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Yanfei Sun

Dr. Yanfei Sun

Assistant Professor
DepartmentFinance
EducationPhD
OfficeTRS 1-113
Phone416-979-5000 ext: 557741

Overview

Dr. Yanfei Sun is an assistant professor of Finance at Ted Rogers School of Management. She received a Ph.D. in Finance from Auburn University in 2019. Her research focuses on financial markets and institutions, financial regulation and international finance. She currently teaches Advanced Corporate Finance at TRSM.

Financial Institutions; International Finance; Corporate Finance

Journal Articles
"Opportunity zones: Do tax benefits go to the most distressed communities?" with James R. Barth, Journal of Financial Economic Policy 13, no. 3 (2021): 1757-6385.
“Does bank integration contribute to insolvencies and crises?” with Yinan Ni, Journal of Financial Economic Policy 13, no. 1 (2021): 62-93.
“Payday lending, crime and bankruptcy: Is there a connection?” with James R. Barth, Jitka Hilliard, John S. Jahera and Kang Lee, Journal of Consumer Affairs 54, no. 4 (2020): 1159-1177.
“Regulatory restrictions on US bank funding sources: A review of the treatment of brokered deposits” with James R. Barth and Wenling Lu, Journal of Risk and Financial Management 13, no. 6 (2020):130.
“Industrial banks: Challenging the traditional separation of commerce and banking” with James R. Barth, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 77 (2020): 220-249.
“Does religiosity affect the dividend payouts of Italian-listed companies?” with Rossi, Fabrizio, James R. Barth, Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion 16, no. 4 (2019): 348-371.
“Do state regulations affect payday lender concentration?” with James R. Barth, Jitka Hilliard and John S. Jahera, Journal of Economics and Business 84 (2016): 14-29.
“On the dynamic capital structure of nations: Theory and empirics” with James R. Barth and Yinan Ni, Research in International Business and Finance 62 (2022): 101725.
Conference Presentations
2021 Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO
2020 WEAI International Conference, Virtual
2019 Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA 
2019 Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting, Miami, FL
2018 Western Economic Association International Annual Conference, Vancouver
2017 Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL
2017 Southwestern Finance Association Annual, Little Rock, AR
Course code Course title
AFF 210 Principles of Finance I
AFF 713 Advanced Corporate Finance