EMPLOYMENT 

Chair, Department of Accounting, Economics, and Finance, Niagara University, 2025 – Present

Chair, Department of Economics and Finance, Niagara University, 2017 – 2025

Director, MS in Finance Program, Niagara University, 2017 – 2019

Associate Professor of Finance, Niagara University, 2016 – Present

Assistant Professor of Finance, Niagara University, 2010 – 2016

Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Minnesota at Duluth, 2009 – 2010.

EDUCATION     

Ph.D. in Finance, Michigan State University, 2009.

M.A. in Economics, Michigan State University, 2003.

B.EC in Economics, Chonnam National University, Korea, 1995.

AREAS OF INTEREST

 Research: Corporate Governance, Security Issues, Corporate Control, Divestitures.

Teaching: Corporate Finance, International Financial Management.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Hoontaek Seo, Sangho Yi, and William McCumber (2024) “Friendly Boards and the Cost of Debt”. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 17 (7), 291.

Hoontaek Seo, Sangho Yi, Qing Yang, and William McCumber (2024) “The Relationship between CEO-Friendly Boards and the Value of Cash Holdings”. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 17 (3), 113.

Hoontaek Seo and Daniel Tompkins (2019) “Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility Performance on the Value of Cash Holdings”. The BRC Academy Journal of Business, 9 (1), 33-44.

Hoontaek Seo, Sangho Yi, and Kyoung-min Kwon (2017) “Customer-Supplier Relationships and the Cost of Debt”.  Journal of Accounting and Finance, 17 (6), 69-81.

Edward Fee, Joshua Pierce, Hoontaek Seo, and Shan Yan (2014). “Bank Debt, Flexibility, and the Use of Proceeds from Asset Sales”. Journal of Financial Services Research, 46(1), 77-97.

Hoontaek Seo, Daniel Tompkins, and Sangho Yi (2014). “Board Independence and Corporate Cash Holding”. Journal of Finance and Accountancy 15, 1-23.

Ranadeb Chaudhuri and Hoontaek Seo (2012). “ An Agency Theory Explanation of SEO Underperformance: Evidence from Dual-Class Firms”. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 22 (3), 575-588.

Ann D. Rensel, Hoontaek Seo, and Tenpao Lee (2012). “The New Economy: The Impacts of the Economic Downturn”. Journal of International Finance Studies, 12(4), 75-84.

Ranadeb Chaudhuri and Hoontaek Seo (2010).  “Classified Boards and Managerial Entrenchment: Evidence from Seasoned Equity Offerings”. International Journal of Business and Economics, 9(1), 29-43.