Wayne Tarrant

Wayne Tarrant, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
 
Education
University of Georgia, Ph.D. in mathematics (2002)
Universite Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne, M2 in finance (2009)
Bielefeld Universitaet, master in mathematical economics (2009)
Indiana University, M.A. in pure mathematics (1998)
Wake Forest, B.S. in mathematics (1996)

Contact Information
704-233-8189
704-233-8190 fax
 
Research
Econometrics
Risk measures
Effects of government regulation on markets and financial products
 
Publications
“The Predictive Ability of Historical Risk Measures on Several Markets,” in preparation
“A New Perspective on Risk Measures,” in preparation with Arendt
“Historical Risk Measures on Energy Markets and Stock Market Indices,” submitted
“Stock Market Reaction to the Introduction of Single Stock Credit Event Binary Options,” in preparation with Schwartz and Stowe
“Viewing Risk Measures as Information,” with Guégan, submitted
“On the Necessity of Five Risk Measures,” with Guégan, submitted
“An Economic Viewpoint on the Biblical Joseph,” in Global Perspectives on the Bible, edited by Roncace and Weaver, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2012
“New integer representations as the sum of three cubes,” with Beck, Pine, and Yarbrough, Mathematics of Computation 76 (2007), 1683-1690
 
Textbook
An Inquiry-Based Approach to Risk Measures, in preparation
 
Funding
Wingate University College of Arts and Sciences Innovative Teaching Grant, 2011 ($600)
BB&T Program on the Moral Foundations of Free Enterprise grant, 2011 ($1200)
Wingate University Summer Research Program grant, 2011 ($7000)
Academy for Inquiry-Based Learning mini-grant, 2010 ($5000)
Wingate WINGS-F grants, 2009-2011 ($5500)
Wingate Faculty Development grants, 2009-2011 ($5500)
Academy for Inquiry Based Learning mini-grant, 2009 ($4000)
Kentucky NSF EPSCoR Summer Research Program, 2004 ($14,067)
Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award, 2004 ($12,349)
Courses
Business Decision Making, WU (MBA)
Math for Economists, UP1 (graduate)
Quantitative Methods, WU (MBA)
Probabilistic and Statistical Methods Applied to Finance, UP1 (graduate)
Real Analysis, WU
Inferential Statistics, WU
Discrete Math/Introduction to Proofs,  WU
Linear Algebra,  WU
International Seminar: Math and Art, WU (including a 10-day class trip from the US to France)
Calculus I, II, and III,  WU
Business Calculus, WU
Business Statistics, WU
Quantitative Reasoning, WU
Precalculus, WU
College Algebra,  WU
Professional Organizations
American Finance Association
American Mathematical Society
American Institute for Economic Research
Financial Education Association
Mathematical Association of America


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