Kirt C. Butler
Associate Professor
Finance
Phone: (517) 432-0035
Email: butler@bus.msu.edu
Personal Website: http://www.msu.edu/~butler
PhD Michigan State University
Vita
Research interests/Areas of expertise
- International investments; corporate finance; and global strategy
Bio(s)
- Kirt C. Butler specializes in international and corporate finance and global strategy. He joined the MSU faculty in 1985 after completing his doctorate in finance at MSU. He also holds a M.S. degree in Computer Science from the College of Engineering and a B.A. in Psychology from the Honors College at MSU.
Professor Butler's research has appeared in a variety of academic and practitioner journals including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Portfolio Management, Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, and Journal of International Money and Finance. His academic research has been profiled in Time and Money magazines, on the CNN and CNBC websites, and elsewhere. His textbook Multinational Finance (SouthWestern College Publishing, 3nd edition, 2004) is widely used at major international universities. He won the College of Business's Withrow Teacher/Scholar Award in 2001 and the Department of Finance's "Excellence in Teaching" Award in 2003.
Professor Butler is also a Sensei of Okinawan Shido-kan (Shorin Ryu) Karate, with more than 25 years of experience and a rank of seventh degree black belt.