Ph.D. Candidate in Finance
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
I am on the job market this year.
E-mail: jaejinl2@illinois.edu
Job Market Paper
How Political Connections Affect Public Pension Fund Investments? Evidence from Close State Elections
I identify the causal effect of political connections on the private equity investments of U.S public pension funds.
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Semi-finalist for the FMA Best Paper Award, 2024
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Presentation: UIUC, SFS Cavalcade North America 2024, 7th Advances in VC & PE Research Online Workshop, FMA 2024 (scheduled)
Working Papers
Distrust Spillovers from Financial Advisors to Bank Branches (solo-authored)
I identify a channel through which distrust spills over from investment advisory firms involved in misconduct to their affiliated banks.
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Presentation: UIUC, AFA 2023 (Poster), 3rd Boca Corpoate Finance and Governance Conference, Southwestern Finance Association 2023, FMA 2022
Hurting Fund Returns: Business Ties Constraints and Portfolio Misallocation (solo-authored)
I identify a systemic pattern of inferior investment decisions made by asset managment firms in the 401(k) pension business due to thier conflicts of interest with clients.
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Presentation: UIUC, FMA 2023, Southwestern Finance Association 2023, World Finance Banking Symposium 2022, New Zealand Finance Meeting 2022
Work in Progress
What Boards Talk to Decide? Evidence from Public Pension Investments
Measuring Municipal Political Risks
Teaching
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Big Data Analytics (FIN 550, Graduate) Fall 2024
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Head Professor: Julian Reif
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Corporate Finance (FIN 221, Undergraduate) Fall 2021, Spring 2022
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Head Professor: Michael Dyer
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