IFS SEMINAR SERIES IN SPRING 2026
Topic:The Economics of Financial and Operational Hedging: Insights from U.S. Power Plants
Speaker: Dong Yan, Associate Professor, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Time: Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 14:00-15:30
Location: Conference Room 202, Institute of Financial Studies (Guanghua Campus), Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China
About the speaker：
Dong Yan is an Associate Professor of Finance (Long-Term) at Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, a research fellow of the Swedish House of Finance (SHoF), and a research fellow of Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). She obtained her PhD in Finance from HKUST Business School. Before joining SAIF, she held positions as an Associate Professor of Finance (with Tenure) at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and as an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics.Her research interests include corporate investment, the real effects of financial markets, private firms, internal capital markets, and M&A. She has written papers examining the influence of financial constraints on corporate production and inventory investment, the impact of the stock market on private firms through learning, and the role of callable bonds in mitigating debt overhang. Her work has been published in leading journals, such as the Review of Financial Studies and the Review of Finance, and has received several honors, including the 2024 IQAM Prize for the best investment paper published in the Review of Finance and the 2025 Pagano and Zechner Prize for the best non-investment paper published in the Review of Finance.
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