Hwanki Brian Kim
Assistant Professor - Finance
Contact Information
Office Hours
F 3:00-5:00
Educational Background
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MEN - Financial Engineering, Univ Michigan Ann Arbor
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PHD - Finance, University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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MS - Industrial & Operations Engr, Univ Michigan Ann Arbor
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MSE - Financial Engineering, Univ Michigan Ann Arbor
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BS - Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University
Work Experience
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Assistant Professor of Finance, Baylor University (August 2018 - Present)
Awards and Honors
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John L. Weinberg/IRRCi Research Award Finalist, John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance/Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute (IRRCi) (March 14, 2025)
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Shinhan Bank-KAFA Young Scholar Award, Korea America Finance Association/Shinhan Bank (October 13, 2023)
Professional Memberships
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European Finance Association (January 2019 - Present)
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Society for Financial Studies (October 2018 - Present)
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American Finance Association (August 25, 2018 - Present)
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Korea-America Finance Association (October 18, 2017 - Present)
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Financial Management Association (September 2017 - August 2018)
Publications
Basic or Discovery Scholarship
"Do Corporations Retain Too Much Cash? Evidence from a Natural Experiment,"
Review of Financial Studies, The, Vol. 36, No. 7, (July 2023), pp. 2839–2877 (coauthors: Woojin Kim, Mathias Kronlund).
"Internal Capital Markets in Business Groups: Evidence from the Asian Financial Crisis,"
Journal of Finance, Vol. 70, No. 6, (December 2015), pp. p.2539 – 2586 (coauthors: Heitor Almeida, Chang Soo Kim).
Presentations and Proceedings
Basic or Discovery Scholarship
"Do Index Funds Monitor? Revisited," presented at the 7th Erasmus Corporate Governance Conference, Hotel New York, Rotterdam, Netherlands, June 2025 (coauthors: Todd Gormley).
"Do Index Funds Monitor? Revisited," presented at the ECGI Delaware Weinberg Center Corporate Governance Symposium, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA, March 2025.
"Do Index Funds Monitor? Revisited," presented at the Finance Brown Bag Seminar, Foster 332, February 2025.
"The Role of Passive Ownership in the Era of Say-on-Pay," presented at the International Corporate Governance Society Conference 2023, IE University in Madrid, Spain, October 2023.
"The Role of Passive Ownership in the Era of Say-on-Pay," presented at the Journal of Corporate Finance Special Issue Conference 2023, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland, August 2023.
"The Role of Passive Ownership in the Era of Say-on-Pay," presented at the ESB Finance Research Seminar Series, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, June 2023.
"The Role of Passive Ownership in the Era of Say-on-Pay," presented at the 6th Erasmus Corporate Governance Conference, Hotel New York, Rotterdam, Netherlands, June 2023.
"The Role of Passive Ownership in the Era of Say-on-Pay," presented at the YBRI Finance Research Seminar Series, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, June 2023.
"The Role of Passive Ownership in the Era of Say-on-Pay," presented at the 2023 SNU Finance Workshop, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, June 2023.
"The Role of Passive Ownership in the Era of Say-on-Pay," presented at the KU Finance Research Seminar Series, Virtual, April 2023.
"The Role of Passive Ownership in the Era of Say-on-Pay," presented at the FIRE Department Seminar, Foster 332, April 2023.
"The Role of Passive Ownership in the Era of Say-on-Pay," presented at the 2023 Financial Markets and Corporate Governance Conference, Virtual, April 2023.
Applied or Integration/Application Scholarship
"The Earnings Announcement Premium as Uncertainty Aversion: Theory and Evidence," presented at the 4th Annual Quantitative Investment Virtual Conference 2020, Virtual Meetings, December 2020 (coauthors: David L. Dicks).
Basic or Discovery Scholarship
"The Earnings Announcement Premium as Uncertainty Aversion: Theory and Evidence," presented at the SKKU Finance Seminar Series, Virtual Meeting, October 2020 (coauthors: David L. Dicks).
"The Earnings Announcement Premium as Uncertainty Aversion: Theory and Evidence," presented at the 2020 FMA Virtual Conference, Virtual Meetings, October 2020 (coauthors: David L. Dicks).
"Do Firms Save Too Much Cash? Evidence from a Tax on Corporate Savings," presented at the NFA 2020 Conference, Virtual Meetings, September 2020 (coauthors: Woojin Kim, Mathias Kronlund).
"Do Firms Save Too Much Cash? Evidence from a Tax on Corporate Savings," presented at the MFA 2020 Annual Meeting, Virtual Meeting, August 2020 (coauthors: Woojin Kim, Mathias Kronlund).
"Do Firms Save Too Much Cash? Evidence from a Tax on Corporate Savings," presented at the SFS Cavalcade North America 2020, Virtual Meetings, May 2020 (coauthors: Woojin Kim, Mathias Kronlund).