Rate My Professor Frank Kerins, Jr.

Frank Kerins, Jr., known professionally as Francis Kerins, serves as Professor in the Finance Option within the Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship at Montana State University. He earned his Ph.D. from Arizona State University in 1996, M.B.A. from the University of Washington in 1991, and M.S. from Montana Tech of the University of Montana in 1986. His research specializations encompass entrepreneurial finance, investments, and retirement and benefits issues. Kerins has been affiliated with Montana State University since at least 2007, contributing to the finance curriculum and student advising. He holds the CFA designation and has participated in faculty-led trips to New York City for student networking with financial firms.

Kerins has authored and co-authored several scholarly publications, including "Why are IPOs Underpriced? Evidence from Japan's Hybrid Auction-Method Offerings" (2007, Journal of Financial Economics), works in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis such as a 2004 article on page 385-405, and contributions to corporate governance and shareholder rights in corporate takeovers (2008). Other publications include studies on spin-offs and operating performance, new venture opportunity cost of capital and financial contracting (2000), and articles accepted in the Journal of Financial Education (2018) and on the corroboration role of management earnings forecasts in private loan markets (2022). He has collaborated on research grants related to regulation and applied economic analysis with colleagues Edward Gamble and Gary Caton. Kerins has chaired sessions at the Financial Education Association conferences, served on the Montana University System's Retirement committee, and presented as an investment expert at the Orser Speakers Forum. In 2025, he received the Milestones in Service Award recognizing 20 years at Montana State University. His work supports experiential learning in finance and entrepreneurial initiatives like TechRanch lectures.