Mike Dong

Background

I am a PhD candidate in Finance at the Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business. I am on the job market this year and expect to graduate in 2018. My committee members are Prof. Kewei Hou (chair), Prof. Lu Zhang, and* Prof. Justin Birru*.

My research focuses on empirical asset pricing topics such as global stock market anomalies and return predictability. I am also very interested in empirical corporate finance and behavioral economics.

I grow up in Dalian, China. I started my undergraduate education in Xiamen University, China and completed my bachelor’s degree in Financial Mathematics at the Ohio State University in Spring 2012. I joined the Finance PhD program in Fall 2012. I am the Vice President of a soccer club at OSU and I am a certified scuba diver.