Dr. Tao LIN received her Ph.D in Finance from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in 2003, with her dissertation on “Overconfidence and Asset Prices”. She joined the Faculty of Business and Economics at The University of Hong Kong in 2003.
Tao’s research interests are in market microstructure, behavioral finance, and continuous time finance. She has been serving as the School’s Course Coordinator for Corporate Finance since 2012, and Faculty Academic Advisor Coordinator since 2015.
Research Interest
Market Microstructure
Behavioral Finance
Continuous Time Finance
Selected Publications
"The Impact of BREXIT on Global Economy,"
(Joint with Kun Jiang), Compass, September 2016
"Gravity Payments: Minimum Wage is a Heavy Load,"
(Joint with Tim Summers), Asia Case Research Center, June 2016
Working Papers
"Strategic Investors’ Investment Behavior,"
(Joint with Zhuming Chen and Can Chen), 2016.
"Aftermarket Trading, Liquidity, and the Pricing of IPOs,"
(Joint with Lei Yu and Xianming Zhou), 2008.
"Market Valuation and Target Horizon in Mergers & Acquisition,"
(Joint with Liyan Miao), 2007.
"Under- and Over- Reaction from Relative and Aggregate Overconfidence," 2004.
"Continuous Speculation with Overconfident Competitors,"
(with Albert S. Kyle), 2004.
"Continuous Trading with Heterogeneous Beliefs and No Noise Trading,"
(with Albert S. Kyle), 2002.
Awards and Honours
James B. Duke Fellowship, Duke University 1998-2002
Member of Society of Duke Fellows (SDF) 1998-2003
Fuqua School of Business Fellowship, Duke University 1998-2003
American Finance Association Ph.D. Student Travel Award 2002
