Dr. Timothy S. Mech
Professor of Business

Contact Information:  
Office: Hall of Arts and Letters
  Phone: 724-458-3364
Fax:  
  E-mail: tsmech@gcc.edu
  Mailing Address: Grove City College
100 Campus Drive
Box 3010
Grove City, PA 16127

Birthplace
   Hornell, NY

Education
  Undergraduate:  Indiana State University, Physics, 1974
  Master's:  University of Rochester, Applied Economics
  Doctorate: 
University of Rochester, Finance, Public Economics, and Industrial Organization, 1986

First Year as GCC Staff
  1998

Areas of Knowledge/Expertise
  Corporate finance, investments, market microstructure

Other Scholarly Interests
  Leadership, Christianity

Courses Taught
  Principles of Finance
  Financial Policy
  Quantitative Analysis
  Economics of Managerial Decision Making

Previous Jobs and Dates
  Suffolk University, 1996-1998
  Boston College, 1989-1996
  St. John Fisher College, 1988-1989
  SUNY at Brockport, 1977-1983
  Indiana State University, 1976-1977

Career Highlights
  Recipient of Teaching Awards in 1997 and 1998 at Suffolk University
  Recipient of Boston College's Trzaska Award in 1995
  Founder and advisor of Project Empowerment, a student consulting group at BC
  Founder and advisor of Real Life at Suffolk, a Christian student group

On-campus activities
  Advisor of Operation Top Management and member of Religious Activities Committee

Off-campus activities
  Volunteer work at local church

Hobbies
  Handball, hiking

Favorite Links:
  news.yahoo.com
  www.bigcharts.com

Publications

  • "Portfolio Return Autocorrelation," 1993, Journal of Financial Economics:  Describes how portfolio autocorrelation is caused by lead-lag relation between large and small firm stocks. 
  • "Student Consulting Organizations," 1998, American Association for Higher Education:  Describes how student consulting organizations provide experimental learning. 
  • "Conditional event studies, anticipation, and asymmetric information:  the case of seasoned equity issues and pre-issue information releases," 2000, Journal of Empirical Finance

Personal
  Married Heidi, a 1980 graduate of GCC, in 1981
  Children: Stephanie and Nathaniel