Howard Kung

Dr Howard Kung joined the School in August 2014, after two years at the University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business. He completed his PhD in Finance at Duke University and, prior to earning his doctorate, he studied Mathematics and Economics at the University of Virginia. Howard’s research focuses on macro-finance and asset pricing. It encompasses monetary/fiscal policy, industrial organisation, and its interaction with asset pricing and firms’ investment.

He has published his research in top journals, including the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Finance, and the Journal of Monetary Economics. His research has won several awards, including the Fama/DFA Prize for the best papers in asset pricing and capital markets published in the Journal of Financial Economics. He has been covered in major media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Reuters, Forbes, and Bloomberg, and his work has been presented at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. Howard teaches in the MBA and PhD programmes.