Jay Chen, Ph.D., CFA

I am the Elnora H. & William B. Quarton Professor of Business Administration and Economics at Coe College.

Bio

I am originally from Taiwan. I came to the states to study business, but ended up getting a PhD in economics. I am also a CFA charterholder.

I was trained as an economist, but have broad interests in economics, finance, technology and entrepreneurship.

AI in Business Practice

This website showcases the student projects created in my AI class. AI is revolutionizing the economy. I am proud that Coe students are helping to expand the boundaries while gaining invaluable experience at the same time.

Education

• PhD, International Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2010
• MBA, University of California, Irvine, 2003
• BS, Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 1996

Papers

• Can Coase govern the Green Bay Packers? Managerial Finance, Vol. 41 Iss: 3, pp.328 - 342, with student Manish Khadka
• Fade the Gap: Odds Favor Mean Reversion, working paper presented at 2015 EFA annual meetings, with student Tim Palmer
• FinTech and Asymmetric Information: the Case of Lending Club, working paper presented at 2019 MEA annual meetings, with student Junjie Lei
• Size Matters or Risks Pay: Learning from the Texas University Endowment, working paper presented at 2021 MEA annual meetings

Student Senior Theses

• "Do Value Investors Walk The Walk? The Case of The Baupost Group", Anh Nguyen, 2023
• "The Trade-Off Theory of Control in Startup Funding: A Study of Dual-Class Stock IPOs and Venture Capital", Collin Johnson, 2016
• "Employee Behavior: Factors that Influence Contribution Amount in a College Setting", Meghan McClimon, 2016
• "The Dow: Risk and the Return Paradox", Anthony Peterson, 2016, published in Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research, Issue 7, 2017, pp.205 - 222
• "Mean Reversion and Price Momentum in U.S. Equity Markets", Timothy Palmer, 2015

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