Department Chair of Finance and Real Estate, Professor of Finance
- PhD, Arizona State University, Tempe, Finance
- MS, Iowa State University, Economics
- BA, University of Northern Iowa, Economics
Marko Svetina is a professor of finance and department chair of finance and real estate at the University of San Diego's Knauss School of Business. His research interests include exchange-traded funds (ETFs), mergers and acquisitions (domestic and cross-border), the impact of local clienteles on the precision of analyst forecasts and share repurchases. His work has been published in the Journal of Applied Finance, Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Managerial and Decision Economics and Managerial Finance.
Marko has taught financial management and investment courses at the undergraduate level and investment banking and financial management and analysis in the MBA program.
Awards
- University Professor, 2016
- Master's in Finance Professor of the Year, 2016
- MBA Outstanding Professor, 2016
- Graduate Business Professor of the Year, 2015
- MBA Outstanding Professor, 2015
- School of Business Teaching Award, 2014
- MBA Outstanding Professor, 2014
- Graduate Business Professor of the Year, 2014
- Steber Fellowship, 2013-12
- Graduate Business Professor of the Year, 2013
- Master's of Global Leadership Professor of Impact, 2013
- Faculty Dual Excellence Award, 2011
- Graduate Business Professor of the Year, 2010
- MBA Cohort Outstanding Professor, 2010
- IMBA Cohort Outstanding Professor, 2009
Selected Publications
- Deshpande, S., Svetina, M., Zhu, P. (2025) CEO and CFO conscientiousness and working capital management during global financial crisis, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 45, 101026.
- Deshpande, S., Svetina, M., Zhu, P. (2025) CEO and CFO Conscientiousness and Working Capital Management during Global Financial Crisis, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 45.
- Svetina, M. (2023) Mutual Fund Use of Leverage, Journal of Business Leadership.
- Croom, S., Svetina, M. (2023) Psychometric properties of the psychopathic personality inventory: Application to high-functioning business population, Current Psychology, 42(1), 460-469.
- Croom, S., Svetina, M. (2020) Psychometric Properties of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory: Application to High-functioning Business Population, Current Psychology.