Alvin Chen
Alvin Chen
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Assistant Professor of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics (Swedish House of Finance)
Member, Finance Theory Group
I study how incentives and information in firms and markets shape corporate governance and firm policies.
I study how incentives and information in firms and markets shape corporate governance and firm policies.
Research Themes
Research Themes
Finance & Labor
Corporate Governance
Financial Markets
Selected Papers
Selected Papers
Firm Performance Pay as Insurance against Promotion Risk (JF, 2024)
Sustainable Investing and Market Governance (JFE, Accepted) (with Deeksha Gupta and Jan Starmans)
Stock Buybacks, Speculative Trading, and Shareholder Welfare (JFQA, Conditionally Accepted)
Awards & Grants
Awards & Grants
Nasdaq Foundation Grant for Sustainable Investing and the Market Governance Channel, 2025-2028 (with Deeksha Gupta & Jan Starmans)
Wallander, Hedelius, Browaldhs Grant for Financing for Infrastructure: Theory and Evidence, 2025-2028 (with Ramin Baghai & Dong Yan)
Jan Wallanders and Tom Hedelius Foundation Grant, 2025–2028 (with Deeksha Gupta & Jan Starmans)
Hans Dalborg Award (Excellence in Financial Economics Research), 2025
WRDS Best Paper Award, 2024
Vinnova Grant Financial Markets Research, 2023-2026 (with Grant Guo, Haohang Wu, & Dong Yan)
About
About
I received a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Washington in Seattle, where I also completed undergraduate studies in business (BA), international studies (BA), and mathematics (BS).
Swedish House of FinanceStockholm School of EconomicsSveavägen 6511383 StockholmSweden
Email: alvin.chen [at] hhs [dot] se
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