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Professor of Finance
Tippie College of Business
Selected Awards & Honors
- Best Paper Award, China International Risk Forum, 2019
- Co-Investigator, grants from Research Grant Council of Hong Kong, 2014
- Co-investigator, grants from Research Grant Council of Hong Kong, 2013
- Crowell Research Award, 3rd Prize, PanAgora Asset Management, 2012
- Old Gold Fellowship, University of Iowa, 2008
- Annual Research Award, First Prize, INQUIRE Europe, 2007
- Outstanding Paper Award, International Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, 2007
- Research Grant, INUQIRE UK, 2007
- Best Paper Award, Geneva Association and International Insurance Society, 2006
- Research Grant, BSI Gamma Foundation, 2006
Selected Publications
- , , & (In Press). Can Mutual Funds Profit from the Post Earnings Announcement Drift? The Role of Competition. Journal of Banking and Finance.
- , , & (In Press). Does Operating Risk Affect Portfolio Risk? Evidence from Insurers' Securities Holding. Journal of Corporate Finance.
- , , & (2019). Corporate Disclosure, Analyst Forecast Dispersion, and Stock Returns. Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance 34 (1) 54-73.
- , , , & (In Press). Liquidity Premium in the Eye of Beholders: An Analysis of the Clientele Effect in the Corporate Bond Market. Management Science.
- , , & (2018). Quarter-end Holdings Markup and Mutual Fund Family Strategy: Evidence from China. Financial Research (Chinese) 455 (5) 154-171.
- , & (2017). Against the “Wisdom of Crowds”: The Investment Performance of Contrarian Funds, in“Portfolio Construction, Measurement, and Efficiency: Essays in Honor of Jack Treynor". pp. 431-453. Springer.
- , & (2016). R&D Spillover and Predictable Returns. Review of Finance 20 (5) 1769-1797.
- , & (2015). Uncommon Value: The Characteristics and Investment Performance of Contrarian Funds. Management Science 61 (10) 2394-2414.
- , , & (2014). Learning and Incentives: A Study Based on Analyst Response to Pension Underfunding. Journal of Banking and Finance 45 26-42.
- & (2013). Mutual Fund Skills and the Performance of Corporate Acquirers. Journal of Financial Economics 110 (2) 437-456.