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Yong Chen（陳勇） Curriculum Vitae January 1, 2016

Department of Finance Phone: (979) 845-3870 Mays Business School Fax: (979) 845-3884 A&M University E-mail: [email protected] College Station, TX 77843-4218 http://people.tamu.edu/~ychen

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Texas A&M University, Mays Business School Gina and William H. Flores ’76 Endowed Professor in Finance, 2016–present Associate Professor of Finance (with tenure), 2014–present RepublicBank Research Fellow, 2012–2016 Assistant Professor of Finance, 2012–2014 Tech, Pamplin College of Business Assistant Professor of Finance, 2007–2012

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Finance (2007), Boston College, Wallace E. Carroll School of Management Committee: Wayne Ferson (Chair), Jeffrey Pontiff, David Chapman, Richard Evans Ph.D. Program in Economics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 2000–2001 M.A. in International Economics (2001), Nankai University, B.A. in International Economics (1998), Nankai University, China

RESEARCH AREAS

Empirical Asset Pricing; Investments; Hedge Funds and Mutual Funds; Empirical Methods

HONORS AND AWARDS

Gina and William H. Flores ’76 Endowed Professorship in Finance, Mays Business School, 2016–present Finalist for Best Paper Award in Asset Pricing at the SFS Finance Cavalcade, 2015 Best Paper Award at the First International Conference on Finance and Banking, 2013 RepublicBank Research Fellow, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, 2012–2016 Junior Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech, 2011 Gutmann Research Fellow, Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2011 Research Grant Award from the BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Centre at Singapore Management University, 2011 Research Grant Award from the Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance (Q-Group), 2010 Research Grant Award from the BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Centre at Singapore Management University, 2009 Financial Management Association Doctoral Student , 2005, 2006 Best Doctoral Student Paper Award at Southwestern Finance Association Meetings, 2005 Research Grant Award from the Foundation for Managed Derivatives Research, 2004 Graduate Fellowship, Carroll School of Management, Boston College, 2001–2007 Graduate Fellowship, Emory University, 2000–2001 Merit-based Scholarships, Nankai University, 1994–2000 Merit-based Waiver of the Chinese National College Entrance Exam, Nankai University, 1994

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REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

1. “Hedge Funds: The Good, the Bad, and the Lucky,” with Michael Cliff and Haibei Zhao, 2015, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming.

2. “The Behavior of Investor Flows in Corporate Bond Mutual Funds,” with Nan Qin, 2015, Management Science, forthcoming.

3. “Can Hedge Funds Time Market Liquidity?” with Charles Cao, Bing Liang, and Andrew Lo, 2013, Journal of Financial Economics 109, 493–516. – Research Grant from the Q-Group – Research Grant from the BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Centre at Singapore Management University

4. “Derivatives Use and Risk Taking: Evidence from the Hedge Fund Industry,” 2011, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 46, 1073–1106.

5. “Measuring the Timing Ability and Performance of Bond Mutual Funds,” with Wayne Ferson and Helen Peters, 2010, Journal of Financial Economics 98, 72–89.

6. “Do Market Timing Hedge Funds Time the Market?” with Bing Liang, 2007, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 42, 827–856. – Summarized in The CFA Digest 38-2, May 2008

7. “Timing Ability in the Focus Market of Hedge Funds,” 2007, Journal of Investment Management 5, 66–98. – Summarized in The CFA Digest 38-1, February 2008 – Invited for a Special Issue on Hedge Funds in the JOIM – Best Doctoral Student Paper Award at SWFA, 2005 – Research Grant from the Foundation for Managed Derivatives Research

SELECTED WORKING PAPERS

8. “How Many Good and Bad Fund Managers Are there, Really?” with Wayne Ferson – Finalist for Best Paper Award in Asset Pricing at 2015 SFS Finance Cavalcade – 2015 SFS Finance Cavalcade, 2015 China International Conference in Finance, 2014 Financial Research Association meeting, 2014 Morgan Stanley Quantitative Equity Research Conference

9. “The Role of Hedge Funds in the Security Price Formation Process,” with Charles Cao, William Goetzmann, and Bing Liang – Best Paper Award at the Inaugural International Conference on Finance and Banking – Research Grant from the BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Centre at Singapore Management University – 2016 American Finance Association meetings, Hedge Fund Conference, 2013 China International Conference in Finance, the 5th Annual Hedge Fund Conference in Paris, 2013 Financial Intermediation Research Society Conference, 2013 Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, the First International Conference on Finance and Banking, 2011 Financial Research Association meeting

10. “Arbitrage Trading: The Long and the Short of It,” with Zhi Da and Dayong Huang – 2016 American Finance Association meetings, the 8th Annual Hedge Fund Research Conference, the 4th Luxembourg Asset Management Summit, 2015 European Finance Association meeting, 2015 Macquarie Global Quantitative Research Conference

