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Hayong Yun is an Associate Professor of Finance and Co-Director of the Center for Venture Capital, Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Finance at the Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University. His expertise spans corporate finance, risk management, law and economics, and AI applications in finance. He teaches advanced finance courses across undergraduate, MBA, and PhD programs, including specialized deep learning applications in finance.
He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from Columbia University and previously served as faculty at the University of Notre Dame. His educational journey reflects a strong foundation in quantitative finance methodologies.
Professor Yun's research centers on Corporate Finance, Deep Learning Applications, and Bankruptcy Law, with significant contributions to understanding how energy usage patterns predict stock returns and how municipal bankruptcy laws impact healthcare financing. His work uniquely bridges traditional financial theory with modern machine learning techniques, particularly in analyzing production heterogeneity and fairness in algorithmic lending.
Publication trends reveal an evolution from early work on corporate governance and liquidity toward contemporary integration of deep learning in financial analysis, while maintaining consistent focus on legal-economic intersections in finance.
His accolades include:
- 2008 JPMorganChase Young Researcher Award (Review of Financial Studies)
- 2013 Brattle Group First Prize (Journal of Finance)
- 2017 William F. Sharpe Award for Scholarship in Financial Research (Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis)
- 2014 Best Teaching Award, MSU Finance
As an educator, he mentors PhD students through Corporate Finance Theory courses and directs the MSU Student Venture Capital Fund, which provides experiential learning through real-world investments in Michigan startups. His leadership in the Center for Venture Capital fosters cross-disciplinary collaboration between business, engineering, and policy students.
He actively leads the Center for Venture Capital, Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Finance, driving initiatives that connect academic research with practical investment strategies through the Student Venture Capital Fund and industry partnerships with Michigan startups.
