David A. Rakowski

Dr. David A. Rakowski is a Professor of Finance at the University of Texas at Arlington, specializing in empirical asset pricing, mutual fund flows, and the impact of social media on financial markets. His recent research examines cryptocurrency adoption among young investors and geographic patterns in international capital flows.

Research Focus: Current projects investigate how social media credibility affects financial decisions, the role of exchange-traded notes in portfolio strategies, and linguistic discrimination in financial disclosures. Methodological strengths include econometric modeling of endogenous relationships and textual analysis of financial communications.

Recent Publications: Explores emerging topics including crypto ETFs (2024), cross-border fund flows (2021), and behavioral biases in cross-listed securities (2021), employing sophisticated instrumental variable approaches to address endogeneity concerns.