Robert Kolb

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Degrees

• PhD, Finance, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1978

• PhD, Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1974

• MA, University of Georgia, 1971

• BA, University of Georgia, 1971

Research Interests

• Derivative Markets

• Risk Management and Distributive Justice

• Finance

Professional Associations

• American Finance Association

• Financial Management Association

• Society for Business Ethics

• International Association for Business and Society

• Global Association of Risk Professionals

• Professional Risk Managers' International Association

Courses Taught

• Topics in Derivative Securities

• Enterprise Risk Management

Selected Current Projects

• Kolb, R. W.  The Natural Gas Revolution: Markets, Society, and the World, forthcoming from Pearson/Financial Times Press.

RESEARCH LISTINGS

Refereed Articles

Kolb, R. W. “New Directions in Corporate Governance and Finance: Implications for Business Ethics Research,” (with L. Ryan and A. Buchholtz, Business Ethics Quarterly, October 2010, 30:5, pp. 673-694.

Kolb, R. W. “Incentives in the Financial Crisis of Our Time,” The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, December 2010, 7:2, pp. 21-55.

Kolb, R. W. “Risk Management and Risk Transfer: Distributive Justice in Finance,” Journal of Alternative Investments, Spring 2011, 13:4, pp. 90-98.

Kolb, R. W. “What is Financial Contagion?” in Financial Contagion: The Viral Threat to the Wealth of Nations, Robert W. Kolb, (ed.), Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011, pp. 3-10.

Kolb, R. W. “Sovereign Debt: Theory, Default, and Sanctions,” in Sovereign Debt: From Safety to Default, Robert W. Kolb, (ed.), Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011, pp. 3-13.

Kolb, R. W. “Geopolitical Threats to World Energy Markets,” Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Summer 2011, 36:2, 154-196.

Kolb, R. W. “Must CEOs Be Saints? Contra Moriarty on CEO Abstemiousness,” Business Ethics Quarterly, October 2011, 21:4, 679-686. (This is part of a dialogue. Kolb’s portion appears on pp. 679-686. Moriarty’s reply appears on pp. 686-691.)

Kolb, R. W. “The Natural Gas Revolution and Central Asia,” Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies, Summer 2012, 37:2, 141-180.

Kolb, R. W. “Geopolitics and World Energy Markets,” in Betty and Russell Simkins (eds.), Energy Finance: Analysis and Valuation, Risk Management, and the Future of Energy, Hoboken, NJ:  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013, 19-48.

Kolb, R. W. “The Natural Gas Revolution and the World's Largest Economies,” Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Winter 2012, 37:4, 415-467.

Book

Kolb, R. W. Encyclopedia of Business, Ethics, and Society, Editor. Sage Publications, 2008. (This is a five-volume, 1.5 million word encyclopedia, with almost 900 entries by almost 300 contributors.)

Kolb, R. W. Financial Derivatives: Pricing and Risk Management, with James A. Overdahl (eds.), Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010.

Kolb, R.W. The Financial Crisis of Our Time, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. (Also included in the Financial Management Association’s Survey and Synthesis Series.)

Kolb, R. W. Sovereign Debt: From Safety to Default, (ed.), Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., February 2011.

Kolb, R. W. Financial Contagion: The Viral Threat to the Wealth of Nations, (ed.), Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011.

Kolb, R.W. Too Much is Not Enough: Incentives in Executive Compensation, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. (Also included in the Financial Management Association’s Survey and Synthesis Series).

Kolb, R. W. Lessons from the Financial Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Our Economic Future., Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2010).

Kolb, R. W. The Financial Crisis of Our Time., Oxford, England/New York, New York: Oxford University Press (2010).

Kolb, R. W. & Schwartz, D. Corporate Boards: Managers of Risk, Sources of Risk., Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2010).

Kolb, R. W. Sovereign Debt: From Safety to Default., Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2010).

Kolb, R. W. Financial Contagion: The Viral Threat to the Wealth of Nations., Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2010).

Kolb, R. W. & Overdahl, J. A. Financial Derivatives: Pricing and Risk Management., Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2009).

Kolb, Robert. W. , The Ethics of Executive Compensation. Blackwell Publishing Company (2007).

Kolb, Robert. W. , Encyclopedia of Business, Ethics, and Society. Sage Publications, (2007).

Kolb, Robert. W. , Corporate Retirement Security: Social and Ethical Issues. Blackwell Publishing Company (2007).

Kolb, Robert. W. , The Ethics of Genetic Commerce. , Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2007).

Kolb, Robert. W. and James Overdahl, Futures, Options and Swap, 5E. Blackwell Publishers (2007).

Kolb, Robert. W. and James Overdahl, Understanding Futures Markets, 6e. , Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2006).

Book Chapters

Kolb, R. W., "The Finance View of the World and It's Ethical Implications", Finance Ethics. John Boatright, (ed.), Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011., (pp. 23-43). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,.

Kolb, Robert. W. , "Incentives in the Originate-to-Distribute Model of Mortgage Production.", Lessons from the Financial Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Our Economic Future. Ed. Robert W. Kolb and James A. Overdahl Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010. 209-216.

Kolb, Robert. W. , "Exotic Options.", Financial Derivatives: Pricing and Risk Management. Ed. Robert W. Kolb and James A. Overdahl Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010. 143-156.

Kolb, Robert. W. , "Executive Stock Options.", Financial Derivatives: Pricing and Risk Management. Ed. Robert W. Kolb and James A. Overdahl Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010. 211-220.

Kolb, Robert. W. , "Foreign Exchange Derivatives.", Financial Derivatives: Pricing and Risk Management. Ed. Robert W. Kolb and James A. Overdahl Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010. 115-124.

Kolb, Robert. W. , "Dignity.", Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. Ed. Robert W. Kolb Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2007. Vol. 2, 589-592.

Kolb, Robert. W. , "General Accountability Office.", Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. Ed. Robert W. Kolb Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2007. Vol. 2, 1029.

Kolb, Robert. W. , "Distributive Justice.", Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. Ed. Robert W. Kolb Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2007. Vol. 3, 1216-1227.

Kolb, Robert. , "Freedom and Liberty.", Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. Ed. Robert W. Kolb Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2007. Vol. 2, 911-914.

Kolb, Robert. W. , "Financial Derivatives.", Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. Ed. Robert W. Kolb Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2007. Vol. 2, 357-358.

Kolb, Robert. W. , "Executive Compensation.", Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. Ed. Robert W. Kolb Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2007. Vol. 2 825-830.

Kolb, Robert. W. , "Commodity Futures Trading Commission.", Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. Ed. Robert W. Kolb Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2007. Vol. 1, 357-358.