11. “Sentiment Risk, Sentiment Timing, and Hedge Fund Returns,” with Bing Han and Jing Pan – 2015 American Finance Association meetings, the 8th Annual Hedge Fund Research Conference, 2014 China International Conference in Finance

12. “Micro(structure) before Macro? The Predictive Power of Aggregate Illiquidity for Economic Activity and Stock Returns,” with Gregory Eaton and Bradley Paye – Semi-finalist for Best Paper Award in Market Microstructure, FMA 2015 – 2015 European Finance Association meeting, 2014 CREATES Econometrics Workshop

2 CONFERENCES AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS (* indicates presentation by co-author at a conference. All seminar presentations listed below are my own.)

2016 American Finance Association meetings (San Francisco, 2 papers), The 8th Annual Hedge Fund Research Conference (Paris, 2 papers), Louisiana State University (scheduled)

2015 American Finance Association meetings (Boston), Society of Financial Studies Cavalcade (Atlanta), European Finance Association meeting (Vienna, 2 papers), Financial Research Association meeting– Early Ideas Session (Las Vegas), WU Gutmann Symposium on Retirement and Asset Management (Vienna) - discussion, Financial Intermediation Research Society Conference (Reykjavik, Iceland)*, China International Conference in Finance (Shenzhen) – paper and discussions, Summer Institute of Finance Conference () – discussion, the 4th Luxembourg Asset Management Summit (Luxembourg)*, Macquarie Global Quantitative Research Conference (Hong Kong), Lone Star Finance Conference – discussion, Texas A&M University (x2)

2014 Financial Research Association meeting (Las Vegas), China International Conference in Finance (Chengdu), Morgan Stanley Quantitative Equity Research Conference*, CREATES Econometrics Workshop*, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Texas A&M University (x2)

2013 American Finance Association meetings (San Diego), The 5th Annual Hedge Fund Research Conference (Paris, France), Financial Intermediation Research Society Conference (Dubrovnik, Croatia) – paper and discussion, China International Conference in Finance (Shanghai) – paper and discussion, SMU-SUFE Summer Finance Institute – Distinguished Panelist, The 24th Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting at the University of North Carolina, Financial Research Association meetings (Las Vegas)*, the First International Conference on Finance and Banking (Bali, Indonesia)*, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Management University, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

2012 Society of Financial Studies (SFS) Finance Cavalcade at the , The 4th Annual Hedge Fund Research Conference (Paris, France)*, Lone Star Finance Conference at Texas A&M University, Pennsylvania State University

2011 Finance Research Association meeting (Las Vegas), The 4th Erasmus Liquidity Conference (Rotterdam, Netherlands) – paper and discussion, WU Gutmann Symposium on Liquidity and Asset Management (Vienna, Austria) – paper and discussion, The 3rd Annual Hedge Fund Research Conference (Paris, France)*, Financial Intermediation Research Society Conference (Sydney, Australia) *, Vanderbilt University Hedge Fund Conference*, The 2011 EFM Symposium (Beijing)*, Institute for Quantitative Asset Management (IQAM), Texas A&M University, University of Texas at Dallas, Vienna Graduate School of Finance, VU University Amsterdam

2010 The 21st Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting at the University of Maryland, The 20th Anniversary Inquire Europe Symposium (Berlin, Germany), China International Conference in Finance (Beijing) – paper and discussion, SunTrust- Finance Conference, The 6th NY Fed/NYU Stern/Review of Financial Studies Conference on Financial Intermediation*, Peking University, Virginia Tech

2009 Western Finance Association meetings (San Diego) – discussion

2008 Western Finance Association meetings (Hawaii), European Finance Association meetings (Athens, Greece) – paper and discussion, Financial Intermediation Research Society Conference (Anchorage, Alaska) – paper and discussion, China International Conference in Finance (Dalian) – paper and discussion, NOVA Conference on Mutual Funds and Investment Management (Lisbon, Portugal)*, Virginia Tech

2007 Swiss Finance Institute Conference on Portfolio Management and Derivatives (Lugano, Switzerland), Financial Management Association meetings – session chair, Baruch College,

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2006 The 6th Annual LBS Transatlantic Doctoral Conference (London, UK) – paper and discussion, Financial Management Association Doctoral Student Consortium (Salt Lake City) – paper and discussion, The Journal of Investment Management Conference (Boston)*, The 2nd Annual Empirical Asset Pricing Retreat (Amsterdam, Netherlands)*, Boston College, London Business School, University of Massachusetts at Amherst,

