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Alex Fayman

Associate Professor of Finance

College of Business

Bio

Dr. Fayman obtained a PhD in Financial Markets and Institutions from Southern Illinois University and then worked for 11 years at University of Central Arkansas. He moved to Denver and joined the MSU Denver faculty in August 2018. His research interests center around banking and financial institutions and corporate finance.

Degree

PhD in Finance

Southern Illinois University

MBA

Southern Illinois University of Carbondale

BA in Biology

Knox College

Published Works

  • Elsey, A., Cheng, S., Fayman, A. (2025). The Impact of the Community Reinvestment Act Rankings on Bank Performance. [Manuscript submitted for publication].
  • Cheng, S., Fayman, A. . Community Banks and U.S. State-Level Politics. (in press).
  • Cheng, S., Fayman, A. (2023). U.S. State Politics and Bank Performance. The Banking and Finance Review, 14(1), 13-24. .
  • Chen, S., Fayman, A., Mayes, T. (2023). U.S. Community Banks post the 2008 Financial Crisis: A Logit Regression Analysis. International Journal of Finance & Banking Studies, 12(1), 10-20. https://doi.org/10.20525/ijfbs.v12i1.2366.
  • Fayman, A. (2023). Politics, Banking and the Covid Pandemic. Managerial Finance.
  • Fayman, A., Chen, S., Mayes, T. (2022). Community Banks versus National Banks: post the Great Recession. Economic Notes-Review of Banking, Finance and Monetary Economics, 51(2). .
  • Fayman, A., Chen, S., Mayes, T. (2022). Elimination of the Reserve Requirement: Impact on Liquidity at Community Banks vs. Non-Community Banks. Managerial Finance, 48(6), 939-952. https://doi.org/10.1108/MF-09-2021-0441.
  • Fayman, A., Hernandez-Julian, R., Mayes, T. (2020). Population Density and Performance of Community and Non-Community Banks in the U.S.. The Banking and Finance Review, 12-14. .
  • Fayman, A., Chen, S., Camp, L. P. (2019). The New Face of Commercial Banking. Banking and Finance Review, 11(1), 31-58. .
  • Fayman, A., He, L., Casey, M. (2018). Politics in banking: does political party control impact bank risk and return?. Managerial Finance, 44(2), 1-12. .
  • Noel, C., Fayman, A., Fayman, A. (2014). The impact of government imposed market frictions on U.S. bank portfolio allocations. American Journal of Management, 14(3), 51-63. .
  • Jessica, D., Fayman, A., Jamie, M. (2011). An empirical examination of the stated purposes of issuer tender offers to purchase common stock. Financial Management, 40(4), 941-972. .
  • Campbell, N., Heriot, K., Fayman, A. (2011). Growth in the number of firms and the Economic Freedom Index in a dynamic model of the U.S. States. Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research, 12(2), 51-54. .
  • Campbell, N., Fayman, A., Rogers, T. (2011). Improving recession forecasts with business loan data for commercial banks. Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, 301-41. .
  • Campbell, N., Fayman, A., K. C., H. (2011). Including U.S. State government regulation in the Economic Freedom of North America Index. Journal of Private Enterprise, XXV(2), 165-186. .
  • Fayman, A., He, L. (2011). Prepayment risk and bank performance. Journal of Risk Finance, 12(1), 26-40. .
  • Fayman, A., Jamie, M. (2011). The effect of employee and CEO participation on the success of the six-and-one stock option exchanges. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting.
  • Marcia, C., Fayman, A., Hassan, T. (2011). Dividends, maturity and acquisitions: Evidence from a sample of bank IPOs.. Review of Financial Economics, 20(1), 11-21. .
  • Fayman, A. (2010). Introduction to Economic Freedom of North America Index. (). Fraiser Institute.
  • Fayman, A. (2009). A look at bank lending and performance leading up to the credit crisis. . Journal of Global Business.
  • Fayman, A. (2009). Large banks versus small banks: Are they really that different?. Journal of Economic and Social Policy, 13(1), 1-12. .
  • Fayman, A., He, L. (2008). Prepayment risk and bank performance in rising and falling interest rate environments. Bank Accounting and Finance, 21(5), 34-38. .

Research Interests

Financial markets and institutions and corporate finance.

Teaching Interests

Financial markets and institutions and corporate finance.