Trang Doan

Trang Doan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance at the School of Business, Eastern Illinois University. Her research focuses on corporate finance, gender diversity in leadership, executive compensation, and debt maturity strategies. She explores topics such as firm culture impacts on financing, executive gender effects on cash holdings, and policy uncertainty's role in corporate debt structures.

Her work bridges theoretical frameworks with empirical analysis, investigating how leadership demographics influence financial decision-making and market outcomes. Key areas include CEO qualifications' impact on firm performance, analysts' earnings forecasts under gender-diverse executive teams, and the interplay between policy environments and corporate financing choices.

Dr. Doan's publications span journals like the Journal of Banking and Finance and International Journal of Managerial Finance, addressing critical issues in corporate governance and financial management. She holds no explicitly stated awards but contributes actively to scholarly discourse on contemporary finance topics.

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