SUN Jian
Full-time Faculty
Assistant Professor of Finance; (with courtesy appointment in the School of Economics)
Lee Kong Chian School of Business
LKCSB
School of Economics
SOE
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Education
| 2022 | Ph.D. in Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management |
| 2016 | M.S. in Economic Theory and Econometrics, Toulouse School of Economics |
| 2014 | B.S. in Economics, Tsinghua University |
Current Position(s) Held
| July 2022 - Now | Assistant Professor of Finance Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
Awards, Recognition and Honors
- Best Paper Award for Doctoral Students, The 2022 Annual Conference in Digital Economics.
- MIT Sloan PhD Fellowship, 2016-2022.
- Academic Excellence Scholarship, Toulouse School of Economics, 2015.
- Comprehensive First Prize Scholarship, Tsinghua University, 2012.
- Gold Medal, Chinese Physics Olympiad (CPhO), 2009.
Research Interests
- Technological Innovation in Finance
- Corporate Finance Theory
- Information Economics and Information Design
Research Areas and Areas of Expertise
Strategic Priorities
HighlightsJian Sun is an accomplished finance scholar specializing in information economics, market microstructure, and market design, with notable contributions to academic research and teaching at Singapore Management University.
Combines rigorous theoretical and empirical analysis to address fundamental questions in market design and information economics, with recognized impact through best paper awards, international presentations, and contributions to leading finance journals; actively engages in academic service and collaboration.
Focused research areas include Investigates the role of information and market structure in financial markets, including auction competitiveness, liquidity, manipulable signals, cap-and-trade regulation, transparency, and the financialization of cryptocurrencies.
Combines rigorous theoretical and empirical analysis to address fundamental questions in market design and information economics, with recognized impact through best paper awards, international presentations, and contributions to leading finance journals; actively engages in academic service and collaboration.
Focused research areas include Investigates the role of information and market structure in financial markets, including auction competitiveness, liquidity, manipulable signals, cap-and-trade regulation, transparency, and the financialization of cryptocurrencies.
Areas of Expertise
Corporate finance theoryInformation economicsMarket microstructure
Past Awarded Grant
- AFA PhD Student Travel Grant, 2020
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- T Ernst, C Spatt, J SunThe Journal of Finance 80 (4), 1879-1927, 2025
- J Sun
- J Sun, BZ YueshenAvailable at SSRN 5062560, 2024
- T Ernst, CS Spatt, J SunAvailable at SSRN 4749232, 2024
- H Chen, J SunSSRN, 2024
- Algorithmic transparency [2024]J Sun
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Education
| 2022 | Ph.D. in Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management |
| 2016 | M.S. in Economic Theory and Econometrics, Toulouse School of Economics |
| 2014 | B.S. in Economics, Tsinghua University |
Current Position(s) Held
| July 2022 - Now | Assistant Professor of Finance Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
Awards, Recognition and Honors
- Best Paper Award for Doctoral Students, The 2022 Annual Conference in Digital Economics.
- MIT Sloan PhD Fellowship, 2016-2022.
- Academic Excellence Scholarship, Toulouse School of Economics, 2015.
- Comprehensive First Prize Scholarship, Tsinghua University, 2012.
- Gold Medal, Chinese Physics Olympiad (CPhO), 2009.
Research Interests
- Technological Innovation in Finance
- Corporate Finance Theory
- Information Economics and Information Design