Lina Han
Assistant Professor
Lina Han, PhD is an assistant professor of finance at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her research focuses on investments and geopolitical risk. Her work has been published in leading finance journals, including the Journal of Financial Economics and the Review of Financial Studies. Han has been featured in major media outlets such as the Financial Times, The New York Times, Bloomberg, and CNN. She received her PhD in finance from the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to pursuing her PhD, she worked as a quantitative trader and risk analyst at a high-frequency trading firm in Chicago.
Education
Professional Experience
Academic Appointments
Recent Honors/Awards
Research Interests
Teaching Interests
- FIN 408 Topics in Financial Technology
- FIN 422 Financial Engineering
- SCH-MGMT 654 Advanced Financial Technology
- SCH-MGMT 681 Derivative Strategy and Risk Management
Media, Industry, and Public Impact
CSIS: https://www.csis.org/analysis/collateral-damage-domestic-impact-us-semiconductor-export-controls
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Professional Links
Selected Working Papers / Current Research
Navigating Geoeconomic Risk: Evidence from U.S. Mutual Funds with Matteo Crosignani, and Marco Macchiavelli
Cross Trading in the Corporate Bond Market With Stacey Jacobsen, Jayoung Nam and Veronika Pool
Selected Publications
Securing Technological Leadership? The Cost of Export Controls on Firms Journal of Financial Economics, 175,104192, January 2026 with Matteo Crosignani, Marco Macchiavelli, and Andr´e F. Silva
The True Colors of Money: Racial Representation and Asset Management The Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming with Xing Huang, Ohad Kadan, and Jimmy Wu