Bing Han is a Special-Term Professor of Finance at Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Professor of Finance at Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto and TMX Chair in Capital Markets.
His research focuses on Investments and Behavioral Finance. He has published in top finance, economics and management journals including Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Review of Economic Studies, International Economic Review, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, Review of Finance, as well as practitioner oriented journals including Journal of Investment Management, and Journal of Portfolio Management. His research has been presented at many international and national conferences, and featured in media such as BBC, Economist, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, MSN Money, and Smart Money.
Professor Han has received a variety of fellowships, grants and prizes for his outstanding work. He currently serves as the Editor or Associate Editor at Financial Management, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Empirical Finance, International Review of Finance, and Pacific-Basin Finance Journal.
Professor Han holds a Ph.D. in Finance from Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA (2002) and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from University of Chicago (1997).
Journal Publications
1. Han, Bing, David Hirshleifer, and Johan Walden, 2022, Social Transmission Bias and Investor Behavior, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
2. Zhan, Xintong (Eunice), Bing Han, Jie Cao, and Qing Tong, 2021, Option Return Predictability, Review of Financial Studies.
3. Chen, Yong, Bing Han, and Jing Pan, 2021, Sentiment Trading and Hedge Fund Returns , Journal of Finance.
4. Han, Bing, and Gang Li, 2021, Information Content of Aggregate Implied Volatility Spread, Management Science.
5. Han, Bing, Lei Lu, and Yi Zhou, 2019, Two Trees with Heterogeneous Beliefs: Spillover Effect of Disagreement, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
6. Han, Bing, Lu Han, and Guozhong Zhu, 2018, Housing Price and Fundamentals in a Transition Economy: The Case of the Beijing Market, International Economic Review.
7. Han, Bing, Dongmin Kong, and Shasha Liu, 2018, Do Analysts Gain an Informational Advantage by Visiting Listed Companies?, Contemporary Accounting Research.
8. Cao, Jie, Bing Han, and Qinghai Wang, 2017, Institutional Investment Constraints and Stock Prices, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
9. Han, Bing, Avanidhar Subrahmanyam, and Yi Zhou, 2017, The term structure of credit spreads, firm fundamentals, and expected stock returns, Journal of Financial Economics.
10. Han, Bing, and Yi Zhou, 2015, Understanding the term structure of credit default swap spreads, Journal of Empirical Finance.
11. Han, Bing, and Alok Kumar , 2013, Speculative Retail Trading and Asset Prices, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
12. Cao, Jie, and Bing Han, 2013, Cross section of option returns and idiosyncratic stock volatility, Journal of Financial Economics.
13. Han, Bing, and Liyan Yang, 2013, Social Networks, Information Acquisition, and Asset Prices, Management Science.
14. Fuller, Russell J., Bing Han, and Yining Tung, 2012, Estimating the Negative Impact of 'Noise' on the Returns of Cap-Weighted Portfolios in Various Segments of the Equity Markets, Journal of Investment Management.
15. Cao, Henry H., Bing Han, David Hirshleifer, and Harold Zhang, 2011, Fear of the Unknown: Familiarity and Economic Decisions, Review of Finance.
16. Burnside, Craig, Bing Han, David Hirshleifer, and Tracy Wang, 2011, Investor Overconfidence and the Forward Discount Puzzle, The Review of Economic Studies.
17. Cao, Henry H., Bing Han, and David Hirshleifer, 2011, Taking the road less traveled by: Does conversation eradicate pernicious cascades?, Journal of Economic Theory.
18. Fuller, Russell J., Bing Han, and Yining Tung, 2010, Thinking about Indexes, and “Passive” versus Active Management, The Journal of Portfolio Management.
19. Han, Bing, David Hirshleifer, and John C. Persons, 2009, Promotion Tournaments and Capital Rationing, Review of Financial Studies.
20. Han, Bing, Dong Hong, and Mitch Warachka, 2009, Forecast Accuracy Uncertainty and Momentum, Management Science.
21. Han, Bing, 2008, Investor Sentiment and Option Prices, Review of Financial Studies.
22. Han, Bing, 2007, Stochastic Volatilities and Correlations of Bond Yields, Journal of Finance.
23. Han, Bing, Craig Merrill, and Francis Longstaff, 2007, The U.S. Treasury Buyback Auctions: The Cost of Retiring Illiquid Bonds, Journal of Finance.
24. Grinblatt, Mark, and Bing Han, 2005, Prospect theory, mental accounting, and momentum, Journal of Financial Economics.
