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Paul Chiou"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PhD Finance, Rutgers University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cExploring the Impacts of Economic Policies, Policy Uncertainty, and Politics on Carbon Emissions\u201d\u00a0<em>Environmental and Resource Economics<\/em>\u00a088, 895\u2013919, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cTransparency in the Equity Market: Evidence from a Natural Experiment\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<em>International Review of Economics &amp; Finance<\/em>\u00a089, 1348-1368, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPerformance of Using Machine Learning Approaches for Credit Rating Prediction: Decision Forest and Boosting Algorithms\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<em>Journal of Financial Transformation\u00a0<\/em>58, 44\u201353, 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cAn Omega Portfolio Model with Dynamic Return Thresholds\u201d\u00a0<em>International Transactions in Operational Research<\/em>\u00a0 58, 44\u201353, 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cOmega portfolio models with floating return threshold\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<em>International Review of Economics and Finance<\/em>\u00a0\u00a082, 743 \u2013 758, 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cSocial Media as Market Antennas: Dynamic Rebalancing Portfolio Models with Analyses of Inventor Sentiment\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<em>International Review of Economics and Finance<\/em>\u00a0 77, 1-13, 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPortfolio models with return forecasting and transaction costs\u201d\u00a0<em>International Review of Economics and Finance<\/em>\u00a066, 118 \u2013 130, 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cRealized performance of robust portfolios: Worst-case Omega vs. CVaR-related models\u201d\u00a0<em>Computers and Operations Research<\/em>, 104, 239 \u2013 255, 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPaying Attention to Social Media Stock\u201d\u00a0<em>International Review of Economics and Finance<\/em>\u00a059, 106-119, 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cDoes entropy model with return forecasting enhance portfolio performance?\u201d\u00a0<em>Computers and Industrial Engineering<\/em>\u00a0114, 175-182, 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cIncorporating transaction costs, weighting management, and floating required return in robust portfolios\u201c\u00a0<em>Computers and Industrial Engineering<\/em>\u00a0109, 48\u201358, 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPricing corporate bonds and constructing credit curves in a developing country: The case of the Taiwan bond fund crisis\u201c\u00a0<em>International Review of Economics and Finance<\/em>\u00a050, 261\u2013274, 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cDiversification Benefits of Risk Portfolio Models: A Case of Taiwan's Stock Market\u201c\u00a0<em>Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting<\/em>\u00a048, 467 \u2013 502, 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cA Linearized Value-at-risk Model with Transaction Costs and Short Selling\u201d\u00a0<em>European Journal of Operational Research<\/em>, 247, 872-878, 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Presentations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>International Conference on Machine Learning, July 2025, Vancouver, BC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>INFORM Annual Meeting, Oct. 2021, Anaheim, CA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Oct. 2017, Boston, MA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>INFORM Annual Meeting, Oct. 2017, Houston, TX.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Oct. 2016, Las Vegas, NV<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Oct. 2015, Orlando, FL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Oct. 2014, Nashville, TN (3 papers)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, May 2014, Washington, DC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bureau of Economic Analysis, Feb. 2014, Washington, DC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research &amp; Teaching Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Investments; International Finance; Portfolio Modeling; Financial Institutions; Environmental Finance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Industry &amp; Academic Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Chiou was a banker working on credit analyses and economic research before entering academia. He was interviewed by several media agencies, such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/laurendebter\/2022\/02\/17\/american-consumers-are-more-accepting-of-higher-prices-than-expected\/?sh=7d4c512d4aa6\">Forbes<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketplace.org\/2021\/11\/22\/whats-included-in-the-consumer-price-index-and-what-isnt\/\">MarketPlace<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/boston\/news\/2021\/10\/07\/cfo-pay-is-up-in-massachusetts-thank-the-stock-ma.html\">Boston Business Journal<\/a>, the Voice of America (VOA), and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/news\/the-cost-of-cars-furniture-and-hot-dogs-have-gone-through-the-roof-a-northeastern-finance-professor-explains-what-is-going-on\/\">others<\/a>\u00a0for the issues of financial markets numerous times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Services to the Profession<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Associate Editor,\u00a0<em>Humanities and Social Sciences Communications<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Associate Editor,\u00a0<em>Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Associate Editor,\u00a0<em>Global Journal of Accounting and Finance<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Membership: The American Finance Association, Financial Management Association<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards &amp; Recognition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Semi Finalist of Best Paper Award, Financial Management Association, 2014, 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Top 10% session, Financial Management Association, 2014, 2009, 2006.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Teaching Professor, Finance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1080,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"post_unlisted":false,"post_preheader":"","post_footer":"","footnotes":""},"category":[],"dmsb_audience":[],"dmsb_group":[],"dmsb_person_type":[45],"dmsb_expertise":[],"dmsb_person_industry":[],"dmsb_person_geography":[],"class_list":["post-1079","dmsb_person","type-dmsb_person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","dmsb_person_type-faculty-fellow"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>W. 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