Assistant Professor of Finance
Oklahoma State University
Research Award
2020 Arthur McBride Fellowship for Excellence in Research
Publications
Terrorist Attacks, Analyst Sentiment, and Earnings Forecasts
with Constantinos Antoniou, Alok Kumar, and Anastasios Maligkris
Management Science, forthcoming
Exogenous and extremely negative events, such as terrorist attacks and mass shootings, influence the sentiment and forecasts of sell-side equity analysts.
Presentations: Manchester Business School, Cyprus University of Technology, University of Miami, and Warwick Business School
Working Papers
Heterogeneous Wealth Accumulation Motives and Financial Market Outcomes
Heterogeneous wealth accumulation motives affect household asset allocation decisions and have asset pricing and social implications.
Presentations: 2020 AFA Ph.D. Poster Session, 10th Miami Behavioral Finance Ph.D. Poster Conference, 2019 Florida Finance Conference
Hispanic Culture, Portfolio Decisions, and Asset Prices
with Jawad M. Addoum, Alok Kumar, and Stuart Webb
Hispanic households exhibit stock selection preferences that systematically differ from the rest of the American population, which affect asset prices.
Presentations: 2020 American Economic Association Meeting, 14th Annual Whitebox Advisors Graduate Student Conference at Yale University, 2018 SWFA Annual Meeting, 2018 MFA Annual Meeting, 2018 AFA Ph.D. Poster Session, 2017 Behavioural Finance Working Group Conference, 2017 Boulder Summer Conference on Consumer Financial Decision Making
Lonely Financial Decisions
with Justin Balthrop, William J. Bazley, and Shradha Bindal
Loneliness impacts individuals' economic preferences and portfolio choices, which suggests that the effects of social exclusion are not limited to the psychological and physiological domains.
Night Lights, Contrast Effects, and Asset Prices
Investors overweight and herd in firms headquartered in areas that experience contrasting economic growth relative to the surrounding areas.
Presentation: 2018 SWFA Annual Meeting
Analysts' Coverage Portfolios, Beliefs, and Earnings Forecasts
The composition of analysts' coverage portfolios influence their information gathering activities and their information processing abilities.
Presentation: Miami Herbert Business School 2019 Three Minute Thesis Competition
Catching Up With The Locals: Dominant Firms and Information Acquisition Strategies of Institutional Investors
with Sima Jannati and Sarah Khalaf
The geographic distribution of information affects the information gathering activities and preferences of institutional investors.
Presentation: 9th Miami Behavioral Finance Ph.D. Poster Session
Work in Progress
Climate Sensitivity and Predictable Returns
with Alok Kumar, Wei Xin, and Chendi Zhang
Climate Change, Analyst Forecasts, and Market Behavior
with Alok Kumar, Wei Xin, and Chendi Zhang
Intra-household Dynamics and CEO Corporate Risk-taking
with Constantinos Antoniou, Alok Kumar, and Lizhengbo Yang
Seeing is Believing: Tourism, International Investments, and the Home Bias
with Constantinos Antoniou, Alok Kumar, and Lizhengbo Yang