About Me
I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University. I completed my Ph.D. in Finance from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Business School.
I am reachable at amitkumar@smu.edu.sg . The link to my official webpage is here:Link .
Publications
Do Women Receive Worse Financial Advice?
Forthcoming, Journal of Finance
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Coverage: Bloomberg.
Working Papers
Know Thyself: Access to Own Credit Report and The Retail Mortgage Market
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Selected Conference Presentations: The Ohio State University 2022 Annual PhD Conference on Real Estate and Housing, University of Texas Austin Ph.D. Student Symposium 2020, AFA Ph.D. Poster Session 2021, ABFER 2021, AREUEA National Conference 2021, FMA Annual Meeting 2021 and Doctoral Consortium 2020, AFBC 2020, MFA 2022.
Coverage: The World Bank’s All About Finance Blog.
Doctoral Grant: Midwest Finance Association 2022.
Best Ph.D. Paper Awards: 15th Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets. 11th Financial Markets and Corporate Governance Conference.
Research Grant
2022: Ministry Of Education (MOE) Academic Research Fund (AcRF) Tier 1
Academic Awards and Fellowships
- Junior Scholars Program, AREUEA 2021.
- Doctoral Travel Grant, AFA 2020.
- Hong Kong Ph.D. fellowship scheme, Research Grant Council 2017–2020.
- Gold Medal for Best All-Round Performance, Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli 2015.