Yu Jin

General Information: 

Jin Yu has a Bachelor of Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China and a Master of Science in Finance (with distinction) from Lancaster University Management School, Great Britain. He was a PhD candidate in Finance at Warwick Business School, Great Britain during 2004 - 2005. Since September 2005, he has been enrolled in the Finance PhD program at the Vienna Graduate School of Finance (VGSF). In his first year summer paper, Jin studies the optimal capital structure theory under the supervision of Prof. Josef Zechner.

Education:

• Since 2006: PhD student at the Vienna Graduate School of Finance (full scholarship)
• Ph.D candidate at Warwick Business School, The University of Warwick, Great Britain, 2004-2005
• MSc in Finance at Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University , Great Britain, 2003-2004
• BEng in Engineering in Industrial Foreign Trade at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 1995-1999 

Research:

Corporate Finance, in particular firm's dynamic investment and capital structure decisions
Real option valuation

Publications:

Investment Timing Under Regime Switching, Elliott R., Miao H. Yu, J., International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance 2009, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp 443-463

Contact Details:

Phone: +43-1-313 36 Ex 6319
Email: jin(.)yu(@)vgsf(.)ac(.)at
Homepage:  http://wwwap.wu.ac.at/usr/ma/jinyu/my_website/jin.html


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