CV (May 2026)

Yunjoo An (안연주)

Welcome! My name is Yun Joo, and I am a Finance PhD candidate (degree-expected in 2027) at Indiana University. My research interests are in investments, government debt, and real estate finance. Prior to joining IU, I obtained MA and BA in Economics at Yonsei University in Seoul. Recently, Jewon Shin and I co-organized Yonsei University Alumni Finance Seminar. In November 2025, I interviewed my advisor, Noah Stoffman, about his research on innovation, and the interview was featured in Financial News.

📫: yunjooan@iu.edu 📖: Google Scholar 🖥️: IU Website

JOB MARKET PAPER

Feininger: Architecture II (The Man from Potin)
Picture on Property Tax.

Property Tax Protection and Municipal Bond Valuation (JMP)

Best Paper Award Semi-Finalist at FMA
Best Doctoral Dissertation Award at Korea-America Finance Association (KAFA), with Shinhan Bank Scholarship support; Featured in Financial News
Indiana University CIBER Award
Abstract: I investigate how downside protection on local government revenue affects municipal bond yield spreads and human capital investment. To identify these effects, I exploit statewide regulations that limit declines in the property tax revenue of school districts, but not of counties. Using a staggered difference-in-differences estimation, I find that protected districts increase bond issuance by 12% relative to unprotected districts and counties. The protection lowers district revenue volatility by 9% and bond yield spreads by 13 basis points. Protection could encourage wasteful spending of districts and generate moral hazard problems. However, lower borrowing costs improve student achievement and the teaching environment. I find that teacher salaries increase by 5%, and student dropout rates decline by 8% in protected districts. Overall, this study highlights a borrowing channel in which revenue protection improves local fiscal capacity and human capital investment.
Presentations: Brookings Municipal Finance Conference 2026 (scheduled), Virtual Municipal Finance Workshop 2026 (invited), MFA 2026, AFA Poster 2026, FMA 2025, NFA Poster 2025, LBS Transatlantic Doctoral Conference 2025, KAFA-FIN Seminar 2025, Yonsei University Alumni Finance Seminar 2025.
Grants: Student Travel Grants from AFA, NFA, MFA, LBS, Brookings, and KAFA.

WORKING PAPERS

Caravaggio: Boy with a Basket of Fruit
Consumption Basket.

The Relative Price Premium

with Fotis Grigoris, Christian Heyerdahl-Larsen, and Preetesh Kantak

Best Paper Award at the Finance Down Under Conference 2024

Abstract: This study shows that relative output price dispersion impacts risk premia. High price dispersion carries a negative price of risk, and firms associated with goods that have risen (fallen) in price compared to the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index earn high (low) stock returns. We refer to this 0.35% per month return spread as the relative price premium. We rationalize these facts via a consumption-based model featuring imperfectly substitutable goods and an investor with preferences for the mix of goods consumed. Shocks to relative prices induce the investor to consume bundles that deviate from their desired mix, signaling bad times for the economy.
Presentations: FIRS 2026 (scheduled), UNC Kenan-Flagler Finance Ph.D. Alumni Conference (scheduled), Villanova School of Business Mid-Atlantic Research Conference in Finance 2026, University of Cincinnati 2025, North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society 2024, Korea University and KAIST 2024, AFA Poster 2024, University of Alabama 2024, Drexel University 2024, NFA 2024, SoFiE 2024, McGill University 2024, HEC Montréal 2024, Finance Down Under 2024, Iowa University 2024, CIREQ-CMP in Honor of Eric Ghysels 2024, Advances in Econometrics Conference and Festschrift in Honor of Joon Park 2023, EasternFA 2023, FMCG 2023, Post-SoFiE 2023, Federal Reserve Board 2023, UNSW Asset Pricing Workshop 2023, CICF 2023, University of Virginia 2023, IU Bloomington 2022

Raphael: The School of Athens

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Strategic Liability Management: Lessons from Past Inflation

Abstract: I study firm liability decisions through the learning-from-experience channel, where a manager who experienced high inflation in her lifetime strategically decreases the real value of firm liabilities. During periods of high inflation, the real value of fixed-rate liabilities is lower than that of floating-rate liabilities. A manager that learned from past inflation, acknowledging this fact, converts floating-rate to fixed-rate debts using interest rate swaps. This liability management mitigates unexpected inflation shocks and demands high returns sorted by inflation beta. Consistent with findings from survey data, a manager draws lessons from inflation experience, stretching her experience back to the distant past.
Presentations: European Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society 2024, IU Bloomington 2022-2023.

Yunjoo An (안연주)

JOB MARKET PAPER

Property Tax Protection and Municipal Bond Valuation (JMP)

Best Paper Award Semi-Finalist at FMA

Best Doctoral Dissertation Award at Korea-America Finance Association (KAFA), with Shinhan Bank Scholarship support; Featured in Financial News

Indiana University CIBER Award

Presentations: Brookings Municipal Finance Conference 2026 (scheduled), Virtual Municipal Finance Workshop 2026 (invited), MFA 2026, AFA Poster 2026, FMA 2025, NFA Poster 2025, LBS Transatlantic Doctoral Conference 2025, KAFA-FIN Seminar 2025, Yonsei University Alumni Finance Seminar 2025.

Grants: Student Travel Grants from AFA, NFA, MFA, LBS, Brookings, and KAFA.

WORKING PAPERS

The Relative Price Premium

with Fotis Grigoris, Christian Heyerdahl-Larsen, and Preetesh Kantak

Best Paper Award at the Finance Down Under Conference 2024

Presentations: European Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society 2024, IU Bloomington 2022-2023.