Nathan Mauck

Nathan Mauck

Ph.D.

Professor of Finance · Henry W. Bloch School of Management
University of Missouri–Kansas City

My research and teaching span corporate finance, international finance, mergers and acquisitions, sovereign wealth funds, ESG, behavioral finance, and portfolio construction. I am a co-founder of Valu-U, an investor education platform, and serve as a Co-PI on the Critical Materials Crossroads (CMC), an NSF Engines finalist partnership advancing critical minerals manufacturing in the central Midwest.

Research

Corporate Finance Sovereign Wealth Funds ESG & CSR Mergers & Acquisitions Behavioral Finance International Finance Volatility Payout Policy Portfolio Construction

Special Issue Guest Editor — Sustainability (MDPI)

Sovereign Wealth Funds: Analyses and Implications · Cogent Economics & Finance, 2025  |  Sustainability Special Issue on ESG & Sustainable Finance, 2025–2026   View Special Issue →

Selected Publications (33 peer-reviewed)

  • 1
    Incorporating ESG to Create a Low-Volatility S&P 500 Index Fund
    with Clark & Krieger · Sustainability, 2026, 18(2)
  • 2
    Market Volatility and US-China Trade Policy: Evidence from the First Trump Administration
    with Pruitt & Zheng · Int'l Review of Accounting, Banking and Finance, 2025
  • 3
    Opportunity Costs and the Value of Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from Firm Dividend Policy
    with Krieger · Applied Economics Letters, 2024
  • 4
    Operating Income Via a Generalized Operating Leverage Model
    with Krieger & Lambert · Int'l Journal of Financial Studies, 2024
  • 5
    Words Matter: Market Responses to Changes in U.S. and Chinese Trade-Related Internet Search Frequency
    with Pruitt & Zhang · Global Finance Journal, 2022
  • 6
    The Coming Wave of Small Business Succession and the Role of Stakeholder Synergy Theory
    with Lindsey & Olsen · Global Finance Journal, 2021 — Lead Article
  • 7
    Are Government Owned Investment Funds Created Equal? Evidence from SWF Real Estate Acquisitions
    with Liu & Price · Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2020
  • 8
    Governance and International Investment: Evidence from Real Estate Holdings
    with Price · Journal of Real Estate Research, 2018
    🏆 ERES MSCI Prize — Best Paper in Real Estate Investment
  • 9
    Determinants of Cross-Border versus Domestic Real Estate Investment
    with Price · Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2017
    🏆 ARES Best Paper in Real Estate Portfolio Management
  • 10
    Determinants of Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment in Private Equity
    with Johan & Knill · Journal of International Business Studies, 2013
  • 11
    Bilateral Political Relations and Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment
    with Knill & Lee · Journal of Corporate Finance, 2012
  • 12
    Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment and the Return-to-Risk Relation of Target Firms
    with Knill & Lee · Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2012

Full list of 33 peer-reviewed publications available on Google Scholar.

Book Chapters

  • ·
    Behavioral Aspects of Portfolio Investments (Ch. 21)
    Financial Behavior: Players, Services, Products, and Markets, Oxford University Press, 2017
  • ·
    Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment and Firm Volatility (Ch. 13)
    The Oxford Handbook of Sovereign Wealth Funds, Oxford University Press, 2017

Selected Honors

  • ERES MSCI Prize — Best Paper in Real Estate Investment (2016)  ·  ARES Best Paper in Real Estate Portfolio Management (2015, 2018, 2019)  ·  UMKC Chancellor's Early Career Award for Excellence in Teaching (2015)  ·  Robert L. Virgil, Jr. Excellence in Teaching Award — Full-Time MBA (2017)  ·  Bloch School AI Fellows Grant (2025)

Media

2023 – 2026

2020 – 2022

Book

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Coming Soon

AI Co-Thinking: The Move from AI Dabbler to Co-Thinker

Nathan Mauck & Bob Greene

Most organizations are implementing AI without understanding what makes it transformative. This book offers a new framework built around nine components of human intelligence — and shows, in real time, what it looks like when AI augments each one. Written for professionals and leaders who want to move beyond the hype and experience genuine AI co-thinking firsthand.

Forthcoming on Amazon

Contact

Henry W. Bloch School of Management
University of Missouri–Kansas City
5110 Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO 64110

Email: mauckna@umkc.edu
Phone: (816) 235-6113