Biography and education
Ha-Chin Yi is a professor of finance at McCoy College of Business. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky in 2002 and joined the faculty at Texas State University in the same year. He is also the President-Elect of the Korea-America Finance Association (KAFA). Dr. Yi’sresearch agenda includes initial public offerings (IPOs), bank loan financing, and other corporate finance issues. Internally, he has received several research and teaching awards and was designated as Professor of Tom Roddy Professorship by McCoy Foundation. His IPO paper won the Best Paper Award from the Journal of Financial Research. His bank loan paper was awarded “Outstanding Paper” by Samsung Securities at the International Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets. Cambridge University invited his real estate paper in the past. A former software engineer, Dr. Yi actively integrates technology in both teaching and research activities and is currently developing FinTech and data analytics courses.
Teaching Interests
Featured grants
- Yi, Ha-Chin. Research Enhancement Grant, $8000. (Funded: 2008). Grant.
- Yi, Ha-Chin. McCoy College Development Fund. (Funded: 2013 - 2014). Grant.
- Becerra, Enrique P, Mogab, John W, Blanco, Ivan, Yi, Ha Chin, Zank, Gail Marie. Business and International Education Program Grant, U.S. Dept. of Education, Federal, $163233. (Funded: 2006 - 2009). Grant.
- Yi, Ha-Chin, Ott, Steven. Using the Real Options Approach to Explain and Predict Development: An Econometric Model of Real Estate Supply and Demand in South Carolina, Center for Applied Real Estate Education and Research at the University of South Carolina, State, $10000. (Funded: 2000). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Elliott, T. C., Kim, J.-C., & Yi, H.-C. (n.d.). Global Market Dynamics: The Impact of Home Country Macro-Institutional Quality on NYSE-Listed Non-U.S. Stocks. Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies.
- Lee, K. Y., Kim, J.-C., & Yi, H.-C. (2024). Liquidity Difference between Non-U.S. and U.S. IPOs on the NYSE Listings. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 57.
- Elliott, T., Kim, J.-C., & Yi, H.-C. (2024). The Impact of Corporate Ethical Standards on the Liquidity of non-U.S. Stocks: An Examination of the Chinese Melamine Scandal. Journal of Economics and Finance, 48, 394–418.
- Bae, S. C., Liu, L., & Yi, H.-C. (n.d.). Do Consumer Awareness and Product Market Competition Matter in Corporate Social Responsibility? International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics.
- Ngo, T., Susnjara, J., & Yi, H.-C. (2024). Market Share, Investor Horizon, and Stock Crash Risk. Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance, 48.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Dean Nominee for the Presidential Award for Teaching, Texas State University. 2018
- Award / Honor Recipient: Best in Track Award - Financial Markets, Academy of Finance. April 18, 2018 - April 20, 2018
- Award / Honor Recipient: Dean Nominee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2012
- Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Research Award, Korean Securities Association/Samsung Securities Co., Ltd. December 2011
- Award / Honor Recipient: Dean Nominee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, Texas State University-San Marcos. 2010
Featured service activities
- Other
International Review of Economics & Finance
- Other
Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
- Editorial Review Board Member
Global Business and Finance Review
- Other
Korea-America Finance Association
- Other
Global Business and Finance Review
- Reviewer / Referee
Academy of International Business