Yang Sun

Assistant Professor of Finance in the Brandeis International Business School

Departments/Programs

International Business School

Degrees

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania, B.S.

Expertise

Household Finance, Financial Institutions, Corporate Finance

Profile

My research interests include household finance, financial innovations, and corporate finance. My research on household finance studies the behavior of consumers in financial product markets, and how frictions in such behavior affect the outcome of the financial sector. My research on corporate finance examines issues in corporate governance and payout policy. Webpage

Courses Taught

BUS	71a	Introduction to Finance
BUS	117a	Corporate Finance
FIN	202a	Corporate Finance

Awards and Honors

Beta Gamma Sigma (2008)

MIT Sloan Fellowship (2008 - 2014)

Joseph Wharton Scholar (2005 - 2008)

Scholarship

Evans, Richard and Sun, Yang. "Models or Stars: The Role of Asset Pricing Models and Heuristics in Investor Risk Adjustment." The Review of Financial Studies (2021).

Sun, Yang. "Index Fund Entry and Financial Product Market Competition." Management Science (2021).