PhD Job Market

      Wharton Finance PhD Program

 

Luke Taylor
John B. Neff Professor in Finance
Coordinator, PhD Program
Office: 215-898-4802
Email: luket@wharton.upenn.edu

Beth Dellipriscoli
Associate Director
Office: 215-898-1118
Email: bdell@wharton.upenn.edu

Finance Department Students on the Job Market

Name: Huiyao Chen
Email: chenhy@wharton.upenn.edu

Webpage: www.huiyao-chen.com   

Research Interests:
Sustainable Investing, Corporate Finance, Information Economics, Financial Markets
Job Market Paper Title: The Paradox of ESG Investing: Greenwashing vs. Real Impact
Faculty Advisors: Itay Goldstein (Chair), Vincent Glode, Luke Taylor, Yao Zeng
Name: Zhongtian Chen                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Email: chenzt@wharton.upenn.edu

Webpage: https://zhongtianchen.com    

Research Interests:
Asset Pricing, Behavioral Finance, Machine Learning
Job Market Paper Title: Memory and Beliefs in Financial Markets: A Machine Learning Approach
Faculty Advisors: Nikolai Roussanov (Chair), Jules van Binsbergen, Marius Guenzel, Michael Kahana
Name: Jack (Xiaoyong) Fu
Email: fxi@wharton.upenn.edu

Webpage: www.xiaoyongfu.com
Research Interests:
Venture Capital, Innovation, Empirical Corporate Finance
Job Market Paper Title: How Does Active Involvement Benefit Investors? Evidence from 85 Billion Cell Phone Signals
Faculty Advisors: Luke Taylor (Chair), Itay Goldstein, Huan Tang, Yao Zeng
Name: James Paron
Email: jparon@wharton.upenn.edu

Webpage: https://jamesparon.com/    

Research Interests:
Asset Pricing, Macroeconomics, & Household Finance
Job Market Paper Title: The wealth of stagnation: Falling growth, rising valuations
Faculty Advisors: Jules van Binsbergen (Co-Chair), Tom Winberry (Co-Chair), Sylvain Catherine, Jessica Wachter
Name: Dongchen Zou
Email: dczou@wharton.upenn.edu

Webpage: www.dongchenzou.com    

Research Interests:
Asset pricing, International finance, Financial markets
Job Market Paper Title: Bond Demand and the Yield-Exchange Rate Nexus: Risk Premium vs. Convenience Yield
Faculty Advisors: Nick Roussanov (Chair), Amy Huber, Lorena Keller, Karen Lewis