Kyre Lahtinen

Associate Teaching Professor

EMAIL: lahtkd@wfu.edu

PHONE: (336) 758-2239

OFFICE: Farrell 321

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Honors

2019 - Semifinalist for Best Paper in Investments Award, for: "The impact of product markets and gender on investment behavior", Financial Management Association Annual Meeting
2018 - Excellence in Research Award, Mitchell College of Business, University of South Alabama
2018 - Professor of the Year, Mitchell College of Business, University of South Alabama
2017 - Mortar Board Top Prof, University of South Alabama
2017 - Quality Enhancement Plan Professional Development Fellow, University of South Alabama
2013 - College of Business Outstanding Doctoral Student Teaching Award, Florida State University
2013 - Finance Department Service Award, Florida State University
2009 - President, Master of Science in Finance Student Association, Florida State University
2009 - Portfolio Manager, Florida State University Student Investment Fund, Florida State University

In The Media

January 3, 2017 - Dividends: the original profit sharing. , Baltimore Sun

Education

Ph D, Florida State University (Finance) - 2014
MS, Florida State University (Finance) - 2010
BS, Florida State University (Finance) - 2009

Publications

Journal of Financial Markets

Product markets, gender, and investment behavior

Bradley, D. , Lahtinen, K. D. , & Shipe, S. (2026)

Real Estate Law Journal

Can North Carolina's Residential Real Estate Contract Due Diligence Fees Survive Antitrust Scrutiny?

Best, E. , & Lahtinen, K.

Journal of Financial Education

Case: The ACC, ESPN, and a Unilateral Option

Lahtinen, K. , & Best, E.

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal

Leveling the Playing Field: the Atlantic Coast Conference's Settlement with Florida State University and Clemson University

Best, E. , & Lahtinen, K. (2026)

Finance Research Letters

Cross-country gender bias and corporate cash holdings

Horvath, J. , & Lahtinen, K. (2025)

Journal of Information Systems

The Informativeness of Sentiment Types in Risk Factor Disclosures: Evidence from Firms with Cybersecurity Breaches

Tsang, R. C. , Baldwin, A. A. , Hair, J. F. , Affuso, E. , & Lahtinen, K. (2023)

American Journal of Finance and Accounting

Effect of the 2016 OPEC production cut announcement on the default likelihood of the oil industry and commercial banks

Hunsader, K. J. , Lahtinen, K. , & Lawrey, C. M. (2021)

Journal of Asset Management

The Investors Exchange's (IEX) impact on investors

Chow, A. , Lahtinen, K. , & Lawrey, C. (2021)

Studies in Business and Economics

Comparison of estimators of equity return standard deviation using pitman closeness criterion and control charting applications

Chow, A. , Lahtinen, K. , & Edwards, K. (2020)

Review of Behavioral Finance

Motivating gender use in financial research: a survey of recent literature

Lahtinen, K. (2020)

Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives

A Pitman Closeness Evaluation of Range-based Estimators in Shortened Time Horizons

Edwards, K. , Chow, A. , Lahtinen, K. , & Pennywell, G. (2019)

Studies in Business and Economics

Equity Risk: Measuring Return Volatility Using Historical High-Frequency Data

Chow, A. , & Lahtinen, K. (2019)

Empirical Economics

Social media sentiment and market behavior

Affuso, E. , & Lahtinen, K. (2019)

Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives

A Comparison of Index and Equity Volatility Using Range-Based Estimators

Chow, A. , Lahtinen, K. , & Pennywell, G. (2018)

Journal of Asset Management

Beta dispersion and portfolio returns

Lahtinen, K. , Lawrey, C. M. , & Hunsader, K. J. (2018)

The Journal of Investing

Compensation of Investment Advisors

Lahtinen, K. , & Shipe, S. (2018)

Asian Journal of Finance \& Accounting

Motivating Capital Investment by Using the Audit Process to Increase Financial Transparency

Cummings, J. R. , Ramirez, G. G. , Sharma, D. S. , & Lahtinen, K. (2018)

Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education

Real Estate Pre-License Education: A National Call for Reporting Transparency

Cummings, J. R. , Lahtinen, K. , & Hunsader, K. J. (2018)

JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL FINANCE

Readability of financial advisor disclosures

Lahtinen, K. , & Shipe, S. (2017)

The Journal of Behavioral Finance and Economics

The Effect of Social Media and Gender on the Stock Market

Lahtinen, K. , & Lee, B. S. (2015)