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Academic Background

B.A., economics and political science, St. Cloud State University
Ph.D., economics, Iowa State University

Research Specialties

• Business valuation
• Derivatives
• Entrepreneurship
• Publicly financed projects
• U.S. economy
  

Current Research

•  Derivatives / financial markets
• Macroeconomics

Major Works

• Lundsten, L., M. Daugherty, J. Shovein, M. Sullivan, H. Beckmann, and D. Vang, "Why Don’t We Just Ask Them--Do Finance Practitioners Read Academic Research?" Humanomics, forthcoming.
• Glac, K., J. Skirry, and D. Vang, "What is So Morbid about Viaticals?" Business & Professional Ethics Journal 31:3-4 (2012): 453-473.
• "OHNo Swim Club: Organizational Governance and Mission." In Introduction to Nonprofit Management: Text and Cases, edited by W. Glenn Rowe and Mary Conway Dato-On, 67-72. Ivey, California: Sage Publishing, 2013.
• Lutz, H. S., David O. Vang and W. D. Raffield, "Using Game Theory to Predict Supply Chain Cooperation," Performance Improvement Journal 51:3 (2012): 19-23.
• Jithendranathan, T. and David O. Vang, "Impact of Single Stock Futures on the Volatility of Underlying Russian Stocks," Global Business and Financial Review 15:2 (2010): 156-168. 
• Hamilton, T. and David O. Vang, "Appraising Leased Assets: A Needed Correction to WSATA Procedures," Tax Management Real Estate Journal 25:9 (2009): 212-220.
• Odinaeva, L. V., David O. Vang and T. Jithendranathan, "Spatial Integration and Price Volatility of Russian Regional Wheat Markets," International Journal of Business & Economics Perspectives 4 (2009): 18-32.
• Hamilton, T. and David O. Vang, "Accounting for Operating Leases in the Unit Valuation Approach," Journal of Property Tax Assessment & Administration 4:3 (2008): 25-35.
• Hamilton, T. and David O. Vang, "Partitioning Capitalization Rates: Operating Leases in Unitary Valuation," Appraisal Journal 75:2 (2007): 146-155.
• Cornwall, J. R., David O. Vang and J. Hartman. Entrepreneurial Finance: An Applied Approach, 3rd edition, M. E. Sharp, 2012. 

Books

• Cornwall, J. R., D. Vang and J. Hartman. "Entrepreneurial Financial Management: An Applied Approach," 3rd edition, M.E. Sharp, 2012.

Significant Scholarly Honors

• Outstanding educator award, Iowa State College of Business, 1988