Stephen Ciccone

Stephen Ciccone is the current Chair of the Department of Accounting and Finance and an Associate Professor of Finance. He holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Accounting from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. in Finance from Florida State University. He is a Certified Public Accountant, formerly employed by Arthur Andersen. He has been a professor at the University of New Hampshire since 2000. Among his research interests are stock return properties, analyst forecasts, and behavioral finance.

Education

• Ph.D., Finance, Florida State University
• M.S., Accounting, University of Florida
• B.S., Accounting, University of Florida

Courses Taught

• ACFI 650: Wildcat Investment Fund
• ACFI 702: Investments Analysis
• ACFI 750: Internships in Accounting
• ACFI 751: Internships in Finance
• ACFI 752: Ind Studies in Accounting
• ACFI 753: Independent Studies in Finance
• ADMN 570: Intro to Financial Management
• ADMN 830: Investments
• PAUL 695: Independent Study

Selected Publications

• Ciccone, S., Kaen, F. R., & Li, H. (2018). The Fortunes of War and Aircraft Manufacturer Stock Returns: The Case of the Korean War. Eastern Economic Journal, 44(2), 211-241. doi:10.1057/s41302-016-0077-7
• Ciccone, S. (2018). Investing During Major Depressions, Recessions, and Crashes. International Journal of Business Management and Commerce, 3(2), 1-6.
• Ciccone, S., & Kaen, F. R. (2016). The financial performance of aircraft manufacturers during world war II: the vicissitudes of war. Defence and Peace Economics, 27(6), 743-773. doi:10.1080/10242694.2014.922784
• Boulatoff, C., Boyer, C., & Ciccone, S. J. (2012). Voluntary Environmental Regulation and Firm Performance:
• The Chicago Climate Exchange. The Journal of Alternative Investments, 15(3), 114-122. doi:10.3905/jai.2012.15.3.114
• Ciccone, S. J. (2011). Investor Optimism, False Hopes and the January Effect. Journal of Behavioral Finance, 12(3), 158-168. doi:10.1080/15427560.2011.602197
• Ciccone, S. J. (2011). Analyst Forecasts, Forecasting Complexity, and Financial Distress. Financial Decisions, 23(1), 1-35.
• Ang, J. S., Ciccone, S. J., & Baker, H. K. (2009). Dividend Irrelevance Theory. In DIVIDENDS AND DIVIDEND POLICY (pp. 97-113). Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
• Ciccone, S. J. (2005). Trends in analyst earnings forecast properties. International Review of Financial Analysis, 14(1), 1-22. doi:10.1016/j.irfa.2004.06.001
• Ciccone, S. (2003). Does Analyst Optimism About Future Earnings Distort Stock Prices?. Journal of Behavioral Finance, 4(2), 59-64. doi:10.1207/s15427579jpfm0402_02
• J Ciccone, S. (2003). Forecast dispersion and error versus size, book-to-market ratio and momentum: A comparison of anomalies from 1992 to 2001. Journal of Asset Management, 3(4), 333-344. doi:10.1057/palgrave.jam.2240087