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Cao Fang, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Department of Finance

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About

Experience

  • Assistant Teaching Professor of Finance, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Classes Taught

  • Investments
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Valuation & Value Creation

Research Interests

  • Investments
  • Investment Analysis
  • Institutional Investors
  • Mutual funds & ETFs
  • Green Finance
  • Experimental Finance

Awards and Affiliations

  • Capital Markets Research Award, by European Financial Management Association 2021 Annual Conference

Selected Publications

Cao Fang, Wayne Y. Lee. 2026. Stocks through a Looking Glass: Can Style Segment-Adjusted Mutual Fund Stock Holdings Predict Stock Returns? Accounting & Finance.

Cao Fang, Peter J. McGee. 2024. Asymmetric Information, Liquidity Needs, and Migration to ETFs: An Experimental Investigation. Journal of Behavioral Finance, 1-24. DOI: 10.1080/15427560.2024.2433499

Cao Fang, T. J. Yeager. 2020. A Historical Loss Approach to Community Bank Stress Testing. Journal of Banking and Finance, 118, 105831.

Education

2017–2022 PhD in Finance, University of Arkansas, AR
2012–2014 M.S. Finance, Southern New Hampshire University, NH
2006–2009 M.S. Chemistry, Nankai University, China
2002–2006 B.S. Chemistry, Tianjin University, China

Selected Presentations

  • Asian Financial Management Annual Conference (Asian FA): July 2021, June 2024
  • Asian-Pacific Financial Markets Annual Conference (CAFM): Dec 2020, Dec 2021
  • European Financial Management Annual Conference (EFMA): July 2021 X 2, June 2024
  • Financial Management Annual Conference (FMA): Oct 2021, Oct 2021
  • International Conference on Finance for the Common Good 2024: August 2024
  • Pacific Basin Finance, Economics, Account and Management (PBFEAM): Sep 2021
  • New Zealand Finance Conference (NZST): Dec 2021, Dec 2024, Chair X1
  • Southern Finance Association Annual Conference (SFA): Nov 2021
  • Southwestern Finance Association Annual Conference (SWFA): Mar 2021
  • World Finance Conference (WFC): Aug 2021, Aug 2021