Ken Yook, PhD
Associate Professor of Practice
| Academic Area | Finance |
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| Areas of Interest | Financial Modeling, Advanced Corporate Finance |
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Ken Yook, PhD joined the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School in 1999 when the Carey School launched its MSF program. By serving as director of the program from 2003 to 2013, he contributed to a solid foundation of the MSF program. He has published about 40 manuscripts in various areas of finance including of mergers and acquisitions, stock repurchases, insider trading, private equity, and pension funds.
Education
- PhD, Finance, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
MBA, West Virginia University
Research
Selected publications
- A Study of ‘Fossil Free’ Equity Portfolio Performance. Journal of Investing, 2020, 29(2), 70-79.
- Top Foundations’ 10-Year Plunge into Alternatives Yields Mixed Results and High Fees. Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 2019, 29(3), 449-460.
- Alternative Asset Fees, Returns and Volatility of State Pension Funds: A Case Study of the New Jersey Pension Fund. Journal of Alternative Investments, 2019, 22(3), 33-41.
- Bank Bailouts and Corporate Insider Trading during the Financial Crisis of 2007-2009. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 2019, 52(1), 35-83.
- The Grand Experiment: The State and Municipal Pension Fund Diversification into Alternative Assets. Journal of Investing, 2018, 27(supplement), 21-29.
- The Curious Year-to-Year Performance of Buyout Fund Returns: Another Mark-to-Market Problem? Journal of Private Equity, 2017, 21(1), 9-19.
- An Analysis of Returns of Moderately-Aged Buyout Funds with Low Residual Values. Journal of Alternative Investments, 2017, 19(4), 67-76.
- The Relative Performance of Large Buyout Fund Groups. Journal of Private Equity, 2016, 20(1), 25-34.
Working papers
- Insider Trading Profits Before and After the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection
- Profits to Opportunistic and Routine Insider Trading Before and After the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010
Teaching
Current
- Financial Modeling and Valuation
- Advanced Corporate Finance
- Corporate Finance
- Investments
Honors and distinctions
- Winner of Outstanding Paper in 2015: The wealth effects of accelerated stock repurchases. Managerial Finance, 40(5), 434-453.