Welcome to the website of:

Dr. Rob Hull, Professor of Finance
Clarence W. King Endowed Chair in Finance
Washburn University School of Business

1700 SW College Avenue, Topeka, Kansas 66621

Email Address: rob.hull@washburn.edu

Professor Hull has taught a variety of finance and business courses. He was faculty advisor for the Washburn Finance Society (WFS) for 23 years. WFS is a student organization fostering educational activities for Washburn University students interested in finance: link containing historical information on WFS. Professor Hull's major areas of instruction and research are corporate finance and personal finance. He is author and developer of the Capital Structure Model (CSM) that extends Modigliani and Miller (1958, 1963) and lays the foundations for current capital structure perpetuity theory. The CSM encompasses many aspects of capital structure theory including growth, agency effects (particularly, wealth transfers), financial distress effects and personal taxes. He has done research in many other areas outside capital structure and these include hedge funds, seasoned equity offering (SEOs), initial public offerings (IPOs), insider ownership, issuance costs, entrepreneurial financing, stock market volatility, tax policy, hedge funds, stock derivatives, green financing, retirement planning, business growth, and R&D expenditures. He has 67 publications including 48 in recognized, peer-reviewed finance journals such as Financial Management, Journal of Financial Research, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Financial Services Review, The Journal of Financial Education, Investment Management and Financial Innovations, Journal of International Managerial Finance, Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, and The Journal of Finance Case Research, and many other publications involving supplements for textbooks: link to list of publications. To see research articles and presentations go to: links to research articles. Link to just peer-reviewed journal articles list: PRJA list. Prof. Hull has been guess editor four times for established finance journals. He serves on many professional committees and journals, university committees and School of Business committees where the latter includes being former chair of the Planning and Review Committee.

 

BU381-VA (Online Business Finance)

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Condensed BU381 Syllabus (may have to save to view)

Online Syllabus for BU381 (must view in webpage layout)

The class materials for BU381 (Online Business Finance) are in a web course that can be accessed through MyWashburn by clicking on https://D2L.washburn.edu.

 

BU488 (Financial Management)

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Online Syllabus for BU488 (must view in webpage layout)

The class materials for BU488 (Online Financial Management) are in a web course that can be accessed through MyWashburn by clicking on https://D2L.washburn.edu.

 

BU180 (Personal Finance)

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Condensed BU180-VA Syllabus (may have to save to view)

Condensed BU180-5RA Syllabus (WRHS Hybrid)

Online Syllabus for BU180 (must view in webpage layout)

The class materials for BU180-VA (Online Personal Finance) are in a web course & those for BU180-5RA (Online Personal Finance) are in a web-assisted course that can be accessed through MyWashburn by clicking on https://D2L.washburn.edu.