Education Qualifications

PhD, Finance, Boston College, 2006 MA, Finance, The University of Mississippi, 2000 BS, Mathematics & International Finance, Peking University, 1998

Academic and Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore, 2006 - present Fellow, Wharton Financial Institutions Center, 2005 - present

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Stale Pricing and Performance Evaluation of Mutual Funds, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2009 Forthcoming Law, Finance, and Economic Growth in China, with Franklin Allen and Jun Qian, Journal of Financial Economics, 2005 Comparing China's Financial System, with Franklin Allen and Jun Qian, China Journal of Finance, 2003 Building China’s Financial System in the 21st Century, with Franklin Allen and Jun Qian, Harvard China Review, 2003

Books/Monographs Authored

Conditional Performance Evaluation, Revisited, with Wayne Ferson, The Research Foundation of CFA Institute, 2004

Chapters In Books

A Review of China's Financial System and Initiatives for the Future, with F. Allen, J. Qian, and M. Zhao, China’s Emerging Financial Markets: Challenges and Opportunities Lead Chapter, Forthcoming Law, Institutions and Finance in China and India, with F. Allen, R. Chakrabarti, S. De, and J. Qian, Emerging Giants: China and India in the World Economy, edited by B. Eichengreen, P. Gupta, and R. Kumar, 2009 China’s Financial System: Past, Present and Future, with Franklin Allen and Jun Qian, China’s Great Economic Transformation,” edited by L. Brandt and T. Rawski, Cambridge University Press, 2008

Published Reports

Will China’s Financial System Stimulate or Impede the Growth of Its Economy?, with Franklin Allen and Jun Qian, China’s Economy: Retrospect and Prospect, Asia Program Special Report No. 129, 2005 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington D.C.

Membership And Professional Activities

Ad hoc referee for Review of Financial studies, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Management Science, Pacific Basin Finance Journal, China Economic Review, Journal of Economic Growth, and Economics of Transition. Conference Program Committee/Reviewer for Financial Management Association (FMA) European meeting 2008, Asian Meeting 2009. External Reviewer for Research Grant Proposal for the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, 2008, 2009.

Research Interests

Governance of Financial Institutions Mutual Fund Flows, Performance, and Regulations Informal Governance and Financing China, India, and cross country studies

Courses

Financial Markets Basic Finance