Gregory L. Nagel
Assistant Professor of Finance

office:  McCool Hall 340
office phone:  662.325.2421
department phone:  662.325.2341
fax number:  662.325.1977

mailing address:   Department of Finance and Economics
Post Office Box 9580
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9580

e-mail:  gln18@msstate.edu
complete vita:  Click here.



Courses Taught
Course
Code
Course DescriptionCourse web siteSyllabusOnline Grades
FIN 3123Financial Management Fall 2005 
FIN 4243Senior Seminar in Finance Fall 2005 
FIN 9233Seminar in Corporate Finance   



Work Experience
YearDescription
2005-PresentMississippi State University - Assistant Professor of Finance
2002-2004Florida State University - Graduate Teaching Assistant for Investments, Financial Management of the Firm, and Quantitative Methods for Business Decisions
2000-2002Florida State University - Research Assistant
1979-1998General Motors Corporation (Development Engineer)



Journal Articles
YearDescription
2009"The Effect of Labor Market Demand on U.S. CEO Pay Since 1980" by Gregory L. Nagel has been accepted for publication by The Financial Review (acceptance date is August 2009)
2008"An Analysis of Acquirers as Dealmakers: Differentiating Acquirers’ Timing, Bargain Hunting, and Negotiating Skills" by James Ang, Yingmei Cheng, and Gregory L. Nagel in ICFAI Journal of Mergers and Acquisitions' (ICFAI is the Institute of Chartered and Financial Analysts of India) Vol. 5, No. 4; Dec. 2008 pages 7-33
2007The Effect of Risk Factors on Estimating Cost of Equity by Gregory L. Nagel, David Peterson, and Robert Pratti has been accepted by the Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics. Vol. 46, No. 1, 2007, pp. 61-87
2007“REITs, Decimalization, and Ex-Dividend Stock Prices” by William G. Hardin III, Kartono Liano, Gow-Cheng Huang, Gregory L. Nagel has been accepted for publication in The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. Vol. 34, No. 4, 2007, pp. 499-511



Presentations, Proceedings, and Other Publications
YearDescription
2009James Ang and Gregory Nagel. Inside and Outside Hired CEOs: A Performance Surprise. Financial Management Association Annual Meeting. Reno, Nevada. October 2009
2009James Ang, Gregory Nagel, and Jun Yang, Is There A Social Circle Premium In CEO Pay? China International Conference, July 8, Guangzhou, China, sponsored by Tsinghau University and MIT
2009James Ang, Gregory Nagel, and Jun Yang, Is There A Social Circle Premium In CEO Pay? Financial Management Association European Meeting, June 2009. Prague, Czech Republic
2009Gregory Nagel and Bill Hardin. Identifying Superior CEO Talent: The Case of Multi-CEOs. Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting. Washington D.C. May 2009
2009Gregory Nagel. The Effect of Labor Market Demand on U.S. CEOs’ Pay Since 1980. Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting. Washington D.C. May 2009
2008James Ang, Gregory Nagel, and Jun Yang, Is There A Social Circle Premium In CEO Pay? Financial Management Association Annual Meeting. Grapevine, Texas. October 2008
2008James Ang, Gregory Nagel, and Jun Yang. The Real Asset Anomaly. Financial Management Association Annual Meeting. Grapevine, Texas. October 2008
2008Gregory Nagel. Labor Market Demand, CEO Pay Increase, and Unintended Biases. Financial Management Association Annual Meeting. Grapevine, Texas. October 2008
2008Gregory Nagel and William Hardin. Evidence of a New Kind of Governance for New Enterprise Firms. Financial Management Association Annual Meeting. Grapevine, Texas. October 2008
2008James Ang and Gregory Nagel. Outside and Inside Hired CEOs: A Real Asset Performance. Financial Intermediation Research Society Annual Meeting. June 8, 2008. Anchorage Alaska.
2008James Ang and Gregory Nagel. Inside and Outside Hired CEOs: A Performance Surprise. Financial Management Association European Meeting, June 2008. Turin, Italy
2008James Ang, Gregory Nagel, and Jun Yang, Is There A Social Circle Premium In CEO Pay? Eastern Finance Association Meeting. St. Pete Beach, Florida. April 2008
2007CEO Incentive-Based Compensation and REIT Performance; Southern Finance Association; November 2007
2007Persistently Underpaid CEOs and their Influence on Pay Benchmarks; Financial Management Association; October 2007
2007CEO Incentive-Based Compensation and REIT Performance; Financial Management Association; October 2007
2007James Ang, Gregory Nagel, Jun Yang, "A Critical Long View of Capital Markets and Institutions: Realized Returns from Corporate Assets, 1950-2003"; China International Conference in Finance; Chengdu, China; June 2007 July
2007James Ang, Gregory Nagel, Jun Yang, "A Critical Long View of Capital Markets and Institutions: Realized Returns from Corporate Assets, 1950-2003"; Manila, Philippines, College of Business Administration, University of the Phillipines, June 2007
2007James Ang, Gregory Nagel, Jun Yang, "A Critical Long View of Capital Markets and Institutions: Realized Returns from Corporate Assets, 1950-2003"; Xiamen, China, Institute of Accounting and Finance, June 2007
2007James Ang, Gregory Nagel, Jun Yang, "A Critical Long View of Capital Markets and Institutions: Realized Returns from Corporate Assets, 1950-2003"; Seoul, Korea, Graduate School of Management at the Korean Advanced Insitute of Science and Technology, May
2007James Ang, Gregory Nagel, Jun Yang, "Is there a Social Circle Premium in CEO Compensation?" Erasmus University , The Netherlands March 15, 2007
2006James Ang, Gregory Nagel, Jun Yang. " The Social Circle Effect and CEO Compensation" Given at Washington University - Brown Bag Series; November 2006
2006James Ang and Gregory L. Nagel, "Do Internally Promoted CEOs Have a Homecourt Advantage or Are Boards Actually Seeing Greener Grass Elsewhere?"; Southern Finance Association; November 2006
2006James Ang and Gregory L. Nagel ; "The Influence of Peers on CEO Pay"; October 2006 Financial Management Association Annual Meeting
2006James Ang, Gregory Nagel, Jun Yang, "A Critical Long View of Capital Markets and Institutions: Realized Returns from Corporate Assets, 1950-2003"; Journal of Banking and Finance 30th Anniversary Conference, June 2006
2006James Ang, Gregory Nagel, Jun Yang, "A Critical Long View of Capital Markets and Institutions: Realized Returns from Corporate Assets, 1950-2003"; Tsinghua University; China; June 2006
2006James Ang, Gregory Nagel, Jun Yang, "A Critical Long View of Capital Markets and Institutions: Realized Returns from Corporate Assets, 1950-2003"; Shanghai Jiaotong University; China; June 2006
2006James Ang, Gregory Nagel, Jun Yang, "A Critical Long View of Capital Markets and Institutions: Realized Returns from Corporate Assets, 1950-2003"; Shanghai University of Finance and Economics; China; June 2006
2005J. Ang and G. Nagel on "The Home Court Advantage and thePersistence of CEO Real Asset Performance"; Presentation at the 2005 Financial Management Association Annual Meeting
2005Workshop given to Florida State University faculty by G. Nagel and James Ang: Ratcheting of CEO Pay
2004Workshop given to Mississippi State faculty by G. Nagel and James Ang: CEO Performance Persistence
2004Workshop given to Florida State University faculty by G. Nagel and James Ang: CEO Performance Persistence
2004Gregory Nagel and James Ang, CEO Real Asset Performance Persistence, FMA Doctoral Student Seminar
2003Gregory Nagel and David Peterson, Estimating the Cost of Capital: Does Adding Risk Factor Help? Financial Management Association International
2003Workshop given to Florida State University faculty by G. Nagel and D. Peterson: Estimating the Cost of Capital: Does Adding Risk Factor Help?
2003James Ang, Yingmei Cheng, and Gregory Nagel, On the Origin of Diversification Discounts. Western Finance Association Conference
2003Workshop given to Florida State University faculty by J. Ang,, Y. Cheng, and G. Nagel: On the Origin of Diversification Discounts
2002Workshop given to Florida State University faculty by G. Nagel and J. Ang: Capital Budgeting 101
2002Gregory Nagel, Aggregate Accounting Returns Explain a Large Portion of Security Returns: The Case of Small Stocks. Financial Management Association International
2001G. Nagel, Teams. Given to the Florida State University MBA class
1999G. Nagel, Changing Behaviors and Methods to Reach Business Goals. Given to Centre College for a Business and Ethics class