2005 Western Finance Association meetings (Portland)*, European Finance Association meetings (Moscow, )*, Financial Management Association Doctoral Student Consortium (Chicago), Financial Management Association meetings – paper and discussion, Southern Finance Association meetings, Southwestern Finance Association meetings (Best Doctoral Student Paper Award) – paper and discussion, Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets Annual Conference*, Boston College

2004 Gutmann Symposium on Hedge Funds (Vienna, Austria), Boston College

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Texas A&M University FINC 688 Empirical Asset Pricing (Ph.D., 3 credits) Semesters: summer 2012; spring 2015 Average Evaluation (out of 5): 4.94

FINC 489/689 Advanced Investments (Undergraduate and MS, 3 credits) Semesters: fall 2013; spring 2013; spring 2015 Average Evaluation (out of 5): 4.75

Virginia Tech FIN 6125 Investments/Asset Pricing Theory (Ph.D., 3 credits) Semesters: fall 2011 Average Evaluation (out of 5): 4.67

FIN 5064 Equity Markets (MBA, 1 credit) Semesters: fall 2007, 2008; spring 2009, 2010 Average Evaluation (out of 5): 4.64

FIN 5224 Portfolio Management (MBA, 2 credits) Semesters: fall 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Average Evaluation (out of 5): 4.70

FIN 4274 Equity Securities (Undergraduate, 3 credits) Semesters: fall 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011; spring 2009, 2010 Average Evaluation (out of 5): 4.60

Boston College MF 021 Basic Finance (Undergraduate, 3 credits) Semesters: spring 2007

Nankai University Principles of Economics (Undergraduate) Semesters: fall 1999, spring 2000

4 OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Journal Reviewer European Financial Management, Finance Research Letters, Financial Analysts Journal, Financial Management, International Review of Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Economics and Business, Journal of Economics and Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Financial Services Research, Journal of Financial Econometrics, Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of Futures Markets, Journal of Investment Management, Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Journal of Risk, Management Science, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Quarterly Journal of Finance and Accounting, Review of Asset Pricing Studies, Review of Finance, Review of Financial Studies

Grant Reviewer Hong Kong Research Grant Council

Book Proposal Reviewer Pearson

Conference Program Committee/Reviewer Midwest Finance Association Meeting, 2015 (Track Chair), 2017 (Track Chair) Financial Management Association Meeting, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2016 FMA Best Paper Award in Investments Committee, 2012 Lone Star Finance Conference, 2012 (Co-organizer) Society of Financial Studies (SFS) Finance Cavalcade, 2011, 2012 Eastern Finance Association Meeting, 2005, 2006

College and Department Services Texas A&M University College Analytics Task Force Committee, 2015–present Finance Ph.D. Program Committee, 2012–present Finance Faculty Recruiting Committee, 2012–present Finance Department Research Metrics Committee, Co-Chair, 2014–2015 Finance Seminar Series Coordinator, 2013–2014 University Distinguished Graduate Student Awards Selection Committee, 2013–present

Virginia Tech Finance Ph.D. Program Committee, 2009–2012 Finance Faculty Recruiting Committee, 2010–2011 Finance Seminar Series Committee, 2010–2012 (Coordinator 2011–2012) College Library Committee, 2007–2012 (Chair 2011–2012) Undergraduate Student Advising, 2007–2012

Ph.D. Dissertation Supervision Dissertation Chair: Xin Zhao, Texas A&M University, In progress

Committee Member: Simon Shin, Texas A&M University, In progress Pan Liu, Texas A&M University (Applied Economics), In progress Cheng Zhou, Texas A&M University (Economics), 2015 (Initial placement: JP Morgan Chase) Hogyu Jhang, Texas A&M University, 2014 (Initial placement: Georgia ) Umut Celiker, Virginia Tech, 2012 (Initial placement: Bilkent University) Puneet Jaiprakash, Virginia Tech, 2011 (Initial placement: Minnesota State University)

External Reviewer: Gregory Eaton, Haibei Zhao,

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Short-Term Academic Visit Gutmann Research Fellow, Gutmann Center for Portfolio Management, Vienna University of Economics and Business, June 2011

Academic Membership American Finance Association Western Finance Association

Media Coverage Barclay Insider Report, September 13, 2011 “Research Counters Risky Image of Popular Financial Investments,” Newswise, March 4, 2010 – also appeared in Blue Ridge Business Journal; NewsRoanoke.com; Virginia Tech News; PHYSORG; Pamplin Magazine, etc. “Hedge Funds’ Nirvana in Financial Crisis,” Fortune Key (Beijing), February 18, 2008 “Wall Street Hurt by Subprime Woes,” China Business, January 21, 2008

PERSONAL

Chinese Citizen; U.S. Permanent Resident Married, with two children

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