Dr. Oscar Varela is the Charles R. and Dorothy S. Carter Chair in Business Administration and Professor of Finance at the University of Texas at El Paso. He was previously at the University of New Orleans, where he is an Emeritus Professor of Finance, and at Colorado State University. His Ph.D. in Finance is from the University of Alabama. Dr. Varela, a Chartered Financial Analyst, has research interests in international finance, corporate finance and investments. He has authored two recently published books, "Financial Analysis, Corporate Valuation and Capital Formation", and "International Finance in the World", and with numerous articles in academic journals, was identified as a "Prolific Author in Finance" in Heck and Cooley's list of "most prolific authors in the finance literature: 1959-2008" that includes "a small minority of thousands of authors" during this period. In his career, Dr. Varela has received many outstanding teaching and research awards from his universities and at professional conferences.

• College of Business Excellence in Doctoral Instruction - Business College Council, College of Business, UTEP (04/12/2013)
• UTEP College of Business NOMINEE for “Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation Award for Superior Teaching at the College Level” (01/01/2012-12/31/2012)
• Finance Outstanding Research Award for 2010, College of Business Administration, University of Texas at El Paso, awarded April 19, 2012 - College of Business, UTEP (04/19/2012)
• College of Business Excellence in Ph.D. Instruction - Business College Council, College of Business, UTEP (04/14/2011)
• Listed as one of the "Most Prolific Authors in the Finance LIterature" in Heck, Jean L. and Cooley, Philip L., Most Prolific Authors in the Finance Literature: 1959-2008 (March 8, 2009). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract= - Heck, Jean L. and Cooley, Philip L., Most Prolific Authors in the Finance Literature: 1959-2008 (01/01/2009-12/31/2009)
• UTEP College of Business Competitive Research Grant, Summer-Fall 2009, $12,000 - UTEP's College of Business (01/01/2009-12/31/2009)
• UTEP College of Business Competitive Research Grant, Summer-Fall 2008, $12,000 - UTEP's College of Business (01/01/2008-12/31/2008)
• Graduate Enhancement Faculty Summer Fellowship ($6000) - University of New Orleans College of Business (01/01/2005-12/31/2005)
• University of New Orleans College of Business Researcher of the Year (with a $1,000 prize), 2003-04 (01/01/2004-12/31/2004)
• Best Paper in Finance II Investment Track - American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (ASBBS) Conference, Al-Rjoub, Samer A. M., M. Kabir Hassan and Oscar Varela, "January Reversals in the U.S. Weekend Effect." Las Vegas, NV (02/21/2004)
• Researcher of the Year - University of New Orleans College of Business (01/01/2003-12/31/2003)
• Sabbatical Leaves for Contributions to Ph.D. Program and Dissertation Production: Fall 1988, Fall 1995, Fall 2002 - University of New Orleans College of Business (01/01/2002-12/31/2002)
• Lecturer in Finance and International Finance, UNO-Jamaica Executive MBA Program, Kingston, Jamaica (07/23/2001)
• Undergraduate Student Appreciation Certificate of Recognition - University of New Orleans College of Business' Undergraduate Students (04/27/2001)
• Best Paper in International Finance - Southwestern Finance Association - SWFAD Conference, $1,000 prize: Haque, Mahfuzul, M. Kabir Hassan, and Oscar Varela, "Stability, Predictability and Volatility of Latin American Emerging Stock Markets." New Orleans, LA (03/01/2001)
• University of New Orleans College of Business Teacher of the Year (with a $1,000 prize) (01/01/2000-12/31/2000)
• Best Paper in International Finance - Global Finance Conference, $1,000 prize: Zuobao Wei and Oscar Varela, "State Equity Ownership and Firm Performance: Evidence from China's Newly Privatized Firms." Chicago, Ill. (04/21/2000)
• Lecturer in International Finance, Executive MBA Program, University of New Orleans (11/19/1999)
• Lecturer in International Finance, UNO-Jamaica Executive MBA Program, Kingston, Jamaica (09/29/1999)
• Lecturer in International Finance, UNO-Jamaica Executive MBA Program, New Orleans (09/29/1999)
• Lecturer in Finance, Ochsner Clinic Executive Management Program for Medical Doctors, New Orleans (05/04/1999)
• Lecturer in International Finance, Executive MBA Program, University of New Orleans (10/30/1998)
• Lecturer in International Finance, Executive MBA Program, University of New Orleans (10/24/1998)
• Lecturer in Finance, Ochsner Clinic Executive Management Program for Medical Doctors, New Orleans (10/01/1998)
• Lecturer in Finance, Ochsner Clinic Executive Management Program for Medical Doctors, New Orleans (09/16/1998)
• Faculty Initiative for Technology in Teaching Award - University of New Orleans -Office of Provost (08/01/1998-08/31/1998)
• Lecturer in Finance and International Finance, UNO-Jamaica Executive MBA Program, Kingston, Jamaica (04/17/1998)
• University of New Orleans College of Business Professor of the Year (with a $1,000 prize), 1996-97 (01/01/1997-12/31/1997)
• Lecturer in Finance, Ochsner Clinic Executive Management Program for Medical Doctors, New Orleans (11/06/1997)
• Lecturer in Finance, Ochsner Clinic Executive Management Program for Medical Doctors, New Orleans (10/21/1997)
• Lecturer in International Finance, Executive MBA Program, University of New Orleans (08/01/1997)
• Lecturer (delivered in Spanish) in International Financer, Escuela de Ingenieria Comercial, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile (05/26/1997)
• Sabbatical Leaves for Contributions to Ph.D. Program and Dissertation Production: Fall 1988, Fall 1995, Fall 2002 - University of New Orleans College of Business (01/01/1995-12/31/1995)
• Provost Budget 1994 Open Summer Research Grant for Contributions to Ph.D. Program and Dissertation Production ($7000) - University of New Orleans College of Business (01/01/1994-12/31/1994)
• Outstanding Faculty Award - Beta Gamma Sigma Honorary Business Society, College of Business Administration, University of New Orleans (01/01/1989-12/31/1989)
• Sabbatical Leaves for Contributions to Ph.D. Program and Dissertation Production: Fall 1988, Fall 1995, Fall 2002 - University of New Orleans College of Business (01/01/1988-12/31/1988)
• Lecturer in Personal Finance and International Finance, UNO-Innsbrook Summer Program, Innsbrook, Austria (07/24/1984)
• Outstanding Faculty Member in the College of Business Administration Award - Colorado State University Business College Council (01/01/1982-12/31/1982)
• Outstanding Faculty Member - College of Business Award - Delta Sigma Pi Professional Business Fraternity, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA (05/01/1980-05/31/1980)
• Delta Sigma Pi (Eta Iota Chapter), member (01/01/1976-12/31/1976)
• Outstanding Faculty Member - College of Business Award - Delta Sigma Pi Professional Business Fraternity, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA (05/01/1976-05/31/1976)
• Omicron Delta Epsilon, member (01/01/1973-12/31/1973)
• Phi Kappa Phi, member (01/01/1973-12/31/1973)

