Anh Tran

Assistant Professor

Finance

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Education

PhD in Finance (minor in Statistics), University of Rochester
MS in Applied Economics, University of Rochester
MS in Finance, University of Utah
BE in Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology

Areas of Expertise

Asset pricing, mutual funds, and corporate governance. 

Teaching

FNCE 3303: Principles of Investments and Derivatives
FNCE 4410: Security Valuation and Portfolio Management

Publications

“Barking Up The Wrong Tree: Return-chasing in 401(k) Plans” (with Pingle Wang), Journal of Financial Economics, 2023, 148 (1), 69-90.

Selected working papers

“The Role of Financial Markets in Mitigating Credit Market Bubbles” (with E. Asparouhova, P. Bossaerts, and D. Lu), R&R at Journal of Financial Economics.

“Unveiling Mutual Funds’ Securities Lending Strategies: Value versus Volume” (with Shuaiyu Chen and Pingle Wang).

“SEC Monitoring and Investigations: Signaling from short-selling” (with Silver Chung).

“Mutual Fund Governance: Does a Long-term Relationship with Managers Blind Directors?”