Gleason Professor of Business Administration; Professor of Economics and Management and of Finance; Area Coordinator, Competitive and Organizational Strategy

Office: CS-3-160L Carol Simon Hall
Phone: (585) 275-3433
Email: jim.brickley@simon.rochester.edu

Professor Brickley has research and teaching interests in the economics of organizations, corporate governance and compensation policy, corporate finance, franchising and banking. His papers have been published in the Journal of Business, the Jour­nal of Law and Economics, The Journal of Finance, the Journal of Ac­count­ing and Eco­nomics, the Journal of Financial Eco­nomics, the Journal of Economic Per­spec­tives, the Journal of Risk and Insurance, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Financial Management and the Journal of Corporate Finance. The fourth edition of Managerial Economics and Organiza­tional Architecture (authored by Brickley, Clifford W. Smith Jr. and Jerold L. Zimmerman) was published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin in 2006. Brickley, Smith, Zim­merman and Janice Willett authored a trade version of this text entitled Designing Organizations to Create Value, published by McGraw-Hill in 2003. Brickley is associate editor of finance and accounting journals. A study published in Financial Management (Autumn 2001) re­ported that Brickley was among the most cited researchers in leading finance journals over the 25-year period of 1974 to 1998 (top one percent out of a total of 12,637 individuals). In 2002, three of his published papers received the Journal of Financial Economics All Star Paper Award (based on number of citations through 2001).

From 1989 to 1991, he was chairman of the finance department and research director at the University of Utah’s Garn Institute of Finance. Prior to his position at the University of Utah, Brickley was an associate professor of economics at the Simon School. He is chairman of the Faculty Curriculum Com­mit­tee.

Brickley is a past winner of the Simon School’s Distinguished Teaching Award. He has also been listed on the School’s Teaching Honor Roll.

In addition to his academic achievements, Brickley has been a consultant to major corporations and law firms on organizational, franchising, valuations and antitrust issues. He has also held various positions in government in the state of Oregon, including executive director of the Jackson-Josephine County C.E.T.A. Program, public transportation planner for the Rogue Valley Council of Governments and economic analyst for an economic development district.

B.S., Economics, University of Oregon

M.S., Economics, University of Oregon

Ph.D., Finance, University of Oregon