• Ph D in Finance, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa (1981)
• MA in Finance, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa (1980)
• MA in Economics, University of New Orleans (1974)
• BS in Economics, University of New Orleans (1971)

• The Effects of Lines of Credit on Market Timing and the Underpricing of Seasoned Equity Offerings Review of Accounting and Finance 18 1 (in press), Anh D. Ngo, Oscar Varela, Feixue Xie.
• The Effects of Lines of Credit on Market Timing and the Underpricing of Seasoned Equity Offerings Review of Accounting and Finance 18 1 (in press), Anh D. Ngo, Oscar Varela, Feixue Xie.
• The Seen and the Unseen: Economics and Opportunity Costs Alfagramas Ediciones III Chapter 9 (2019), Oscar Varela.
• Competition and Exposure of Returns to the C-CAPM Studies in Economics and Finance 35 4 (2018), Hussein Abdoh, Oscar Varela.
• Product Market Competition, Cash Flow and Corporate Investments Managerial Finance 44 2 (2018), Hussein Abdoh, Oscar Varela.
• "'Agency Costs" When Agents Perform Better than Owners Finance Research Letters 23 (2017), Oscar Varela.
• Product Market Competition, Idiosyncratic Volatility and Systematic Risk Journal of Corporate Finance 43 April 2017 (2017), Hussein Abdoh, Oscar Varela.

• The Effects of Lines of Credit on Market Timing and the Underpricing of Seasoned Equity Offerings (2018), Volume San Diego, CA, Anh D. Ngo, Oscar Varela, Feixue Xie.

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