Amit KUMAR

Amit KUMAR is a Full-time Assistant Professor of Finance at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2022). His research focuses on Household Finance, Banking, Corporate Finance, and Municipal Finance, with recent work examining gender disparities in financial advice, PFAS contamination impacts on municipalities, and credit report accessibility effects on mortgage markets.

Research Interests:

• Household Finance
• Banking and Financial Intermediation
• Corporate Finance and Governance
• Municipal Finance
• Sustainable Finance

Key Contributions: His studies combine empirical and theoretical frameworks to address issues like statistical discrimination in financial advice, environmental contamination's economic ripple effects, and policy impacts on credit markets. Recent work has been published in the Journal of Finance and presented at leading conferences like AFA and MFA.

Awards & Grants:

• Hong Kong Ph.D. Fellowship Scheme (2017–2020)
• MOE Academic Research Fund (AcRF) Tier 1 (2023)
• Best Ph.D. Paper Awards (Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, 2021)

Professional Activities: Active in academic circles, he has participated in the SMU Summer Finance Research Camp and presented at the World Bank’s All About Finance Blog. His research often employs difference-in-differences designs to analyze policy implications.