Mihai Ion

Mihai Ion joined the Eller College of Management in 2014. His research focuses on policy uncertainty, corporate investment, mergers and acquisitions, empirical asset pricing, macro finance, credit cycles, international trade and trade policy. He earned his PhD in Finance from Purdue University in 2013.

Courses

• FIN 391 Preceptorship - Spring
• FIN 421 Investments - Spring
• FIN 525 Empirical Finance Methods - Spring

Publications

• “Policy Uncertainty and Corporate Investment," with Huseyin Gulen. Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 29 (3), 2016, pages 523-564. [Lead Article. Editor’s Choice Article. RFS top five most cited articles published in 2016.]
• “Does Policy Uncertainty Affect Mergers and Acquisitions?”  with Alice Bonaime and Huseyin Gulen. Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 129 (3), 2018, pages 531-558.
• “Exports, Investment and Policy Uncertainty," with Andrew Greenland and John Lopresti. Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 52 (3), 2019 pages 1248-1288.
• “The Use of Asset Growth in Empirical Asset Pricing Models," with Michael Cooper and Huseyin Gulen. Journal of Financial Economics, Forthcoming
• “Credit Cycles, Expectations, and Corporate Investment," with Huseyin Gulen, Candace Jens, and Stefano Rossi. Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
• "Using Equity Market Reactions to Infer Exposure to Trade Liberalization," with Andrew Greenland, John Lopresti and Peter K. Schott. Journal of International Economics, Forthcoming.

Working Papers

• "Policy Uncertainty, Corporate Risk-Taking and CEO Incentives," with David Yin
• Portfolio Optimization for Financing Drug Development, with Henry Conter
• Using Large Language Models to Identify Product Markets