Professor Yu holds a BSc in Physics from McMaster University (Canada) and a PhD in Economics from Cornell University. Prior to his appointment at Claremont McKenna College, he was on the faculty at Michigan State University and the University of California, Irvine. His research interests are in credit risk modeling, fixed income and derivative securities, and financial risk management. He has been awarded research grants and fellowships by Moody’s and the FDIC. As an undergraduate, he won the Lloyd G. Elliott First Prize in the Canadian Association of Physicists Prize Examination. He is an associate editor for the Review of Derivatives Research and is a reviewer for numerous academic journals. Professor Yu enjoys jogging and hiking in his spare time. |
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