Professor Robert G. (Jerry) Bowman
Professor Emeritus
Department:
Address: Owen G Glenn Building
12 Grafton Road
Auckland
Faculty: Business & Economics
Phone: +64 9 373 7599 Ext. 87618
Email: j.bowman@auckland.ac.nz

Jerry came to The University of Auckland as the first holder of the Chair in Finance. He was at the University of Oregon for 13 years before coming to Auckland in 1987. In addition to his academic positions he has been a manager with Arthur Young & Company (now Ernst & Young), and Chief Financial Officer with Cohu, Inc, a high tech company listed on the American Stock Exchange. While at Oregon, he took leave to spend two years as CEO of a start up company. He teaches at all levels from undergraduate to supervising doctoral students and has published extensively in international journals in finance, accounting and economics. In 2007, he became the first holder of the Bank of New Zealand Chair in Finance. Jerry retired in August 2008 and is now Emeritus Professor of Finance.
Special Interests:
Capital markets
Cost of capital
Financial Management
Mergers and acquisitions
Selected Publications:
Refereed Journal Articles
2010 BOWMAN, R. CHAN, K. COMER, M. ‘Diversification, Rationality and the Asian Crisis‘, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, vol 18(1), January , 1-23.
2006 BOWMAN, R. BUSH, S. ‘Using Comparable Companies to Estimate the Betas of Private Companies‘, Journal of Applied Finance, Fall/Winter, 71-81.
2005 BOWMAN, R. BUSH, S. GRAVES, L. ‘Estimating Betas Using Comparable Company Analysis: Is it a Reliable Method?‘, JASSA, 7 (Autumn), 10-14 ff.
2004 BOWMAN, R. GRAVES, L. ‘Test of the Usefulness of Comparable Company Analysis in Australia‘, Accounting Research Journal, 17 (Special Issue), 121-135.
2003 BOWMAN, R. NAVISSI, F. ‘Earnings management and abnormal returns: Evidence from the 1970-1972 price control regulations‘, Accounting and Finance 43(1), 1-19.
2001 BOWMAN, R. ‘Estimating the market risk premium‘, JASSA, 3 Spring, 10-13.
2000 BOWMAN, R. NAVISSI, F. BURGESS, R. ‘Regulatory threats and political vulnerabiity‘, Journal of Financial Research 23(4), Winter, 411-420.
1999 BOWMAN, R. EMANUEL, D. NAVISSI, F. ‘The Effects of Price Control Regulations on Firms' Equity Values‘, Journal of Economics and Business, vol 51(1), 33-47.
1998 BOWMAN, R. BLENNERHASSETT, M. ‘A change in market microstructure: The switch to electronic screen trading on the New Zealand Stock Exchange‘, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money 8, 261-276.
1998 BOWMAN, R. IVERSON, D. ‘Short-run overreaction in the New Zealand stock market‘, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal 6, November, 475-491.
1996 BOWMAN, R. MARSDEN, A. ‘Cost of capital models under imputation: a comparative analysis‘, New Zealand Investment Analyst, November, 27-32.
1996 BOWMAN, R. IVERSON, D. ‘Do share prices overreact? A review and some New Zealand evidence.‘, New Zealand Investment Analyst, November, 7-13.
1995 BOWMAN, R. ‘Information content of financial leverage: an empirical study: A comment‘, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, April vol. 22(3), 455-460.
1995 BOWMAN, R. BUCHANAN, J. ‘The efficient market hypothesis - a discussion of institutional, agency and behavioural issues‘, Australian Journal of Management vol. 20(2)
1992 BOWMAN, R. CLIFFE, C.. NAVISSI, F. ‘Implications of Dividend Imputation for Equity Pricing in New Zealand‘, New Zealand Economic Papers, vol 26(2), 249-259.
1990 BUCHANAN, J. BOWMAN, R. ‘"Corporatisation and Asset Valuation for a Government Corporation‘, Financial Accountability and Management, 6(2), 77-92.
1983 BOWMAN, R. ‘Understanding and Conducting Event Studies‘, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 10(4), 561-584.
1981 BOWMAN, R. ‘The Theoretical Relationship Between Systematic Risk and Financial (Accounting) Variables: Reply‘, Journal of Finance, 36(3), 749-750.
1980 BOWMAN, R. ‘The Debt Equivalence of Leases: An Empirical Investigation,‘, The Accounting Review, 55(2), 237-253.
1980 BOWMAN, R. ‘The Importance of a Market Value Measurement of Debt in Assessing Leverage‘, Journal of Accounting Research, 18(1), 242-254.
1979 BOWMAN, R. ‘The Theoretical Relationship Between Systematic Risk and Financial (Accounting) Variables‘, Journal of Finance, 34(3), 617-630.
1975 BOWMAN, R. ‘The Role of Utility in the State-Preference Framework‘, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 10(2), 341-352.
Books
1991 SPICER, B. BOWMAN, R. EMANUEL, D. HUNT, A. ‘The Power to Manage: Restructuring the New Zealand Electricity Department as a State-Owned Enterprise - The Electricorp Experience‘, Oxford University Press, 181p.



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