Background Information

• Doctor of Philosophy, 1990, Drexel University, Finance, Econometrics
• Master of Business Administration, 1986, Drexel University, Finance
• Bachelor’s of Arts, 1983, Lafayette College, Engineering

Refereed Articles

• Ratner, M. & Chou, J. A. (2011).  The Influence of Confucius on Intellectual Property Rights in China.  Journal of Emerging Markets.
• Ratner, M. (2010).  Causality Tests of the Relationship between Foreign Exchange Rates and U.S. Stock Sector Returns.  American Business Review, 23 (1), 69-77.
• Ratner, M., Meric, I., & Meric, G. (2009).  An Examination of the Decoupling of Emerging Markets from the U.S. Equity Market.  Journal of Emerging Markets, 14 (1), 7-23.
• Ratner, M., Meric, I., Meric, G., & Nygren, L. (2008).  Co-Movements of Latin American Equity Markets Before and After September 11, 2001.  Latin American Business Review.
• Ratner, M., Meric, I., & Meric, G. (2008).  Global Diversification with Ishares Country Index Funds.  Global Business and Finance Review.
• Ratner, M. & Klein, S. (2008).  The Portfolio Implications of Gold Investment.  Journal of Investing, 17 (1), 77-87.
• Meric, I., Ratner, M., & Meric, G. (2008).  Co-movements of Sector Index Returns in the World's Major Stock Markets During Bull and Bear Markets: Portfolio Diversification Implications.  International Review of Financial Analysis, 17 (1), 156-177.

Refereed Proceedings
Full Paper

• Ratner, M. (2008).  Causality Tests of the Relationship between Foreign Exchange Rates and U.S. Stock Sector Returns. American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences.

Book Chapters

• Ratner, M. (2008). "An Intertemporal Analysis of Optimal International Asset Allocation",  In Cheng F. Lee and Alice C. Lee (Ed.) Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management New Series, 2008 Volume 3, (pp. 1-16). North Brunswick, NJ:  Center for Pacific Basin Business, Economics, and Finance Research.

Presentation of Refereed Papers
International

• Meric, I., Ratner, M., & Meric, G. (2008, June). Using Country Betas, CAPM, and the Markowitz Mean-Variance Optimization Methodology to Evaluate the Global Diversification Benefits of Investing in Ishares Country Index Funds for U.S. Investors. European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies, London, United Kingdom.
• Meric, I., Ratner, M., & Meric, G. (2008, May). Ishares Country Index Funds: Risks, Returns, and Portfolio Diversification Opportunities. Global Finance Conference, Hangzhou, China.

National

• Ratner, M. (2010, April). Commodities as an Asset Class: a Time-Varying Analysis of Investment Performance. Eastern Finance Association, Miami Beach, Florida.
• Ratner, M., Meric, I., & Meric, G. (2009, April). An Examination of the Decoupling of Emerging Markets from the U.S. Equity Market. Eastern Finance Association, Washington, District of Columbia.
• Ratner, M. (2008). Causality Tests of the Relationship between Foreign Exchange Rates and U.S. Stock Sector Returns. American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Honors/Awards
Awards 

• 2010:  Davis Fellowship Award.
• 2008:  Summer Fellowship Rider University
• 2006:  Davis Fellowship Award
• 2006:  Summer Fellowship-Research
• 2003:  Summer Research Award Rider University
• 1999:  Summer Research Fellowship Award Rider University
• 1997:  Recipient of the Business Association of Latin American Studies (BALAS) Thunderbird Award. This award recognizes the best paper presented at the annual conference out of 125 papers presented Best Paper Award
• 1994:  Recipient of the Business Association of Latin American Studies (BALAS) Sion Raveed Award - This award recognizes the best research paper presented at the annual conference where 130 papers were presented Sion Raveed Award
• 1993:  Davis Fellowship Award- SBA
• 1991:  Dean's Recognition Award for Scholarly Research - SBA
• 1991:  Summer Research Award

Honors

• 2010:  Granted Faculty Research Leave Rider University
• 2006:  Granted Faculty Research Leave
• 2002:  Granted Faculty Research Leave
• 2002:  Jesse H. Harper Professorship
• 1998:  Granted Faculty Research Leave
• 1996:  To conduct research on emerging stock markets Summer Research Fellowship Award
• 1995:  To conduct research on emerging stock markets Summer Research Fellowship Award
• 1992:  Phi Beta Delta - Honor Society for International Scholars - Rider University Chapter - Elected April 1992 Phi Beta Delta
• 1991:  Elected April 1991 as Faculty Brother Delta Sigma Pi National Business Honor Fraternity - Rider University Chapter.