Dr. Alvan E. Ikoku

Associate Professor of Business
School of Business and Entrepreneurship

Educational Background:

PhD Economics, University of Southern California
MBA, University of Oklahoma

Dr Ikoku is an experienced economist whose academic and professional work in financial economics, macroeconomics and monetary policy has made a mark both in the public and the private sectors. He teaches courses in financial analysis, management finance, economics, and managerial economics and has been actively involved in the private sector.

Previous Posts:

Senior Economist, Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, Seattle, 1998-2005
Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance, University of Maryland University College, 2005
Adjunct Professor of Economics and Finance, University of Phoenix, 1998-2001
Director of Finance, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, 1995-2997
Adjunct Professor of Economics, Seattle University, 1999
Adjunct Professor of Economics, Seattle Pacific University, 1998
Haynes Foundation Research Fellow, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1994-1995
Adjunct Professor of Economics, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, 1993-1994
Financial Analysis Manager, Cedars-Sinai Health System Inc. Los Angeles, 1988-1990

Selected Publications and Papers:

Influence Seeking and the Price of initial Public Offerings and Privatizations: Evidence from the Nigeria Equity Market, Social Science Research Network.
Forecasting Real Estate Inflation in the Puget Sound Region with Professor Oral Capps, Texas A&M University, College Station
Models, Trends and Half-Truths: The Pitfall of Estimating Beta with Excel.

Selected Affiliations:

American Finance Association
American Economics Association
National Association for Business Economics

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