Dr. William P. ("Bill") Dukes

Professor of Finance

Contact Information

 
 

Office:  BA 1012

Mailing Address:

 College of Business Administration

 Finance Department

 MS 2101

 Lubbock, TX  79409

Phone (806) 742-3419

Office Hours:  1:30-2:30 TTh

E-Mail :  William.Dukes@ttu.edu

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Courses Taught:

  FIN4324

  FIN4326

  FIN5327

 

Education

1968; B.S., University of Maryland, 1953; MBA, University of Michigan, 1958; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1968.

 

Area of Interest

While Professor William Dukes teaches courses both in the corporate and investments areas, his primary interest is in investments.  Bill currently teaches the Student Managed Investment Funds (SMIF) course.  Bill plays a major role on the Area's scholarship and graduate admissions committees as well as devotes a considerable amount of time writing letters to recruit new doctoral students.

 

Professor Dukes' primary areas of research interests include investments, valuation, risk-return, risk-return, performance evaluation and valuation of small businesses.  He is active in consulting pertaining to valuation of closely- held businesses.  Bill's research has appeared in many journals, including the Journal of Financial Research, The Journal of Small Business Finance, The Journal of Portfolio Management, and the Journal of Business Finance and Accounting.

 

Selected Publications

"How Practitioners Value Common Stock," with Joe Peng and Philip C. English II, The Journal of Investing, Forthcoming 2006.

William P. Dukes, forthcoming "Business Valuation Basic For Attorneys" (2006).

"Kay Merrell: 401(k) Choices and Dilemmas," with Anne Macy, The Journal of Finance Case Research, Forthcoming.

"James Allen Jackson: Self-Employee Retirement Plan," The Journal of Finance Case Research, Forthcoming.

"Mutual Fund Mortality, 12 b-1 Fees, and the Net Expense Ratio," with Philip C. English II and Sean M. Davis, The Journal of Financial Research, Volume XXIX, number 2, Summer 2006.

"Jan T. Springer: Case Study," The Journal of Finance Case Research, Volume 5, 2003.

"Where Do We Stand on Closely-Held Firm Valuation?" The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance (Vol. 6, No. 1, 2001).

 

"Why Rock the Boat?: The Case of Valuation Liquidation," with K. C. Ma and Dan Pace.  The Journal of Investing (Vol. 6, No.2, Summer 1997).

 

"Valuation of Closely Held Firms: A Survey," (with Don Bowlin and K. C. Ma). Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (Vol. 23, No. 103, April 1996), pp. 419-438.

 

"Fluid Measure and Disbursement: Valuation of a Closely-Held Business" Journal of Small Business Finance, (Vol. 4, 2/3, 1995), pp. 165-189.  

 

"Rule 12b-1:An SEC Gift to Mutual Fund Managers," with James B. Wilcox, Advances in Financial Planning and Forecasting, Vol. 5, 1994.

 

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