Introduction
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Educational Background
Schedule
Department of Finance and Law
Frank (Lifan) Wu
Professor
Office: 714 Simpson Tower
Phone: (323)343-2874
FAX: (323)343-2885
Email: lwu7@calstatela.edu
I have joined Department of Finance and Law since 1998. Before
that I taught in University of Illinois and City University of Hong Kong.
I received my MA in Finance from Nankai University of China in 1986, and
Ph.D in Finance from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1994.
I enjoy the people, diversified culture, food and weather
in LA.
Teaching courses include Corporate Finance, Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, and Financial Options and Futures.
Research has focused on the areas of Investments and Asset Pricing, Market Efficiency and Regulation, and Market Microstructure. Currently I am working on issues related to the Asian-Pacific stock markets.
Representative Professional Activities
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| 1999 | "Market Liquidity and Trader Welfare in Multiple Dealer Markets: Evidence from Dual Trading Restrictions" (with P. Locke and A. Sarkar), Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Vol. 34, P. 57-88. |
| 1998 | "Information Asymmetry, Market Segmentation and the Pricing of Cross-Listed shares: Theory and Evidence from Chinese A and B Shares" (with S. Chakravarty and A. Sarkar), Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Vol 8, P. 325-355. |
| 1998
1998 |
“Price Transmission and Market Openness: A Comparative Analysis
of Asian Stock Markets” (with Sarkar), Review of Pacific Basin Financial
Markets and Policies, Vol. 1, No. 2, P. 215-232.
"Aditional Evidence of the Spinoff Effect: The Case of Hong Kong", Advances in Pacific Basin Financial Markets, Vol. 4, P. 124-141. |
| 1998 | "Market Reactions to the Hong Kong Trading Suspensions: Mandatory Versus Voluntary", Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Vol 25, P.418-437. |
| 1997 | "On Existence of An "Optimal Stock Price": Evidence from Stock Splits and Reverse Stock" (with B.Chan), International Journal of Business, Vol. 2, P. 45-67. |
Ph.D Finance, July 1994
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL
MA Finance, June 1986
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
| Course | Sect. No. | Title | Units |
| FIN | 534 | Seminar: Portfolio Management | 4 |
| FIN | 530 | Seminar: Business Finance | 4 |
| FIN | 437 | Securities Analysis | 4 |
| FIN | 440 | Futures and Options | 4 |
| FIN | 332 | Investments | 4 |
| FIN | 303 | Business Finance | 4 |