Finance PhD | Cornerstone Research | Boston

yaxuanwen@brandeis.edu

I am an Associate at Cornerstone Resesarch. We provide economic and financial analysis in commercial litigation and regulatory proceedings.

I hold a PhD in Finance with a research focus in entrepreneurial finance, financial regulation, and securities issuance. Topics of my papers span venture capital, SPACs, IPOs, and treasury auctions. I am trained in finance/micro/macroeconomic theories, financial econometrics, and causal inference methods. I am proficient in Python, SQL, R, Stata, and SAS. I am a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM).

I would love to connect about my work and ways to collaborate.

Interests
  • Entrepreneurial finance
  • Financial regulation
  • Securities issuance
Education

  • PhD in International Economics and Finance @ Brandeis, 2018-2023

  • BA in Mathematics, Economics @ Bryn Mawr College, 2016

Research

Working Papers

How Do Venture Capital Funds Raise Capital? [Best PhD Paper Award FMCG 2023]

         August 2022 (Job Market Paper). (link)

Is Going Public via SPAC Regulatory Arbitrage? A Textual Analysis Approach

        (with Mengnan Zhu) March 2022. (link)

The Going Public Decision and Retail Investors in SPACs vs. IPOs

        (with Debarshi Nandy) June 2021. (link)

Why Pension Funds Underperform in Treasury Auctions

        (with Patrick Herb) May 2021. (abstract) Draft available upon request.

Teaching

Instructor

Teaching Assistant

  • Transfer Pricing
  • Fixed Income Securities
  • Computer Simulations and Risk Assessment

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