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Professional Preparation
Ph.D. - Finance University of Texas at Austin - 2002
M.S. - Economics Texas A&M University - 1997
B.S. - Engineering Economics Tianjin University - 1993
Publications
Conflicts of Interest in Sell-Side Research and the Moderating Role of Institutional Investors. With A. Ljungavist, F,. Marston, L.T. Starks, K.D. Wei and H. Yan. Journal of Financial Economics. 85.2. (2007): 420-456. 2007 - Publication
Participation Costs and the Sensitivity of Fund Flows to Past Performance. With Jennifer Huang and Hong Yan. Journal of Finance. 62.3. (2007): 1273-1311. 2007 - Publication
Appointments
Assistant Professor The University of Texas at Dallas [2006–Present]
Assistant Professor SUNY-Binghamton [2002–2006]
Assistant Instructor The University of Texas at Austin [2001–2002]
Research Assistant The University of Texas at Austin [1998–2001]
Research Assistant Texas A&M University [1995–1997]
Additional Information
Professional recognitions and honors (study, teaching, research, service)
New York State/United University Professions Individual Development Award, 2005
Best Paper Award for “Cross-Border Mergers and Differences in Corporate Governance”, 2004, FMA European Conference
Professional Memberships
American Finance Association, 2002-present
Western Finance Association, lifetime member
Financial Management Association, 2000-present
Invited presentations at professional meetings
Conference presentations (including presentations by coauthors):
American Finance Association annual meetings – 2010 (upcoming)
China International Conference in Finance – 2009, 2005
European Finance Association annual meetings– 2004
Financial Management Association – 2008, 2005, 2002, 2001
Institutional Investor Conference at the University of Texas – 2007
Journal of Financial Economics/NY FED/Ohio State University Conference – 2004
Rotterdam School of Management 3rd One-Day Conference on Professional Asset Management – 2009
Second annual Paul Woolley Centre conference at London School of Economics – 2009
Seventh Maryland Finance Symposium – 2007
Tenth Annual Mitsui Life Symposium at University of Michigan – 2005
Texas Finance Festival – 2005
Western Finance Association annual meetings: 2009, 2006, 2005
Conference Discussions:
Financial Management Association Annual Meetings – 2008, 2006, 2001
Lone Star Symposium – 2008
Rotterdam School of Management 3rd One-Day Conference on Professional Asset Management – 2009
The 19th Financial Economics and Accounting Conference – 2008
Western Finance Association Annual Meetings – 2007
An examination of counterintuitive investor behavior has won a best paper award for three Naveen Jindal School of Management finance professors. The trio investigated the puzzle of why actively managed mutual funds attract more investment dollars even though they generally perform more poorly than their passively managed counterparts.
Associate Professors Valery Polkovnichenko and Feng Zhao and Assistant Professor Kelsey Wei took home the Best Paper Award from the 2013 Asian Conference of the Financial Management Association International for their research.