- PhD - Economics, Columbia University, 2013
Education
Research Interests
- Corporate Governance
- Financial Institutions
- Hedge Funds
- FinTech
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In The News
- Ask the experts: Secured credit cards — June 21, 2021 — Assistant Professor Tao Li answers important questions about secured credit cards, from annual fees to how banks can make money from these c...
- Carole Baskin announces new cryptocurrency and NFTs. Here’s what that means. — May 10, 2021 — Assistant Professor of Finance Tao Li explains cryptocurrencies and $CAT, Carole Baskin’s digital “purr-ency,” the latest alt...
- Pump-and-dump schemes detrimental to cryptocurrencies and investors, UF Warrington research finds — November 20, 2018 — GAINESVILLE, Fla. – When it comes to investing, avoiding risk is almost impossible. No matter if you invest in stocks, bonds, mutual funds...
- Hedge funds that break deals rather than make deals make the big bucks — October 10, 2018 — Activist investors tend to push management teams to sell their businesses to a rival or strategic buyer for a premium valuation. Yet accord...
Last 3 years
Courses Taught
- Financial Management (FIN4414)
Last 3 years
Phd Students Advised
- Boyuan Li — 2022
- Matthew Son — 2022
- Gunsu Son — 2021
- Svetlana Gavrilova — 2020
- Bobo Zhang — 2019
Last 5 years
Professional Service
- Committee Member, 2022 Crypto and Blockchain Economics Research (CBER) Conference — 2022
- Committee Member, UF Research Conference on Machine Learning in Finance — 2022
- Committee Member, Florida Finance Conference — 2021
- Committee Member, Inaugural Crypto and Blockchain Economics Research (CBER) Conference — 2021
- Committee Member, Inaugural Hogeg Blockchain Research Institute Conference — 2021
- Committee Member, Best Paper Award Review Committee for the 2020 FMA Conference — 2020
- Committee Member, Midwest Finance Association Program Committee — 2020
- Other, Journal of Financial Economics — 2019 to 2020
- Other, Review of Financial Studies — 2017 to 2020
- Book/Textbook Reviewer/Referee, Columbia University Press — 2018
Last 5 years
Journal Article Publications
Contact Details
University of Florida
Warrington College of Business
Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Department
Stuzin Hall 308
(352) 392-6654