Dan Su

Dr Dan Su is Assistant Professor of Finance at CKGSB. He received his PhD in Finance in 2022 from University of Minnesota with a focus on macro finance.

Areas of Expertise

Macro Finance; Corporate Theory; International Capital Flow

Education

• Ph.D. in Finance, University of Minnesota, 2016-2022.
  – Dissertation title: “Essays on Firms, Finance, and Macroeconomy”
  – Committee members: Robert Goldstein, Xiaoji Lin, Erzo Luttmer, and Andrew Winton
• M.A. in Economics, Peking University, 2016.
• B.Sci. in Chemistry, Peking University, 2013.
• B.A. in Economics, Peking University, 2013.

Teaching

Instructor

Undergraduate: Finance Fundamentals (3 Credits; Fall 2018 and Spring 2019)

• Teaching evaluation score: 5.6/6.0
• Ph.D. Excellence in Teaching Award
• John Willard Herrick Teaching Award

Teaching Assistant

• Undergraduate: The Global Economy, Principals of Corporate Finance, Portfolio Management and Performance Evaluation, Options and Derivatives, Financial Markets and Interest Rates
• Master: Quantitative Portfolio Analysis
• MBA: Financial Modeling, Corporate Finance Analysis and Decisions, Advanced Corporate Finance Analysis and Decisions

Honors and Awards

• Ph.D. Candidate Awards For Outstanding Research, Western Finance Association (2021)
• Carlson School Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota (2020)
• Ph.D. Travel Fellowship, University of Minnesota (2017-2021)
• Ph.D. Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Minnesota (2019)
• John Willard Herrick Teaching Award, University of Minnesota (2019)
• Ph.D. Program Summer Research Fellowship, University of Minnesota (2017-2020)
• Carlson School Fellowship, University of Minnesota (2016-2020)

Publication

• Su, Dan, and Yang Yao. “Manufacturing as the key engine of economic growth for middle-income economies.” Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 22, no. 1 (2017): 47-70.
• Zheng, Xinwei, and Dan Su. “Impacts of oil price shocks on Chinese stock market liquidity.” International Review of Economics & Finance 50 (2017): 136-174.
• Li, Xiang, and Dan Su. “Does Capital Account Liberalization Affect Income Inequality?.” Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 83, no. 2 (2021): 377-410.

Working Papers:

• Surges and Instability: the Maturity Shortening Channel (with Xiang Li), Revised & Resubmitted at Journal of International Economics
• Total Factor Productivity Growth at the Firm-Level: The Within Gain of Capital Account Liberalization (with Xiang Li), Revised & Resubmitted at Journal of International Economics
• Rise of Superstar Firms and Fall of the Price Mechanism
• The Capital Matthew Effect: Directed Technical Change and International Capital Flows
• The Macroeconomics of TechFin
• The Rise of (Mega-)Firms with Negative Net Earnings