E-Mailrichard.j.rendleman@tuck.dartmouth.edu
Phone603-646-8986
DegreeAB, Duke University, 1971; PhD, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1976
AREAS OF EXPERTISEDerivative securities markets, portfolio management, asset pricing, skill versus luck in professional golf
Winning and luck on the PGA Tour (with Mark Broadie); Are official world golf rankings biased against PGA Tour Players? (with Mark Broadie)
With H. Latané, "Standard Deviations of Stock Price Ratios Implied in Option Prices," The Journal of Finance, 1976; with B. Bartter, "Two State Option Pricing," The Journal of Finance, 1979; with B. Bartter, "The Pricing of Options on Debt Securities," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 1980; with S. Manaster, "Option Prices as Predictors of Equilibrium Stock Prices," The Journal of Finance, 1982; with C. Jones and H. Latané, "Empirical Anomalies Based on Unexpected Earnings and the Importance of Risk Adjustments," Journal of Financial Economics, 1982; with M. Barth and W. Landsman, "Option Pricing- Based Bond Value Estimates and a Fundamental Components Approach to Account for Corporate Debt," The Accounting Review, 1998; "A General Model for Hedging Swaps with Eurodollar Futures," The Journal of Fixed Income, 2004; with R. Connolly, "Skill, Luck, and Streaky Play on the PGA Tour," Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2008; with R. Connolly, "What it Takes to Win on the PGA Tour (if Your Name is 'Tiger' or if it Isn't), Interfaces, forthcoming
With R. Connolly, "Tournament Qualification, Seeding and Selection Efficiency: An Analysis of the PGA Tour's FedExCup"
Henry A. Latané Award, Distinguished Alumnus of the UNC PhD Program, May 1997; Best Paper Award, Financial Accounting and Reporting Section, American Accounting Association, 2000; Kenan-Flagler Alumni Merit Award, Distinguished Alumnus of the UNC PhD Program, November 2004
Academic positions: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, 1976–79; Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Business, DePaul University, 1979–80; Associate Professor, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 1980–83; Associate Professor, 1983–87, Professor, 1987–2007, Professor Emeritus, 2007–present, Kenan-Flagler Business School, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Tuck School of Business, 2005–present
Nonacademic positions: Staff Accountant, Haskins and Sells, 1971; Staff Accountant, Sherrill and Smith, 1971–72; Market Maker, Chicago Board Options Exchange, 1979