Dr. Scott E. Hein

Robert C. Brown Chair of Finance

Texas Tech University

Rawls College of Business Administration
Finance Department
MS 2101
Lubbock, TX  79409-2101

Phone:  (806) 834-3433, Fax (806) 834-3197
Office:  Rawls W302

Email: scott.hein@ttu.edu

Biographical Information: B.A., University of New Mexico, 1973; M.A., 1975; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1979

Professor Hein was appointed to the Robert C. Brown Chair in Finance in the fall 2008.

 Professor Hein is also member of the Texas Tech Teaching Academy and past recipient of the Texas Tech University Academic Achievement Award.

Professor Hein also serves on the faculty of the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado,  and the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking (at SMU).

He took a medical leave from both Schools in 2012, as well as the Texas Tech School of Banking.

He is also co-author on a reference book, The Stock Market, with Rik W. Hafer, Greenwood Press.

Professor Hein has won numerous teaching awards, including most recently the Jerry S. Rawls Excellence in Teaching Award (2007), and research awards. 

Professor Hein is active in numerous professional organizations, including the Financial Management Association and he is past President of the Southwestern Finance Association.

Beginning 2012, Professor Hein along with Texas Tech Finance Professors Mercer and Professor Winters, became Executive Editors of the Journal of Financial Research.

Curriculum Vita (September 2011)

Recent Selected Publications:

Current Working Papers:

"S Corporation Banks: The Impact of Taxes and Ownership on Capital Structure and Performance," Ken B. Cyree, Scott E. Hein and Timothy W. Koch

"Default Risk and the Correlation of Stock Returns and Bond Yield Changes," Ilhan Demiralp and Scott E. Hein

Recent "White Policy Papers"

"The Fed Can't Do Anymore," Scott E. Hein October 2011