Cai, Huan                        

                                  Ph.D., Finance                                                                                                       

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CV

Research Interests

• Corporate Finance
• Information Economics
• Contract Theory

Working Paper

• Dissertation: "Collateral, Two-dimensional Moral Hazard, and Competition", Advisor: Luis Rayo (joining LSE).
• "Collateral, Shirking, Risk-taking, and Competition", 2012 (sole author).
• "DIP Financing: Life Raft or Lamborghini?", work-in-progress, with Joseph Halford and Tyler Jensen (both Ph.D. students).

Education

√ Ph.D in Finance, University of Utah	2007 ~ 2012 (degree received in Dec. 2012)
√ B.A. in Finance, Tsinghua University	1999 ~ 2003

Teaching Experience

√ Math Boot Camp (Instructor, Ph.D.)	Summer 2008, Summer 2011
√ Intermediate Corporate Finance (Instructor, Undergraduate)	Spring 2011, Summer 2012 (Teaching Evaluation: 5.7/6.0)
√ Financial Management (TA for Prof. Bessembinder, PMBA)	Spring 2009

Professional Experience

√    Co-Founder, Acting CFO	2005 ~ 2007
√   Actuarial Analyst	2003 ~ 2005

                                    

Useful Links                                      

• My blog: Hidden Information
• Utah Winter Finance Conference                                                                                                                                         
• WRDS
• SSNR
• EDGAR
• MIT Open Course Ware
• UCLA SAS Portal

Contact Information

Huan Cai	Department of Finance
Email: huan.cai@utah.edu,	David Eccles School of Business
chephen_cai@hotmail.com	University of Utah

                                                                                                                                                       

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Created on Aug 20, 2007, Last updated on Dec 10, 2012