Ben Branch

Professor of Finance

Telephone: 413-545-5690
Email: branchb@som.umass.edu
Office: SOM 234
Personal Web Site: intra.som.umass.edu/branch
Currently Teaching: FINOPMGT 320, SCH-MGMT 741

Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1970
M.A., University of Michigan, 1969
M.A., University of Texas, 1968
B.A., Emory University, 1965

Selected Publications:

Book chapter “Why banks fail”. The New Basel Capital Accord by Thomas Texere. 2004.

With Hugh Ray. Bankruptcy Investing. Dearborne Financial, 1992. Reissued by Beard Books, 1999, Revised 2002.

“Streamlining Bankruptcies: Resolving Intra Creditor Disputes.” Financial Management (Summer 1998): 57-69.

“On Being a Bankruptcy Trustee: Ben Branch Versus the United States” Financial Practice and Education, (Fall/Winter 1998): (7-15).

With Bradley Gale. “Cash Flow Analysis: More Important Thank Even.” Harvard Business Review (July-August 1981): 131-37.

With Walter Freed. “Bid Asked Spreads on the AMEX and the Big Board.” Journal of Finance (March 1977): 159-64.

“A Tax Loss Trading Rule.” Journal of Business (April 1977): 198-207.

“Research and Development and Profits: A Distributed Lag Analysis.” Journal of Political Economy (September-October 1974): 999-1011.

Academic and Professional Activities:

Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Eastern Finance Association, 2004.
Chairman, Turnaround Management Association Nomination Committee, 1979, and Program Committee, 1980 and 1995.
Member, Academic Advisory Council, 1999
Associate editor, Review of Research in Banking and Finance, 1989, 1992; International Review of Financial Analysis, 1989, 2004.

Awards:

Competitive paper award (with Hugh Ray), Eastern Finance Association, April 1992.