PhD Student in Finance
David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah
I am a second-year PhD student in Finance at the University of Utah. My research interests are in behavioral finance, corporate finance, and political economy.
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Political Capital in Boardroom: Evidence from Close U.S. Gubernatorial Elections
Solo-authored
Examines whether firms retime board and officer changes around close gubernatorial elections and regime changes using 8-K governance disclosures.
Market Reactions to Short Seller Rebuttals
with Fangzhou Liu (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
Studies how markets respond when activist short sellers publish follow-up rebuttals after firm denials, and how those reactions differ from responses to original short reports.
Mortality Salience as an Observable State Variable in Asset Pricing Solo-authored Studies whether mortality salience helps explain variation in expected returns and the stochastic discount factor.
(Attended):
Western Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2025
Utah Finance Conference, 2025 and 2026