Alan Kwan

Alan KWAN received his PhD from the Johnson School of Management at Cornell University and his BA from Dartmouth College. Between school, he worked in the hedge fund, software development and consulting industries. His research interests focus on corporate finance, financial advice and investments.

Research Interest

• Corporate finance
• Innovation
• Investments
• Financial advice

Academic & Professional Qualification

• PhD, Cornell University
• BA, Dartmouth College

Selected Publications

• “Social Connections with COVID-19-affected Areas Increase Compliance with Mobility Restrictions” with Ben Charoenwong and Vesa Pursiainen, Science Advances, forthcoming.
• “Does Regulatory Jurisdiction Affect the Quality of Investment-Adviser Regulation?” with Ben Charoenwong and Tarik Umar, American Economic Review, 109(10), 2019, 3681-3712.

Companies

• Assistant Professor The University of Hong Kong (2017)
• Finance PhD Student Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University (2012 — 2017)
• Investment Analyst DC Energy, LLC (2009 — 2012)
• Consultant Edgeworth Economics, L.L.C. (2009 — 2009)
• Software Engineering Intern Microsoft (2008 — 2008)
• Technology Intern Bridgewater Associates (2008 — 2008)