Grants, Contracts, and Funded Research
YearAmountDescription
2008$650Office of Research and Economic Development Quick Grant for Compustat financial data from the year 1979 (Greg Nagel)
2007$3,000Schillig Innovative Teaching Grant for purchase of classroom presentation equipment. (Rodney Pearson, Allison Pearson, Tim Barnett, Gary Templeton, Lemuria Carter, Meghan Millea, Greg Nagel, and Melissa Moore)
2004$3,610Investigation of the realized returns on U.S. corporate investments (Greg Nagel)



Work in Progress
Why Has CEO Pay Increased So Much? A Comment
Is there a Social Circle Premium in CEO Compensation? (With James Ang and Jun Yang)
Transferability of CEO Skills (with Bill Hardin)
Do CEOs Paid Less Than The Market Wage Underperform?
CEO Incentive-Based Compensation and REIT Performance (With Mike Highfield and Magdy Nogurea)
Persistently Underpaid CEOs And Their Influence On Pay Benchmarks
Transferable skills vs. homecourt advantage: A comparison of real asset performance by externally and internally hired CEOs (With James Ang)
The Real Asset Anomaly (With James Ang and Jun Yang)



Professional Activities
YearDescription
2008Referee a paper for the International Journal of Business
2006Discussant, Financial Management Association; two papers
2006Session Chair; Financial Management Association
2006Discussant; Southern Finance Association
2007Discussant, Financial Management Association
2007Session Chair; Financial Management Association
2003Discussant, Financial Management Association
2002Discussant for two papers, Southern Finance Association



Other Activities
YearDescription
1999-2000MATHCOUNTS Volunteer activity with the National Society of Prof. Engineers



Honors
YearDescription
2003Florida State University College of Business Outstanding Teaching Award
2000-2003FSU University Fellowship



Professional Certifications
YearDescription
1990-presentProfessional Engineer



Ph.D. Dissertation Committees
Service CapacityPh.D. Candidate
Committee memberMatt Hill
Committee memberCharles Beauchamp



Engineering Awards
YearAward
1994American Welding Society's A.F. Davis Silver Metal Award for “fundamental contribution to structural design in welding.” - E.F. Rybicki, G.L. Nagel, R.B. Stonesifer, E.G. Miller, A Semi-Empirical Model for Transverse Weld Deflections of Square Tubular Automotive Beams. The Welding Journal.
1988Arch T. Colwell Merit Award for “fundamental contribution to mobility engineering.” - A. Lee, G.L. Nagel, Basic Phenomena in Resistance Spot Welding. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), paper #880277
1988Arch T. Colwell Merit Award for “fundamental contribution to mobility engineering.”: - G.L. Nagel, A. Lee, A New Approach to Spot weld Feedback Control. Society of Automotive Engineers, paper #880371
1990-1991Society of Automotive Engineer’s Industrial Lectureship Program Award



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