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Lin Sun is an assistant professor in the finance area at the Costello College of Business at Â鶹ÊÓƵ. She earned her PhD from the University of California, Irvine. Before joining George Â鶹ÊÓƵ, she taught at Florida State University. Her research focuses on empirical asset pricing, investment, institutional investors, and behavioral finance. Her work has been published in leading academic journals such as the Journal of Corporate Finance, Review of Finance, and Review of Financial Studies.

Education

• PhD in Finance, University of California, Irvine 
• MS in Statistics, SUNY at Stony Brook 
• BA, Shanghai University of Finance and Economic 

Research Interests

• Empirical Asset Pricing 
• Investment 
• Institutional Investors 
• Behavioral Finance

Teaching Interests

• MSF 643 Financial Economics and Statement Analysis 
• MBA 643 Managerial Finance 
• GBUS 643 Managerial Finance 
• FNAN 311 Principles of Investment 
• MBA 603 Managerial Economics 

Honors and Awards

• 2024: Nominated for the 2025 Â鶹ÊÓƵ Teaching Excellence Award 
• 2024: MSF Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award, Â鶹ÊÓƵ 
• 2022: MSF Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award, Â鶹ÊÓƵ 
• 2020: Thank a Teacher Recognition, Â鶹ÊÓƵ 
• 2020: Outstanding Research Publication Award, Â鶹ÊÓƵ 
• 2018: Semi-finalist for the Best Paper Award in Investments at FMA Annual Meeting 
• 2017: Winner of Hillcrest Behavioral Finance Award 

Media Clippings

• May 13, 2021 - The FinReg Blog, Global Financial Markets Center at Duke University School of Law
  
  
• April 28, 2021 - Institutional Investor
  
  
• April 14, 2021 - MarketWatch
  
  
• August 27, 2018 - Institutional Investor
  
  
• July 31, 2018 - The Irish Times