Ph.D. in Finance, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 2019
M.B.A. in Finance, Texas A&M University San Antonio, 2014
Teaching: Corporate Finance, Investment, International Finance, Using Python for Financial Analyses, Machine Learning in Finance, Financial Markets, and Institutions
Research: Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Financial Institutions, and Institutional Investors.
“Environmental Regulations and the cross-border M&A” with Incheol Kim and Tina Yang.
Scheduled to be presented at the Southern Finance Association, 2021
“Employee Representatives on the Board and Pay Gap” with Incheol Kim and Iftekhar Hasan.
Presented at Financial Management Association Annual Meeting (by co-author), Virtual, 2020.
“Employee-Initiated Litigation and Bank Loan Contracting” with Ibrahim Siraj and Bin Wang.
Presented at Financial Management Association Annual Meeting (by co-author), Orlando, 2015.
“Mass shooting and home values - evidence from Texas” with Eleanor Ambs and Brandon Chaney
American Finance Association
Financial Management Association
Oh, H., Chung, C., Fard A. (2023). “Tacit vigilance in an emerging economy: An institution-based perspective of passive blockholder monitoring”. Research in International Business and Finance
Chung, C., Fard A. (2023). “The Equity Premium Puzzle and Two Assets: GMM Estimation”. Applied Economics Letters
Chung, C., Fard A. (2022). “Institutional investors and earnings management in the Korean stock market”. Global Economic Review.
Fard, A., Javadi, S., & Kim, I. (2020). Environmental Regulation and the Cost of Bank Loans: International Evidence. Journal of Financial Stability
Fard, A., Siraj, I., & Wang, B. (2022). “Don’t interfere with my rights! Employee rights violation and the cost of bank loans”. Financial Markets, Institutions & Instruments.
Kim, D., Chung, C., Fard A. (2022). “Effects of 10-K readability on institutional blockholder monitoring of risk management”. Applied Economics Letters.
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