Yuan Tian

Assistant Professor

Department

Finance

Education

• Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, Finance 
• M.S., Hunan University, China, Finance 
• B.A. (dual degree), Peking University, China, Economics 
• B.S., China Agricultural University, China, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics 

Awards

• Best reviewer for The Journal of Finance and Data Science 2022
• Semifinalist for the Best Paper Award in Fintech, FMA 2022 Annual Meeting 2022
• Third Prize, Chicago Quantitative Alliance Academic Competition 2022
• GSG Research Fellowship, University of Cincinnati 2022
• Nominated for Faculty Member for the National Residence Hall Honorary 2021
• Finance Department Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of Cincinnati 2020
• AFA Ph.D. Student Travel Grant, The American Finance Association 2020
• GSGA Presenter Award, University of Cincinnati 2019-2022
• Siddall Fund & GSGA Conference Travel Award, University of Cincinnati 2017- 2022
• Graduate Student Scholarship, University of Cincinnati 2017- 2022
• The Outstanding Postgraduate Leader Award, Hunan University 2016
• The Outstanding Undergraduate Award, China Agricultural University 2014

Research Interests

• Empirical Asset Pricing
• Machine Learning in Finance
• Capital Markets Research in Accounting

Publications

Yifei Li, Yuan Tian and Ran Zhang (2022). Corporate bonds with implicit government guarantees. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal 71: 101697.