{"id":5694,"date":"2025-03-10T14:52:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/school-of-business\/?page_id=5694"},"modified":"2025-03-17T14:44:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T18:44:26","slug":"faculty-research-areas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate-programs\/finance\/faculty-research-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Research Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\" id=\"h-finance-m-s\">Finance, M.S.<\/h1>\n\n\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Finance Sub-Header\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" 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wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate-programs\/finance\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Overview<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate-programs\/finance\/curriculum\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Curriculum<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate-programs\/finance\/faculty-research-areas\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Faculty Research Areas<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate-programs\/finance\/careers\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Careers<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Faculty Research Areas<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"intro\">Many of our courses include investigative components in which students research and report on the challenges and opportunities facing real companies and portfolios. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, faculty members work with student research assistants to pursue independent investigations in their individual areas of focus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow 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has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/school-of-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/Sitikantha-Parida-160x160-80x80-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sitikantha Parida\" class=\"wp-image-5536\" style=\"border-radius:50px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sitikantha Parida<\/strong><br><em>Associate Professor<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading clear has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-setting-prices-realizing-value\">Setting prices, realizing value<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Professor Parida focuses his research on empirical asset pricing, mutual funds, and behavioral finance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6088 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-faculty-research-areas category-finance category-finance-mba-ms category-management 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knowledge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Professor Ng has held senior positions at many financial firms, and studies wealth management, capital markets, portfolio management, and investment strategies. He is a principal at Woodland Investment Consulting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-6086 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-faculty-research-areas category-finance category-finance-mba-ms category-management category-mba\">\n<div class=\"entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/school-of-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/David-Tang-160x160-80x80-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5564\" style=\"border-radius:50px;object-fit:contain;width:80px;height:80px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zhenyang (David) Tang<\/strong><br><em>Assistant Professor<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading clear has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-analyzing-the-effects-of-insider-trading\">Analyzing the effects of insider trading<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Professor Tang studies empirical corporate finance, market efficiency, and insider trading.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-background is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Sample Projects<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li>Evaluating mutual fund performance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comparing hedge fund replication models<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assessing the effect of financial decisions on shareholder value and interests<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evaluating investment and risk management strategies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comparing how different types of securities are structured<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of our courses include investigative components in which students research and report on the challenges and opportunities facing real companies and portfolios. 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