journal of Economics and Finance
2020-Present
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Journal of Financial Research
2020-Present
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Economics Letters
2017-Present
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Global Finance Journal
2017-Present
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Journal of Banking and Finance
2017-Present