Richard B. Evans
Expertise
- Asset Management
- Trading Costs and Portfolio Performance
- Mutual Fund Governance
- Fund Distribution Channels
- Short-Selling and Option Prices
Richard B. Evans, Assistant Professor of Business Administration
B.S., M.S., University of Utah; M.A., Ph.D., Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Office:
292A
Phone:
434-924-4030
Email:
evansr@darden.virginia.edu
Courses
Investments
Managing Investment Portfolios
Executive Education Courses
Biography
Professor Evans’ research deals broadly with investment decisions. His current research projects explore risk-taking on the part of mutual fund managers, the role of broker intermediation in mutual fund investing and the impact of commission bundling and other trading costs on portfolio performance. His research has been cited by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Forbes magazine and published in the Journal of Finance and the Review of Financial Studies. He has presented his research to the Securities and Exchange Commmission, the Social Security Administration and the American Finance Association. Professor Evans has also taught executive education courses for investment professionals from Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Citizens Bank. Before joining the faculty at the Darden School, he was an assistant professor at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College and he received his Ph.D. from Wharton.