Faculty/Staff

Richard Borghesi

Richard Borghesi

Professor
borghesi@usf.edu
Campus: Sarasota-Manatee
Room: C220
Phone: 941-359-4524

Richard Borghesi is a professor of finance in the Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance. Borghesi’s research interests include corporate finance, compensation in collegiate athletics, betting markets and corruption, and prediction markets. His work has been covered by national and international news organizations including ESPN, Fox News, and Voice of America, and featured in periodicals such as The Atlantic, The Economist, The Guardian, and The Washington Post.

Borghesi earned a PhD in finance from the University of Florida and an MBA from Loyola University Chicago.

Teaching

  • Advanced Financial Management

  • Financial Management

  • Financial Modeling and Analytics

  • Principles of Finance

Research

  • Borghesi, Richard, Rodney Paul, and Andrew Weinbach, 2024. Point Shaving? A Novel Experiment and New Insights, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance 47, 100935.

  • Borghesi, Richard, Kiyoung Chang, Jong Chool Park, and Hakjoon Song, 2024. Labor Unions and Financial Statement Comparability, Finance Research Letters 62, 105193.

  • Borghesi, Richard, Andy Naranjo, and Michael Ryngaert, 2022. What are the Odds? Underdog Brands are Consumer Favorites, Economics Letters 221, 110914.

  • Borghesi, Richard and Kiyoung Chang (2020) "Economic Policy Uncertainty and Firm Value: The Mediating Role of Intangible Assets and R&D," Applied Economics Letters 27(13), 1087-1090
  • Borghesi, Richard, Kiyoung Chang, and Ying Li (2019) "Firm Value in Commonly Uncertain Times: The Divergent Effects of Corporate Governance and CSR," Applied Economics 51(43), 4726-4741

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  • Borghesi, Richard and Kiyoung Chang (2018) "Political Affiliation and Pay Slice: Do Blue CEOs Accept Less Green?" International Review of Finance 18(3), 452-461
  • Borghesi, Richard (2018) "Employee Political Affiliation as a Driver of Corporate Social Responsibility Intensity," Applied Economics 50(19), 2117-2132
  • Borghesi, Richard (2018) "The Financial and Competitive Value of NCAA Basketball Recruits," Journal of Sports Economics 19(1), 31-49
  • Borghesi, Richard (2017) "Liquidity, Overpricing, and the Tactics of Informed Traders," Journal of Economics and Finance 41(4), 701-713
  • Borghesi, Richard (2017) "Pay for Play: The Financial Value of NCAA Football Players," Applied Economics, 49(46), 4657-4667
  • Borghesi, Richard, Kiyoung Chang, and Jamshid Mehran (2016) "Simultaneous Board and CEO Diversity: Does it Increase Firm Value?" Applied Economics Letters 23(1), pp. 23-26
  • Borghesi, Richard (2015) "A Case Study in Sports Law Analytics: The Debate on Widespread Point Shaving,) Journal of Sports Analytics 1(1), pp. 87-89
  • Borghesi, Richard (2015) "Informed Traders and Balanced Books," Journal of Prediction Markets 9(2), 32-42

Service

  • Academic Grievance Committee, 2009-2010

  • Advisory Board, Centerstone of Florida, 2013-2018

  • Athletics Council, 2012-2015 (Presidential Appointment)

  • Awards and Rewards Committee, 2015-2016, 2016-2017 (Chair)

  • B.S. in Finance Program Review Task Force, 2020-2021

  • Business and Finance Consolidation Implementation Committee (Presidential Appointment), 2018-2019

  • Committee A, 2020-2021

  • Committee on AACSB Faculty Qualifications, 2013-2015 (Chair)

  • Committee to Align the General Business Minor, 2019-2020

  • Committee to Appoint a Research Administration Faculty Fellow, 2018

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  • Committee to Codify Requirements for AQ/PQ Status, 2013-2014 (Chair)

  • Constitution and Bylaws Committee, 2010-2015 (Chair), 2016-2018 (Chair), 2018-2020

  • Economics Instructor Search Committee, 2013-2014 (Chair)

  • Editorial Board, USFSM Research Magazine, 2017-2020

  • Educational Policies, Procedures, and Practices Consolidation Implementation Committee, 2018-2019

  • Faculty Research Database Project, 2010-2011

  • Faculty Senate, 2014-2016, 2016-2017 (Alternate)

  • Faculty Senate Executive Committee, 2010-2013

  • Finance Assistant Professor Search Committee, 2009-2010 (Chair)

  • Finance Instructor Search Committee, 2018-2019 (Chair)

  • Graduate Program Committee, 2011-2020

  • Interdisciplinary Graduate School Council, 2017-2018

  • Journal Qualification Committee, 2017-2018 (Chair), 2018-2020

  • Personal Financial Planning Program Instructor Search Committee, 2020-2021

  • Research and Scholarship Committee, 2021-2022

  • Rick’s Research Café, 2008-2018 (Organizer)

  • Risk Management/Insurance Faculty Search Committee, 2018-2019

  • Strategic Planning Committee, 2015-2020

  • System Faculty Council, 2014-2016

  • Task Force for Curriculum Consolidation & Integration, 2018-2019

  • Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2012-2013, 2013-2015 (Chair), 2015-2016, 2016-2017 (Chair), 2018-2019 (Chair), 2019-2020

  • Undergraduate Research Committee, 2012-2013