Bo Sun is an Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Global Economies and Markets area at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and holds a courtesy appointment at the Department of Economics at the University of Virginia. Her research examines how information and uncertainty influence economic decisions and explores how policy interventions can address their effects. In particular, Bo's work integrates theory and empirics to reveal how information frictions influence market dynamics, contractual structures, and policy effectiveness.
Bo's work has been published in leading academic journals, including the American Economic Review, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of International Economics, International Economic Review, Journal of Economic Literature, and American Economic Journal: Microeconomics. Her research has received over 2000 citations and has been cited in Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair Phil Jefferson's speech. Bo's papers have received coverage at Hoover Institution, Brookings, and American Enterprise Institute. Her findings have also been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Booth Review, Deutsche Bank Research, Barclay Insider Report, Two Sigma Investments, Cato Institute, QuantPedia, and ValueWalk. In addition, Bo has published in policy outlets including the FEDS Notes of the Board of Governors and Liberty Street Economics of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Bo has received multiple teaching awards at UVA Darden. Most recently, in 2025, the graduating class voted Bo as Faculty Marshal, the highest honor bestowed by graduating MBA students. In 2024, Bo was honored with the Faculty Diversity Award for her exceptional contributions to improving inclusion within the UVA community.
Prior to joining UVA Darden, Bo was a Principal Economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, where she was responsible for analyzing developments in global economies and financial markets for the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). She currently serves as an Associate Editor at the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. She is a Fellow at the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research and has been a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Virginia and a B.A. in Finance, with a minor in Mathematics, from Peking University.