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John R. Graham

John R. Graham

D. Richard Mead, Jr. Family Distinguished Professor of Business Administration
Fuqua School of Business
Box 90120, Durham, NC 27708-0120
ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1413-9495
417W Fuqua Sch of Bus, Durham, NC 27708

Academic Honors

Fellow

International American Finance Association · 2022

Fellow

International Financial Management Association · 2018

Jensen Prize, Best Corporate Finance Paper

International Journal of Financial Economics · 2016

Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award

National American Accounting Association · 2006

Researcher (NBER Family Members)

National National Bureau of Economic Research · 2006

Financial Accounting and Reporting Section-Best Paper Award

National American Accounting Association · 2006

Brattle Prizes in Corporate Finance

National American Finance Association · 2000

Sloan Research Fellowship-Economics

National Alfred P. Sloan Foundation · 2000

News Items

Published June 26, 2024
Fuqua CFO Survey: Companies Ramp Up Automation and AI as Inflation Persists
Published December 7, 2021
The CFO Survey: CFOs report rising costs that could last through 2022
Published October 14, 2021
Cost Pressures Mount Amid Widespread Supply Disruption and Labor Shortages
Published October 7, 2020
The CFO Survey Shows Expectation of Slow Recovery
Published September 25, 2020
Remembering RBG, Fearing a 'Twindemic' and Deep-Diving Whales: Duke in the News This Week
Published July 9, 2020
The CFO Survey: Business Confidence Beginning to Rebound
Published April 15, 2020
COVID-19 Drives CFO Optimism Down to Great Recession Levels
Published December 11, 2019
Survey: Half of US CFOs Expect Recession in 2020 As Election Looms
Published September 18, 2019
CFO Survey: Optimism Sinks to 3-Year Low; Recession Expected Before 2020 Election
Published June 12, 2019
Returns from CFO Survey: Recession Predicted in 2020 and Strong Support for Immigration Reform
Published April 17, 2019
Fuqua School of Business
Fuqua's CFO Survey: Recession Expected by Late 2020
Published June 13, 2018
Fuqua School of Business
Top of CFO Concerns: Hacking and Borrowing Costs, But Optimism Still High
Published March 7, 2018
Fuqua School of Business
CFO Survey: Firms Slow to Adopt Fintech; Tax Reform Boosts CFO Optimism
Published December 13, 2017
Fuqua School of Business
CFO Survey: Pending Tax Reform Prompts Spike in Business Optimism
Published September 8, 2017
Fuqua School of Business
CFO Survey: Tight Labor Market Slows Corporate Expansion, Drives up Wages
Published August 30, 2017
The Workplace of the Future
Published March 15, 2017
Fuqua School of Business
CFOs to Trump: Stop Tweeting, Lose the Border Tax, But Continue Some Reforms
Published December 7, 2016
CFO Survey: Trump's Win Boosts Business Optimism
Published September 15, 2016
CBS News, MoneyWatch
CFO survey: Political uncertainly likely to tighten the spigot on corporate spending even beyond election day
Published June 9, 2016
CNN Money
Duke survey: Political fears are depressing U.S. hiring and expansion plans
Published June 8, 2016
CFO Survey: Political Uncertainty Slows Nearly Half of U.S. Firms
Published June 8, 2016
Bloomberg
Hiring plans axed amid election-year uncertainty, U.S. CFOs say
Published June 8, 2016
The News & Observer
Duke CFO survey finds politics is hurting business spending
Published March 30, 2016
Computerworld
John Graham comments: California's $15-an-hour minimum wage may spur automation
Published March 15, 2016
Forbes
It's not every U.S. election that can destabilize the economy
Published March 10, 2016
Triad Business Journal
U.S. tumbling into a recession? Here are the odds ...
Published December 9, 2015
CFO Survey: Weak Business Spending Forecast; Employment Growth Continues
Published December 9, 2015
Bloomberg
Duke University/CFO Global Business Outlook: Optimism among U.S. companies eased in second half of 2015
Published November 13, 2015
Inc.
Why your company's culture is crucial to its value
Published September 25, 2015
Reuters
CFOs see earnings shenanigans in 20 percent of U.S. public firms
Published September 15, 2015
Fortune
John Graham quoted: 4 reasons why you should be worried about a Fed rate hike
Published September 11, 2015
The Wall Street Journal
Economy and risk give CFOs the blues, Duke says
Published September 10, 2015
Bloomberg
Companies plan to increase wages in U.S. as jobs hard to fill
Published September 10, 2015
CFO Survey: Labor Markets Tighten; Stock Market Still Overvalued
Published September 8, 2015
WRAL Tech Wire
Who's best presidential contender for business? Trump, say CFOs in Duke survey
Published September 4, 2015
CFO Survey: Trump, Fiorina Viewed as Best for Business
Published June 11, 2015
CBS News
John Graham on Duke study: Corporate execs expect fatter paychecks for workers
Published June 10, 2015
CFO Survey: Strong Hiring and Wage Growth Expected in U.S.
Published June 8, 2015
CBS News
Duke survey of CFOs: Percentage of companies that report systems hacked
Published June 5, 2015
New CFO Survey: More Than 80 Percent of Firms Say They've Been Hacked
Published May 13, 2015
Ideas That Move the World Forward: John Graham