An Yan

An Yan is the Robert Bendheim Chair Professor in Economics and Financial Policy and area chair at the Gabelli School of Business. Professor Yan is also the director of the Doctor of Professional Studies in Business program in collaboration with Peking University’s National School of Development, and co-director of the Center for Research in Contemporary Finance.

Professor Yan received his undergraduate degree from Tsinghua University, China, and his Ph.D. in finance from Boston College. His main research interest is in theoretical and empirical corporate finance. He has published his research in the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis and other significant academic outlets.