Yang Sun

Degrees
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D.University of Pennsylvania, B.S.
Expertise
Household Finance, Corporate Finance, Financial InstitutionsProfile
My primary research interests include household finance 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. WebpageCourses 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 (2020). (forthcoming)
Sun, Yang. "Index Fund Entry and Financial Product Market Competition." Management Science (2020). (forthcoming)