Christine McClatchey Christine McClatchey
Professor of Finance
Email: christine.mcclatchey@unco.edu
Phone: (970) 351-1248
Office: 1075D
Office Hours:
Monday-11:15am-12:15pm; 2:30pm-3:30pm
Wednesday-11:15am-12:15pm; 2:30pm-3:30pm
Friday-11:15am-12:15pm

Research: Finance

Education:
  • Ph.D. Finance 1995, University of Nebraska
  • M.A. in Finance 1993, University of Nebraska
  • B.A. in Finance/Business Admin 1991, University of Nebraska

    • Recent Publications:

  • Your mortgage loan - fairly priced,... or not? in Financial Services Review (2008)

  • Helping Clients Navigate the Mortgage Loan Market in Solutions Magazine (2007)

  • Psst - Hey Buddy, Want to Buy a Mortgage? A Primer for Financial Planners in Journal Of Personal Finance (2006)

  • The Pedagogy of Mortgage Prepayments: The Difference Between Points and Negative Points in Journal Of Financial Education (2006)

  • Comparing fixed-rate mortgage loans via the APR: Cautions and Caveats in Journal of Financial Services Professional (2006)

  • Psst - Hey Buddy want to buy a mortgage? A primer for financial planners. in Academy of Financial Services (2005)

  • The efficacy of optimization modeling as a retirement strategy in the presence of estimation error in Financial Services Review (2005)

  • Debt consolidation: A sensitivity analysis in Journal Of Financial Planning (2005)

  • Is 1/n really inefficient? in Academy of Financial Services (2004)

  • Using EVA as a decision metric in capital budgeting in Journal Of Applied Business Research (2004)

  • Are there diversification benefits among TIAA-CREF retirement funds? in Journal Of Personal Finance (2003)

  • Do credit unions use their tax advantage to benefit members: Evidence from a cost function. in Review Of Financial Economics (2003)

    • Awards Received:

  • Honor: Monfort College of Business, Voted Finance Professor of the Year. (2008)

  • Honor: Housing and Residence Life, Excellence in Teaching Award - Academic Recognition Celebration (2005)

  • Award: Monfort College of Busiiness, MCB Service Award (2005)

  • Honor: College Credit Union, Volunteer of the Year Certificate of Achievement (2004)

  • Award: University of Northern Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, Academic Excellence Award - Excellence in Faculty Service (2003)

    • Bio: Christine McClatchey received her B.A. (Business Administration and Finance, 1991), M.A. (Finance, 1993), and Ph.D. (Finance, 1995) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has been teaching at the Monfort College of Business since 1996. Christine was appointed Director of the School of Finance and Quantitative Methods in 2005, following her promotion to Associate Professor of Finance four years prior.

    Dr. McClatchey has organized and participated in several financial wellness seminars for members of the local community as well as faculty, staff, and students at UNC. She serves various roles as a member of the College Credit Union’s Board of Directors and as a member of the Academy of Financial Services’ Board of Directors. Other professional affiliations include the Financial Management Association, Southern Finance Association, Financial Education Association, Delta Sigma Pi, and Golden Key International Honor Society.

    Dr. McClatchey’s research interests include corporate finance, investments, and financial institutions. In collaboration with co-authors from both industry and academia, her work has been published in numerous academic journals and is routinely presented at regional and national finance conferences. She currently teaches courses in corporate finance at MCB.