Faculty

Personal Webpage:

http://robertwkolb.com/

Degrees

• PhD, Finance, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1978

• PhD, Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1974

• MA, University of Georgia, 1971

• BA, University of Georgia, 1971

Program Areas

Selected Current Projects

• Blackwell’s Companions in Finance Series, Series Editor. Responsibilities include commissioning approximately sixty-five 500-600 page volumes to cover every area of finance. For details, please see: http://www.robertwkolb.com.

• A Companion to Financial Derivatives, Editor, with James A. Overdahl, forthcoming from Blackwell Publishers, 2008.

• “Risk Management and Distributive Justice,” working paper.

• Exotic Options: A Comprehensive Introduction, book under development.

• Completed book-length manuscript, From Papyrus to Posterity–a history of how the Greek and Roman classics were transmitted from antiquity to the modern world.

Research Interests

• Derivative Markets

• Risk Management and Distributive Justice

• Finance

Professional & Community Affiliations

• American Finance Association

• Financial Management Association

• Society for Business Ethics

• International Association for Business and Society

• Global Association of Risk Professionals

• Professional Risk Managers' International Association

Courses Taught

• Topics in Derivative Securities

• Enterprise Risk Management

Publications

Refereed Articles

Kolb, R. W. "Risk Management and Risk Transfer: Distributive Justice in Finance." The Journal of Alternative Investments (2010).

Ryan, L., Buchholtz, A., & Kolb, Robert W. W. "New Directions in Corporate Governance and Finance: Implications for Business Ethics Research." Business Ethics Quarterly (2010).

Book

Kolb, R. W. Lessons from the Financial Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Our Economic Future., Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2010).

Kolb, R. W. The Financial Crisis of Our Time., Oxford, England/New York, New York: Oxford University Press (2010).

Kolb, R. W. & Schwartz, D. Corporate Boards: Managers of Risk, Sources of Risk., Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2010).

Kolb, R. W. Sovereign Debt: From Safety to Default., Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2010).

Kolb, R. W. Financial Contagion: The Viral Threat to the Wealth of Nations., Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2010).

Kolb, R. W. & Overdahl, J. A. Financial Derivatives: Pricing and Risk Management., Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2009).

Kolb, Robert. W. , The Ethics of Executive Compensation. Blackwell Publishing Company (2007).

Kolb, Robert. W. , Encyclopedia of Business, Ethics, and Society. Sage Publications, (2007).

Kolb, Robert. W. , Corporate Retirement Security: Social and Ethical Issues. Blackwell Publishing Company (2007).

Kolb, Robert. W. , The Ethics of Genetic Commerce. , Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2007).

Kolb, Robert. W. and James Overdahl, Futures, Options and Swap, 5E. Blackwell Publishers (2007).

Kolb, Robert. W. and James Overdahl, Understanding Futures Markets, 6e. , Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2006).

Book Chapters

Kolb, R. W., "The Finance View of the World and It's Ethical Implications", Finance Ethics. John Boatright, (ed.), Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011., (pp. 23-43). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,.

Kolb, Robert. W. , "Incentives in the Originate-to-Distribute Model of Mortgage Production.", Lessons from the Financial Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Our Economic Future. Ed. Robert W. Kolb and James A. Overdahl Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010. 209-216.

Kolb, Robert. W. , "Exotic Options.", Financial Derivatives: Pricing and Risk Management. Ed. Robert W. Kolb and James A. Overdahl Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010. 143-156.

Kolb, Robert. W. , "Executive Stock Options.", Financial Derivatives: Pricing and Risk Management. Ed. Robert W. Kolb and James A. Overdahl Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010. 211-220.

Kolb, Robert. W. , "Foreign Exchange Derivatives.", Financial Derivatives: Pricing and Risk Management. Ed. Robert W. Kolb and James A. Overdahl Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010. 115-124.

Kolb, Robert. W. , "Dignity.", Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. Ed. Robert W. Kolb Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2007. Vol. 2, 589-592.

Kolb, Robert. W. , "General Accountability Office.", Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. Ed. Robert W. Kolb Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2007. Vol. 2, 1029.

Kolb, Robert. W. , "Distributive Justice.", Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. Ed. Robert W. Kolb Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2007. Vol. 3, 1216-1227.

Kolb, Robert. , "Freedom and Liberty.", Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. Ed. Robert W. Kolb Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2007. Vol. 2, 911-914.

Kolb, Robert. W. , "Financial Derivatives.", Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. Ed. Robert W. Kolb Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2007. Vol. 2, 357-358.

Kolb, Robert. W. , "Executive Compensation.", Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. Ed. Robert W. Kolb Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2007. Vol. 2 825-830.

Kolb, Robert. W. , "Commodity Futures Trading Commission.", Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. Ed. Robert W. Kolb Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2007. Vol. 1, 357-358.