CONTACT INFORMATION
Kelce College of Business
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg, KS 66762
Phone: (620) 235-4550
Fax: (620) 235-4572
E-Mail: kbracker@pittstate.edu
Home Email: bracker@mchsi.com

AREAS OF INTEREST
Teaching: Investments, Corporate Finance, International Finance Research: Behavioral Finance, Investments, Financial Markets

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE

• Pittsburg State University 1995-Present
  Professor
  Classes Taught: Business Finance, Investments, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management, Seminar in Finance, Financial Markets and Institutions, Advanced Business Finance, Real Estate Principles, and International Finance (MBA)
• University of Kansas, 2000-2002
  Adjunct Faculty: Corporate Finance, Summers 2000-2002

PUBLISHED PAPERS

• Bracker, Kevin (2007). “Price Discovery and Response to Information in Prediction Markets,” Journal of International Society of Business Disciplines, 3(1): 1-13.
• Bracker, Kevin and K. Smith (2004) “An Investigation of Internet Auction Markets: Evidence from eBay,” Journal of International Technology and Information Management, 13(4): 239-52.
• Smith, Kenneth and Kevin Bracker (2003). “Forecasting Changes in Copper Futures Volatility with GARCH Models Using an Iterated Algorithm.” Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 20, pp. 245-265.
• Bracker, Kevin, Kenneth O. Cogger, and Kurt Fanning (2001). “Currency Futures Trading Strategies: An Adaptive Logic Network Approach.” The New Review of Applied Expert Systems, 7, pp. 97-108.
• Bracker, Kevin and Kenneth Smith (1999). "Detecting and Modeling Changing Volatility in the Copper Futures Markets." Journal of Futures Markets, 19, pp. 79-100.
• Bracker, Kevin, Diane Scott Docking, and Paul D. Koch (1999). "Economic Determinants of Evolution in International Stock Market Integration." Journal of Empirical Finance, 6, pp. 1-27.
• Bracker, Kevin and Chris Morran (1999). "Tactical Currency Allocation Revisited: Four Simple Currency Trading Rules." Journal of Investing, 8, pp. 65-73.
• Bracker, Kevin and Paul D. Koch (1999). "Economic Determinants of the Correlation Structure Across International Equity Markets." Journal of Economics and Business, 51, pp. 443-471.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Bracker, K. and K. Ramaya. 2007. “Revisiting Market Evaluation of Research and Development.” INFORMS Annual Conference, November 2007.
• Bracker, Kevin, Michael Imhof and Justin Lallemand. 2007. “Sources of Bank Risks: Impacts and Explanations.” International Society of Business Disciplines Conference, March 2007.
• Bracker, Kevin “Price Discovery and Response to Information in Prediction Markets,” International Society of Business Disciplines Conference, November 2006.
• Bracker, Kevin and Ken Smith. “Internet Auction Markets: An Investigation of Signaling and Seasonality in an Alternative Market.” Annual Conference (Proceedings), Western Decision Sciences Institute (WDSI), Spring 2002. Earlier draft also presented at Midwest Finance Association (MFA) Annual Conference, Spring 2000.
• Bracker, Kevin and Paul Koch. "The Performance of International Portfolios Selected Using Forecasts of Returns, Variances, and Correlations Across National Equity Markets." Annual Conference, Financial Management Association (FMA), Fall 1998.
• Bracker, Kevin and Chris Morran. "Tactical Currency Allocation Revisited: Four Simple Currency Trading Rules."Annual Conference, Midwest Finance Association (MFA), Spring 1998.
• Bracker, Kevin, Ken Cogger and Kurt Fanning. "Currency Futures Trading Strategies: An Adaptive Logic Network Approach." Annual Conference, Western Decision Sciences Institute, Spring 1998.
• Bracker, Kevin and Paul Koch. "The Performance of International Portfolios Selected Using Forecasts of Returns, Variances, and Correlations Across National Equity Markets." Annual Conference, MFA, Spring 1997.
• Bracker, Kevin and Paul Koch. "The Correlation Structure Across International Equity Markets" Annual Conference, FMA, Fall 1995.

OTHER SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

• CFA Charterholder, 2003-Present
• Reviewer for The Financial Review; Applied Financial Economics; Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money; and Computers and Operations Research: A Special Issue on Neural Networks for Business Applications.
• Member of Financial Management Association, American Finance Association, and Midwest Finance Association.
• Advisor to Finance Club, Pittsburg State University, 1995 - present.