Loyola Marymount University

Joshua
Spizman

Professor of Finance & Department Chair
College of Business Administration

Joshua Spizman is a Professor of Finance and Associate Dean, Faculty and Academic Programs in the College of Business Administration at Loyola Marymount University. He joined LMU in 2011 after completing his Ph.D. in finance at Binghamton University. Josh's research interests are in capital markets, corporate finance, and public finance. His research has been published in the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Markets, and The Financial Review.

As Associate Dean, Josh oversees all undergraduate and graduate programs within the CBA, helps to manage the college budget, and maintains faculty qualifications. His leadership experience began in 2018, when he started the LMU Stock Pitch Competition, an annual event for LMU undergraduate students to practice and build their valuation and presentation skills. As Chair of the CBA Undergraduate Program Committee, Josh led the design and implementation of a new undergraduate business core curriculum that was implemented in fall of 2020.

Capital Markets Corporate Finance Public Finance
Joshua Spizman

Scholarship

Research & Publications

My research examines how tax policy, market structure, and information asymmetry shape financial decision-making — in households, corporations, and capital markets.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Journal of Financial Markets

"The Value of the Wildcard Option in Cash Settled American Index Options"

with Dennis Lasser

2016 · Vol. 28, pp. 116–131

Journal of Financial Economics

"Government Policy and Ownership of Financial Assets"

with Kristian Rydqvist & Ilya Strebulaev

2014 · Vol. 111, pp. 70–85

Journal of Banking and Finance

"The Tax Benefit of Income Smoothing"

with Kristian Rydqvist & Steven Schwartz

2014 · Vol. 38, pp. 78–88

Journal of Accounting Literature

"Accounting, Finance and Adverse Selection"

with Murali Jagannathan, Steven Schwartz & Richard Young

2011 · Vol. 30, pp. 69–101

Working Papers

"Added Pressure to Perform?"

with Laurel Franzen & Julie Suh · S&P 500 additions and earnings management

"On the Timing of Director Departures"

with Murali Jagannathan & Srinivasan Krishnamurthy

"Demand Shocks to Securities"

with Kartik Raman · S&P 500 index additions and stock pricing

Education

Teaching

I teach across undergraduate and graduate programs at LMU, with a focus on connecting financial theory to real-world practice. I co-developed LMU's Bloomberg Terminal equity research curriculum and serve as faculty moderator for the Finance Society and Lion Investing Society.

Loyola Marymount University

  • UG Capital Markets
  • UG Fundamentals of Finance
  • UG Accelerated Fundamentals of Finance
  • MBA Financial Markets

Previous Institutions

  • UG International Corporate Finance (Binghamton)
  • MBA International Corporate Finance (Binghamton)
  • UG Financial Management (Binghamton)
  • UG Intermediate Corporate Finance (UCF)
  • UG Business Finance – Honors (UCF)

LMU Stock Pitch Competition

An annual undergraduate competition founded in 2018, giving LMU students hands-on experience presenting equity research to panels of finance professionals.

Founded 2018

Resources

CV & Media

Curriculum Vitae

Download my full CV, including education, academic positions, publications, presentations, and service.

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Theory to Practice

Watch videos bridging financial theory and real-world application — designed for students, professionals, and the curious.

Watch on YouTube