Evan Jo

Evan Jo is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Smith School of Business, Queen's University. His research focuses on measuring, pricing, and sharing risks in the economy with emphases on Asset Pricing, Capital Markets, and Credit Risk.

• Ph.D. in Finance (2021) – McGill University
• B.Com. (2014) – Joint Honours in Economics & Finance – McGill University
• DEC (2011) – Honours Commerce – Marianopolis College

Research interests include analyzing risk-sharing mechanisms, developing frameworks linking firm-level capital supply/demand to stock returns, and exploring variance risk premia impacts on corporate investment decisions. Recent work addresses alpha measurement noise reduction and supply-demand equilibrium modeling for asset pricing anomalies.

His articles span theoretical and empirical studies in financial economics, with notable contributions to understanding risk-return relations and capital market dynamics. Active in R programming and quantitative methods, reflected in GitHub repositories like quickQuants and McHugo.