Wing Wah Tham

Associate Professor Wing Wah Tham holds a position at the School of Banking and Finance within the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Business School. He also maintains affiliations as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow and a Tinbergen Institute Fellow. Previously, he served as an Associate Professor of Financial Econometrics at the Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics (2014–2016) and as an Assistant Professor there (2009–2014).

Education:

• PhD, University of Warwick
• MSc, Imperial College, UK
• BEng, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore

Research Interests: Professor Tham specializes in econometrics, market microstructure, asset pricing, and financial innovation. His work bridges quantitative finance with applications in artificial intelligence and sustainable development goals (SDG), focusing on reproducibility, liquidity dynamics, and policy impacts.

Recent Publications span high-impact journals like Journal of Finance, Management Science, and Review of Financial Studies, addressing topics such as nonstandard errors, AI for SDG mapping, and toxic arbitrage. These works are frequently presented at American Finance Association and Econometric Society meetings.

Scientific Honors:

• PanAngora Crowell Second Prize
• Midwest Finance Association Best Paper Award
• Literati Network Awards for Excellence
• ARC Discovery Projects Grant

Additional Activities: He has served as a visiting scholar at the Haas Business School, UC Berkeley and National University of Singapore, with interests in triathlons and ocean swimming.