Yuchen Luo

Title: Assistant Professor of Finance
Office: 346 Elliott Hall
Phone: (248) 370-4093
Email: yuchenluo@oakland.edu

Education:
University of Arkansas (Ph.D. in Finance)

Biography:
Yuchen Luo is an assistant professor of finance at Oakland University. He earned his Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Arkansas. Before joining Oakland, he was a postdoctoral associate at Georgetown University and an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas–Fort Smith. His research focuses on corporate finance, portfolio management, behavioral finance, and political economy. His work has been published in The Review of Financial Studies and presented at conferences and workshops, including a workshop hosted by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), as well as at universities and research institutions worldwide.

Research interests: 
Corporate finance, portfolio management, behavioral finance, and political economy

Awards:
2024 Asian Finance Association Annual Conference (AsianFA) Best Paper Prize

Journals and Articles:

Agarwal, V., Jiang, W., Luo, Y., Zou, H. (2026). The Real Effect of Sociopolitical Racial/Ethnic Animus: Mutual Fund Manager Performance during AAPI Hate. The Review of Financial Studies. hhag052. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhag052