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Richard D. Gritta

Richard D. Gritta

Background Narrative

Richard D. Gritta is a Professor of Finance at the University of Portland?s Pamplin School of Business. He earned his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, his M.B.A from Indiana University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. He teaches courses in financial management and investments. His research interests include air carrier Bankruptcy forecasting and risk/return in air transportation. He has published over 90 refereed articles in such journals are the Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Transportation Journal, Logistics and Transportation Review, Financial Management, Handbook of Transport Strategy, Policy and Institutions, Journal of Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy, and others. He is currently Associate Editor-Air Transportation for the Journal of the Transportation Research Forum and acts as advisor to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D.-Oregon: U.S. Senate Aviation Subcommittee) on airline matters. He was a Senior Fulbright Fellow to the Warsaw School of Economics, Poland in 1996 and is now the Fulbright Advisor for UP. He has appeared on national TV on the CBS Evening News, ABC Nightly News, ABC Nightline, CNN Headlines News, FOX News, and is a semi-regular on NPR. He has been quoted dozens of times in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, U.S News and World Report, Time Magazine and in hundreds of interviews for newspapers across the country and around the world (Liberation-Paris, Les Echo-Paris, Il Sole-Milan, Financial Times-London, Suddeduestche Zeitsung-Munich, etc.).

Education
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Univ Maryland Upwbnd
  • Master of Business Admin., Indiana University East Campus
  • Bachelor of Business Admin., Univ Notre Dame
Awards
  • Senior Fulbright Scholar (Spring/Summer 1996). Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
  • Who's Who in Higher Education (2003).
  • Who's Who in the World (1978).
  • Who's Who in Finance & Industry (1976).
  • Who's Who in the West (1978).
  • National Best Paper Award (1994). Canadian Transportation Research Forum National Award
  • Burlington Northern Research Award (1986). University of Portland
  • National Best Paper Award (1987). Regional Common Carrier Award
Publications
  • Assessing the Financial Condition of the Major U.S. Passenge . Credit and Financial Management Review , 41-52.
  • Air Carrier Financial Condition: A Review of Discriminant, . Handbook of Transport Strategy, Policy and Institutions , 547-560.
  • Business, Financial and Total Risk in Air Transport: A Compa . Journal of the Transportation Research Forum , 149-156.
  • An Assessment of the Financial Condition of Large Regional U . Credit and Financial Management Review , 18-25.
  • Small U.S. Air Carrier Financial Condition: A Back Propagati . Journal of the Transportation Research Forum , 35-46.
  • The Growth and Development of the U.S. Third Party Logistics . Canadian Supply Chain and Logistics Journal , 41-71.
  • The Effects of Operating and Financial Leverage on the Stabi . Transportation Quarterly , 7-22.
  • Air Carrier Financial Fitness: An Assessment Over the 1966-1 . Journal of the Transportation Research Forum , 171-181.
  • Forecasting Small Air Carrier Bankruptcies Using a Neural Ne . Journal of Financial Analysis and Management , 44-49.
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average: Statistical Problems with . Journal of Foreign Exchange and International Finance , 125-137.
  • The Application of Artificial Intelligence to Predicting Ban . Journal of Air Transport Management , 81-86.
  • Assessing the Financial Strength of Stocks Listed on the War . Journal of Foreign Exchange and International Finance , 41-48.
  • Measuring the Degrees of Operating, Financial, and Combined . Transportation Law Journal , 51-71.
  • Financial Leases and the Effects on Financial Leverage in th . The Japanese Journal of Economics , 415-423.
  • Lease Capitalization and the Effects on Debt Ratios of the U . Transportation Law Journal , 1-14.
