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Yisong S. Tian is a Professor at the Schulich School of Business, York University. His primary research interests include derivative securities, employee stock options, executive compensation, financial engineering, and fixed income. His research focuses on option pricing, volatility estimation, capital market efficiency, and the incentive effects of equity-based managerial compensation. He has developed numerical methods for the valuation of complex derivative securities, estimated and forecasted volatility for both traded and non-traded options, and tested capital market efficiency empirically. In addition, he investigates the effectiveness of corporate board directors in monitoring managerial decisions and their impact on firm performance. Yisong has received multiple Merit Awards for excellence in teaching, research, and service at the Schulich School of Business. He has also been awarded research fellowships and grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
Schulich School of Business, York University • Toronto, Canada
Conducting research and teaching in finance-related subjects.
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