2. Education

University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

MBA

National Economic University, Hanoi, Vietnam

BA, Banking and Finance

Hanoi National University, Hanoi, Vietnam

BA, English

3. Employment/Experience:

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Associate Professor of Finance 2019-present

Assistant Professor of Finance 2014-2019

Michigan State University

Visiting Assistant Professor 2013-2014

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Assistant Professor of Finance 2012-2013

4. Publications:

1. "CEO Inside Debt and Internal Capital Market Efficiency" (with S. Freund, H. Nguyen, and H. Tang). Journal of Corporate Finance, 68(2021), 101974.
2. "Political Corruption and Mergers and Acquisitions" (with N. Nguyen and T. Simpson). Journal of Corporate Finance, 65(2020), 101765.
3. "Carbon Risk and Corporate Capital Structure" (with J. Nguyen). Journal of Corporate Finance, 64(2020), 101713.
4. "The Influence of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Corporate Trade Credit and Firm Value" (with S. Jory, H. Khieu, and T. Ngo). Journal of Corporate Finance, 64(2020), 101671.
5. "Shareholder Litigation Rights and Capital Structure Decisions" (with N. Nguyen and E. Lee). Journal of Corporate Finance, 62(2020), 101601.
6. "Shareholder Litigation Rights and Corporate Cash Holdings: Evidence from Universal Demand Laws" (with H. Nguyen and L. Sun). Journal of Corporate Finance, 52 (2018), 192-213.
7. Featured in Columbia Law School's Blog on Corporation and the Capital Markets.
8. "Executive Compensation and Corporate Financing Policies: Evidence from CEO Inside Debt" (with S. Freund and S. Latif). Journal of Corporate Finance, 50 (2018), 484-504. Featured in Columbia Law School's Blog on Corporation and the Capital Markets.
9. "Tournament-Based Incentives, Corporate Cash Holdings, and the Value of Cash" (with T. Simpson and H. Nguyen). Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 52 (2017), 1519-1550. Featured in Columbia Law School's Blog on Corporation and the Capital Markets.
10. “Policy Uncertainty and Mergers and Acquisitions” (with N. Nguyen). Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 52 (2017), 613-644.Featured in Columbia Law School's Blog on Corporation and the Capital Markets.
11. “Does Earnings Management by Firms Making Mandatory Pension Contributions Pay Off?” (with H. Khieu and J. Golec). Financial Management, Spring 2017, 89-128.
12. “CEO Inside Debt and Corporate Debt Maturity Structure” (with V. Dang). Journal of Banking and Finance, 70 (2016), 38-54.
13. “Inside Debt and Mergers and Acquisitions,” Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 49 (2014), 1365-1401. Featured in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation.Reprinted in summarized form in CFA Digest, 45(9), September 2015.
14. “Corporate Governance and Risk Taking: Evidence from Defined Benefit Plan Asset Allocation,” (with S. Hegde), Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 48 (2013), 919-946. Mentioned in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation.
15. “Pension Contributions and Firm Performance: Evidence from Frozen Defined Benefit Plans,” (with S. Hegde), Financial Management, Summer (2013), 373-411.
16. Other publications
17. "Government Economic Policy Uncertainty and Corporate Debt Contracting" (with D. Tran). International Review of Finance, forthcoming.
18. “Tournament-Based Incentives and Mergers and Acquisitions" (with N. Nguyen, H. Phan, D. Tran, and H. Vo). International Review of Financial Analysis, 71(2020), 101548.
19. "Market-based Drivers of Co-branding Success" (with H. Nguyen, W. Ross, and J. Pancras). Journal of Business Research, 115 (2020), 122-138.
20. “Policy Uncertainty, Corporate Cash Holdings, and the Value of Cash" (with H. Nguyen, N. Nguyen, and S. Hegde). Journal of Business Research, 95 (2019), 71-82.