  • The Impact of the Capitalization of Leases on Financial Anal . Logistics and Transportation Review , 189-202.
  • The Causes and Effects of Business and Financial Risk in Air . Journal of Transportation Management , 127-149.
  • A New Approach to Forecasting Financial Distress in Air Tran . Journal of the Transportation Research Forum , 371-376.
  • Market Share, Costs and Profit Relationships in the Airline . Atlantic Economic Journal
  • Market Share, Costs and Profit Relationships in the Airline . Journal of the Transportation Research Forum , 223-227.
  • Estimating the Bankruptcy Risks Facing Class I and II Motor . Journal of Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy , 352-363.
  • Airline Financing Policies in a Deregulated Environment . Transportation Journal , 37-48.
  • The Definition and Measurement of Financial Fitness in the T . Journal of the Transportation Research Forum , 319-324.
  • Deregulation and Concentration in Air Transportation . Transportation Research Forum , 6-11.
  • Motor Carrier Bankruptcy Propensities: An Industry Assessmen . Transportation Research Forum , 431-433.
  • Risks in the U.S. Airline Industry: Pre and Post Deregulatio . Transportation Research Forum , 434-440.
  • Motor Carrier Bankruptcy in an Uncertain Environment . Transportation Law Journal , 39-57.
  • Airline Bankruptcy Propensities: A ZETA Analysis, . Transportation Research Forum , 150-154.
  • Air Carrier Financial Strategies: A Contrast . Transportation Research Forum , 684-691.
  • Bankruptcy Risks Facing the Major U.S. Airlines . Journal of Air Law and Commerce , 89-108.
  • The Effects of Financial Leverage on Air Carrier Earnings: A . Financial Management , 72-73.
  • The Significance of the Operating Ratio in Air Transportatio . Transportation Research Forum , 177-180.
  • The Effects of Financial Leverage on Air Carrier Earnings: A . Financial Management , 53-60.
  • Financial Leverage and Optimal Air Carrier Financing Pattern . Distribution Research in the 1980s , 78-86.
  • An Unresolved Issue in Setting the Cost of Capital to the U. . Journal of Air Law and Commerce , 65-74.
  • Profitability and Risk in Air Transportation versus Other In . Transportation Law Journal , 197-208.
  • Debt Finance and Volatility in Rates of Return in Air Transp . Transportation Law Journal , 73-78.
  • Capitalizing Net Leases: A Comment . Management Accounting , 37-39.
  • Risk and the 'Fair Rate of Return' in Air Transportation . Transportation Journal , 41-45.
  • Solvency and Financial Stress in Air Transportation . Transportation Law Journal , 139-146.
  • The Impact of the Capitalization of Leases on Financial Anal . Financial Analysts' Journal , 41-45.
  • Aircraft Leasing: Panacea or Problem?, . Transportation Law Journal , 9-20.
  • Review of Air Carrier Bankruptcy Forecasting Methodologies . Credit and Financial Management Review (2006) , 11-30.
  • Operating and Financial Leverage on the Major US Air Carrier . Journal of the Transportation Research Forum (2006)
  • Review and Critique of the CAB's Domestic Passenger . Transportation Law Journal (1977) , 309-336.
  • Long-Run Dynamic Equilibrium Between Air Carrier Cap. . National Social Science Journal (2007)
  • Air Cargo Shipments and Regional Employment . Journal of Business & Economic Research , 27-44.
  • Instability of the Profitability of the Major U.S. Domestic . Credit and Financial Management Review , 21-28.
  • An Empirical Examination of the Effects of Inflation and Hed . Journal of Business and Economic Research , 11-28.
  • The Use of Genetic Algorithms in Forecasting Airline Financi . Credit and Financial Management Review
  • Gauging the Financial Condition of the Major U.S. Air Carrie . Journal of Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy , 116-122.
Professional Affiliations
  • Air Transport Research Society 1998-present
  • Transportation Research Forum 1979-present
  • Transportation Association of Portland, Oregon 1994-present
  • Financial Management Association 1972-1999
  • American Finance Association 1972-1986
  • Financial Analyst' Federation 1973-1977
  • American Society of Transportation and Logistics 1972-1984
  • National Association of Accountants 1976-1984

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