Areas of Interest
Corporate finance, banking efficiency, regulation and optimal scale, institutional effects on securities markets, role of the internet in the evolution of financial institutions, derivative securities, empirical finance, investments, business effects of the obesity epidemic.
Education
- 1998
- Ph.D. (Finance), Schulich School of Business, York University.
- 1994
- Ph.D. candidate(Finance/Economics), School of Business, Queen's University.
- 1990
- M.B.A.(Finance), William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester.
- 1988
- B.A. Honors (Economics), University of Western Ontario.
Areas of Concentration
Majored in Finance, Microeconomics and Econometrics.
Doctoral Dissertation
Topic: "Efficiency issues in Banking: Reassessment in an Evolving Industry"
Thesis adviser: Dr. Gordon Roberts, CIBC Professor of Finance.
Honors
- 2005
- Listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
- 1996
- York University, School of Graduate Studies Award for Academic Excellence
- 1991-94
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Doctoral Fellowship.
- 1990
- Shell Scholarship, Dean's Award, Queen's University.
- 1990
- Elected to Beta Gamma Sigma in recognition of Scholastic Achievement, Rochester.
- 1989, 1990
- Dean's List, University of Rochester.
- 1989
- Entrance Scholarship, University of Rochester.
- 1984-88
- Dean's List University of Western Ontario.
Research Papers
“The infrastructure of obesity and the obesity epidemic: Implications for public policy.” Journal of Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 2005.
"Trends in Relationship Lending and Factors Affecting Relationship Lending Efficiency." Journal of Banking and Finance, January, 2002.
“Tax solutions to the external costs of obesity” (with Julie Elston, Zoltan Acs and David Levy). Refereed chapter in Obesity, Business and Public Policy, Zoltan Acs and Alan Lyles, eds., in collaboration with Kenneth R. Stanton, Elgar Books, 2007.
“The infrastructure of obesity” (with Ann Cotten and Zoltan Acs). Refereed chapter in Obesity, Business and Public Policy, Zoltan Acs and Alan Lyles, eds., in collaboration with Kenneth R. Stanton, Elgar Books, 2007.
“A policy framework for confronting obesity” (with Zoltan J. Acs, Alan Lyles, Lenneal Henderson and David Levy). Refereed chapter in Obesity, Business and Public Policy, Zoltan Acs and Alan Lyles, eds., in collaboration with Kenneth R. Stanton, Elgar Books, 2007.
Comment on Miller and Noulas (1996), "The technical efficiency of large bank production." Coauthored by Hans Tuenter. Submitted to Journal of Banking and Finance, August 2000.
"Data Envelopment Analysis and Efficiency Measurement Issues in Banking." Manuscript, January 2000.
Book review of The Banking and Financial Structure in the NAFTA Countries and Chile, G. von Furstenberg, ed., North American Journal of Finance and Economics, September 1998.
"Commercial Lending, Risk and Efficiency: Measurement From the Relationship Managers' Level, in a Large Canadian Bank." Manuscript, October 1997.
"Efficiency Issues in Banking." Manuscript, January 1997.
"A Trivariate GARCH Analysis of Stock Returns and the Equality of Equals in the Unilever N.V./PLC Group." Manuscript, February 1993.
"Encouraging The Big Bath; Do Performance Based Incentive Packages Increase Cash Flow Volatility?" proceedings of the Atlantic Schools of Business Conference - Finance Division, Halifax, N.S., 1991.
"Amplified Moral Hazard In a Subsidized Insurance Program." Manuscript, February 1988.
Other publications not included above:
UB Obesity Report Card (with Zoltan Acs and Ann Cotten),2004, 2005, 2006.
Obesity: Myth, or Serious? (with Zoltan Acs), 2004.
A Primer On The Allfirst Scandal, 2003.
Experience
Assistant Professor of Finance at University of Baltimore specializing in bank management, investments, effects of terrorism on financial institutions, linkages between unethical corporate management and recessions, and time-series-analysis of financial data, 2001- present. Teaching bank management, international financial management and investment analysis. Supervised Stock-Trak simulated trading competition for University of Baltimore's Finance Society.
Dr. Stanton has appeared on a large number of news programs both locally and natioanally. Sample media appearances: Appeared on Baltimore's WJZ television as an expert on the Allied Irish/Allfirst Bank trading debacle. Appeared on Baltimore's Fox 45 News in relation to ongoing research related to Terrorism insurance issues. Appeared on NPR radio discussing the financial aspects of the war in Iraq. Has appeared several times on CNN and cnn.com in relation to his obesity research. (See: video, “New Campaign aimed at parents” and “BMI Report Cards” and stories, “Grading states obesity levels”, “Are boardwalk delicacies the next target?” and Video, "Schools Fight Obesity".
Guest on WERQ Radio in relation to health and obesity and the disproportionate impact on African-Americans.
Contributed to the passage of state level obesity legislation in Maryland, North Carolina and Texas.
Assisted North Carolina Lt. Governor Beverly Perdue, Texas Senator Eddie Lucio and Maryland Senator Gwendolyn Britt. Currently involved in an advisory capacity aiding Maryland Senator Britt and Delegate Jon Cardin in support of obesity control legislation. Presented expert testimony on obesity policy to state legislators in Annapolis, MD.
Member of Advisory Committee for Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Nutrition and Physical Activity Program.
Edited Obesity, Business and Public Policy, Elgar Books, 2007.
Dr. Stanton has appeared on many panels and presented at many conferences. Examples include: Panelist and participant at “Taking Action Against Obesity in Communities of Color” (MEE Productions/Stedman Graham & Associates) a Baltimore Community Forum moderated by Stedman Graham: Baltimore, MD, October 27, 2006.
Panelist at Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Health Empowerment Tour Panel, Baltimore, MD, October 2005.
Panelist at “The Black Family Reunion” on the National Mall, Washington, DC, for NBC 4 TV, September 2005.
Co-chair of Baltimore City Council Task Force on Childhood Obesity, 2007.
Assistant Professor of Finance at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville specializing in financial institutions management, corporate finance and time-series-analysis of financial data, 1998-2001. Taught financial institutions and markets, corporate finance, financial analysis and strategy, research methods and microeconomics. Supervised independent studies in finance. Supervisory committee member for Masters students' senior research projects. Served on civil engineering undergraduate program review committee.
Edited preparatory materials for Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) examinations, 1999-2002.
Authored ancillary materials for 3rd through 6th editions of Financial Institutions Management: A Modern Perspective, Anthony Saunders, Irwin-McGraw-Hill, 2000 and Financial Institutions Management: A Risk Management Approach, 4th edition, Anthony Saunders and Marcia Millon Cornett, Irwin-McGraw-Hill, 2003.
Presented "Trends in Relationship Lending and Factors Affecting Relationship Lending Efficiency", Financial Management Association 1999 Annual Meeting, Orlando.
Discussant, Financial Management Association 1999 Annual Meeting, Orlando and 2000 Annual Meeting, Seattle.
Served on consulting team for the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Canada, 1998.
Served on consulting team for Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 1997-98.
Taught finance, M.B.A. and undergraduate programs, York University and University of Waterloo, 1996-1997.
Presented, "Efficiency Issues in Banking", Fields Institute Seminar on Financial Mathematics, Toronto, Ontario, 1996.
Refereed for Journal of Financial Services Research, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis and Journal of Banking and Finance.
Discussant, Academy of Financial Services 1996 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Support team leader for revision of 2nd Canadian edition of Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, S. Ross, B. Jordan, R. Westerfield and G. Roberts, Irwin, 1995.
Conducted significant portions of research related to the revision of Paul W. MacAvoy's book, Government Regulation and Performance of the American Economy, 2nd edition, Norton Books, 1992.
Aided in the revision of Economics, Å. Blomqvist, R. Wonnacott and T. Wonnacott, 3rd Canadian edition, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1989.
Extensive computing experience and diverse business management experience with several small businesses and retail chain stores in all functional areas of accounting, marketing, staffing and operations.