Dr. K.C. Chen is the Brix Endowed Chair in Finance Emeritus at California State University-Fresno.
He currently teaches the Student-Managed Investment Funds (SMIF) Program that manages
$6.7 million of the university endowment funds. His SMIF Program has received many
accolades, including winning first place at the Global Portfolio Competition in 2014
and 2023. His current research and teaching interests include financial engineering,
business valuation, and money management. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst
(CFA) designation.
Financial engineering, business valuation, and money management.
“Those Who Learn from History Are Doomed to Repeat It,” (with F. Fabozzi, K.C. Ma,
R. Ramesh), Journal of Behavioral Finance, July 2022, https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15427560.2022.2100387
“Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: Evidence from the ADRs of Tiger Club
Economies,” (with L-H. Pan, S. Chen, C.-C. Wu), International Journal of Accounting and Financial Reporting, 9(1), 2019, 432-449. https://doi.org/10.5296/ijafr.v9i1.14578
“Legal Origins, Corporate Governance, and Firm Performance: Evidence from Dutch, Belgian,
and Luxembourg ADRs,” (with David Leon, L.-H. Pan, M.-Y. Chen), International Journal of Finance, 30(2), 2018, 861-896.
“Evaluating Conditions and Terms of the AT&T and DirecTV Merger,” (with Hideharu Funahashi
and Nicole Warmerdam), Research in Finance, 33, 2017, 1-17. Lead Article. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0196-382120170000033001
“Political Uncertainty and Firm Risk in China,” (with D.L. Luo and Lifan Wu), Review of Development Finance, 7(2), 2017, 85-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rdf.2017.06.001
