Kershen Huang, Ph.D.

I am an Associate Professor of Finance at Nova Southeastern University. I received my PhD in Finance from Texas A&M University in 2011 and also hold dual MS degrees in Economics and Finance from the same institution. I earned my BA in Economics from National Chung Cheng University, which is located in Taiwan. Before joining NSU, I was on the finance faculty of Bentley University.

My research interest lies primarily in empirical corporate, with a current focus on the interactions between investor heterogeneity, externalities, and firm policies, as well as their relations with agency issues and capital prices. My studies have been published in Financial Management, the Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, the Journal of Business Research, the Journal of Corporate Finance, the Journal of Futures Markets, Management Science, and the Quarterly Journal of Finance. In addition, I serve on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Review of Accounting and Finance.

Through all stages of my life since graduation from high school, I have had a tight engagement with teaching activities: Aside from my academic career, I was a tutor in college, a drill sergeant in the Republic of China (Taiwan) Army, and a course instructor in graduate school. I also coached soccer at my local AYSO region. I currently offer business, economics, and special topics courses at the Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship and the Farquhar Honors College of NSU.

I enjoy spending time with my students and find those interactions refreshing and inspiring. I strongly see how teaching and research comprise an ecosystem where the two fuel each other: Some of my academic research topics were originated from classroom discussions and my research results often contribute to flourishing my classes.

Outside of work, I enjoy traveling, restaurant-hunting, and watching horror movies.

For my latest work, please visit my personal website or my SSRN author page.

Working Hard for Long-Distance Relationships: Geographic Proximity and Relationship-Specific Investments, Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2020, Boston, MA

Dissecting Trading Volume Imbalance, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, 2020, New York, NY

Does Maturity Matter? The Case of Treasury Futures Volume, Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2019, Miami, FL

Institutional Ownership Horizon, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Shareholder Value, Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2019, Miami, FL

Leverage, Debt Maturity, and Social Capital, Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2018, Philadelphia, PA

Does Maturity Matter? The Case of Treasury Futures Volume, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting 2018, San Diego, CA

Leverage, Debt Maturity, and Social Capital, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting 2018, San Diego, CA

Who Reacts to News?, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting 2018, San Diego, CA

Who Reacts to News?, Financial Management Association European Conference 2018, Kristiansand, Norway

Who Reacts to News?, Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting 2018, San Antonio, TX

Leverage, Debt Maturity, and Social Capital, Northern Finance Association Annual Meeting 2018, Charlevoix, Canada

Who Reacts to News?, Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting 2018, Asheville, NC

Leverage, Debt Maturity, and Social Capital, Southwestern Finance Association / Federation of Business Disciplines Annual Meeting 2018, Albuquerque, NM

Who Reacts to News?, Southwestern Finance Association / Federation of Business Disciplines Annual Meeting 2018, Albuquerque, NM

Who Reacts to News?, University of Denver Research Colloquium 2018, Denver, CO

Examination of the Relation Between Institutional Ownership Horizon and Corporate Social Responsibility, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting 2017, Boston, MA

Does Maturity Matter? The Case of Treasury Futures Volume, Financial Management Association European Conference 2017, Lisbon, Portugal

Does Maturity Matter? The Case of Treasury Futures Volume, Boston Area Finance Symposium 2016, Lowell, MA

Examination of the Relation Between Institutional Ownership Horizon and Corporate Social Responsibility, IESE International Symposium on Ethics, Business, and Society 2016, Barcelona, Spain

Corporate Bond Pricing and Ownership Heterogeneity, Financial Management Association European Conference 2015, Venice, Italy

Corporate Bond Pricing and Ownership Heterogeneity, Southwestern Finance Association / Federation of Business Disciplines Annual Meeting 2015, Houston, TX

How Do Investment Horizons Matter For Corporate Policies? , Financial Management Association Annual Meeting 2014, Nashville, TN

How Do Investment Horizons Matter For Corporate Policies? , Northern Finance Association Annual Meeting 2014, Ottawa, Canada

Capital Structure, Information Collection, and Investment Horizons, Boston Area Finance Symposium 2013, Wellesley, MA

Capital Structure, Information Collection, and Investment Horizons, Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting 2013, Fajardo, PR

Can Shareholder-Creditor Conflicts Explain Weak Governance? Evidence from the Value of Cash Holdings, Boston Area Finance Symposium 2012, Boston, MA

Can Shareholder-Creditor Conflicts Explain Weak Governance? Evidence from the Value of Cash Holdings, Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting 2012, Boston, MA

Can Shareholder-Creditor Conflicts Explain Weak Governance? Evidence from the Value of Cash Holdings, Texas Lone Star Conference 2009, Lubbock, TX

Kershen Huang, Chenguang Shang, & Chi Zhang (2020). Working Hard for Long-Distance Relationships: Geographic Proximity and Relationship-Specific Investments. Financial Management.

Otgontsetseg Erhemjamts & Kershen Huang (2019). Institutional Ownership Horizon, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Shareholder Value. Journal of Business Research 105, pp. 61-79.

Doina Chichernea, Collin Gilstrap, Kershen Huang, & Alex Petkevich (2019). Who Reacts to News?. Quarterly Journal of Finance 9. 1940002/1-43.

Doina Chichernea, Kershen Huang, & Alex Petkevich (2019). Does Maturity Matter? The Case of Treasury Futures Volume. Journal of Futures Markets 39, pp. 1301-1321.

Kershen Huang & Chenguang Shang (2019). Leverage, Debt Maturity, and Social Capital. Journal of Corporate Finance 54, pp. 26-46.

Sudheer Chava, Kershen Huang, & Shane Johnson (2018). The Dynamics of Borrower Reputation Following Financial Misreporting. Management Science 64, pp. 4775-4797.

Kershen Huang & Alex Petkevich (2016). Investment Horizons and Information. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting 43, pp. 1017-1056.

Kershen Huang & Alex Petkevich (2016). Corporate Bond Pricing and Ownership Heterogeneity. Journal of Corporate Finance 36, pp. 54-74.