Lecture 1:Teaching Fellows, Economics 252

Financial Markets

Usman Ali •  Lahore, Pakistan •  Lahore University of

Management Science (LUMS)

•  Ph.D. candidate, economics

•  Research on stock analyst recommendations and biases in stock market

•  Behavioral finance

Santosh Anagol

•  Long Branch NJ •  Ph.D. candidate,

economics •  “The Return to Capital in

Ghana,” AER 2006 (with Christopher Udry)

•  Economic institutions in village India

•  Behavioral finance

Christian Awuku-Budu

•  Accra, Ghana •  Morehouse College •  Ph.D. candidate,

economics •  Research on financial

markets in developing countries

Yaxin Duan

•  Nanjing University •  Ph.D. candidate,

economics •  Options smile •  Behavioral finance •  Machu Picchu •  Astronomy

Xiaolan Zhou

•  Hubei Province •  Wuhan University •  Ph.D. candidate

economics •  Research on bank

mergers