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Professor and Ph.D. Student Win Best Paper Awards


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Dr. Shu Yan and Ph.D. student Monica Marin receive award plaques

Dr. Shu Yan, assistant professor of finance, received an award for best research paper in investments for his paper, “Reducing Estimation Risk in Portfolio Selection Decision-Making when Short Sales Are Allowed,” coauthored with Gordon Alexander (University of Minnesota) and Alexandre Baptista (George Washington University), at the Southern Finance Association annual meeting held November 14-17 in Charleston, South Carolina. Monica Marin, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in finance, won the award for best student research paper for her paper, "Can Risk Management Help Prevent Bankruptcy?"

Gail Crouch
November 2007