Rusty Yerkes

Thomas J Adams Sr./AutoTec Professor of Risk Management and Insurance, Associate Professor of Finance, Medical Properties Trust Fellow

Brock School of Business

Department of Economics Finance and Quantitative Analysis

389 E Cooney Hall

Degrees and Certifications

Financial Markets & Institutions; Investments; Portfolio Management; Financial Planning; Corporate Financial Analysis; Financial Risk; Management/Derivatives; Treasury Management; Banking

Yerkes, R.T. with D.B. Blank and M.J. Highfield, “Risk in Loan Pools of GNMA-Guaranteed Securities: Evidence from Bank and Non-Bank MBS Issuers.” Journal of Housing Research, 31(2), 2022.
Yerkes, R.T. , “Advisors Guide to the Organization of a Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF)”. In Student-Managed Investment Funds: Organization, Policy and Portfolio Management, 2nd Edition, Brian Bruce, Academic Press. 2020.
Yerkes, R.T., with Eli Sherrill. "Municipal Disclosure Timeliness and the Cost of Debt." The Financial Review 53 (1), February 2018, pp. 51-86.
Yerkes, R.T. “The Art and Science of Student Managed Investment Portfolios.” The Journal of Trading 13 (1), Winter 2017.
Yerkes, R.T., with D. Sonius and K. Westhues. "VC Contract Design: Development State, Bargaining Power and the Classification of Early-Cycle Companies." The Journal of Private Equity 20 (4), Fall 2017, 36-46.
Yerkes, R.T., with Lauren Bates and Sara Helms McCarty. “How Do Municipal Bonds Behave without Tax-Exemption?” The Journal of Investing, 25 (4), Winter 2016, 1-13.
Yerkes, R.T., with David Sonius and Uwe Kehrel. “The Effect of Call Options on Exit Strategies in Private Equity Shareholder Agreements.” The Journal of Private Equity, 19 (1), Winter 2015, 41-52.
Yerkes, R.T. "Regulatory Trading Restrictions, Overvaluation and Insider Selling." The Journal of Trading, 7 (3), Summer 2012, 85-102.