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Yu, Linda

yuq@uww.edu

At UW-Whitewater

Affiliation

University - Faculty/Staff

Department

College of Bus & Econ / Finance & Business Law

Position

Interim Associate Dean / Professor

Office Phone

(262) 472-5459

Office Location

HH 3300B

Bio

Select Publications:

Author(s)	Year	Article Title	Journal Name	Volume	Issue	Pages
Yu, L.	2011	When Do TIPS Prices Adjust to Inflation Information?	Financial Analysts Journal	67	2	59-73

Awards

Name

Date

Sponsor

Description

College Service Award

2017

UWW CoBE

Best Paper Award

July 2007

Academic Business World International Conference

All papers submitted to the conference are reviewed by three or more peers. Each manuscript, receiving an average score of four or higher, is subjected to a second round of reviews to determine if it qualifies for a Best Paper Award.

Education

Degree

Major

School

Year

Ph.D.

Finance

University of Memphis

2002

MBA

Management

Pittsburg State University

1997

British Literature

JiLin University

1994

Certifications

Title

Sponsor

Date Obtained

Bloomberg Market Concepts

Bloomberg

August 2020

Chartered Financial Analyst

CFA Institute

August 25, 2014

FinTech Certification

Harward

August 19, 2019

Bloomberg Product Certification

Bloomberg

August 2007

Memberships

Name

Length of Membership

CFA

August 2014 - Current

Financial Executive International

January 2014 - Current

FMA

2001 - Current

AFA

1999 - Current

Conferences

Title

Co-Author(s)

Abstract

Equity Anomalies Around the World

Steve Fan

Identifying Missing Information of the Conventional Corporate Governance Index

Steve Fan

Equity Anomalies Around the World

Steve Fan

Identifying the missing information of the conventional corporate governance index - an international study

Steve Fan

More is not always better - new evidence in assessing firm-level corporate governance across countries

Steve Fan

Trade-off effects between firm-level governance mechanisms across legal regimes

When Do TIPS Prices Adjust to Inflation Information?

Quentin Chu, Debbie Pittman

Governance Mechanisms and Legal Regimes

When Do TIPS Prices Adjust to Inflation Information

Quentin Chu, Debbie Pittman

Maturing TIPS Prices and Inflation Information

Quentin Chu and Deborah Pittman

The adjustment of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) prices to the monthly update of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was investigated using three matured TIPS with maturities occurring in July 2002, January 2007, and January 2008. Once we cont...

Explore the Interaction among Corporate Governance Mechanisms

Various corporate governance mechanisms have been studied extensively. However, the interaction effects among these mechanisms do not consent in the literature. At the firm level, some studies suggest a substitute relationship between internal and externa...

Exploring the Mathematical Side of Finance: Traditional vs. Online

Lois Smith

Advances in technology and communication networks influence the way education is done. The traditional classroom setting is no longer the only means students obtain knowledge. There’s a major movement in education recently to deliver materials through the...

Liquidity and Firm Performance around Credit Market Crisis

The recent subprime mortgage financial crisis began in 2006 has a huge effect on the overall financial market, not only the US financial market but also financial markets worldwide. We observe problems from banks, investment houses, hedge funds, mutual fu...

Inflation Breakeven Rate

Inflation breakeven rate refers to the difference between the nominal yield on a conventional bond and the real yield on an inflation-indexed bond of the same maturity. It has been used extensively as a tool to obtain the expected inflation. Since the int...

Information Risk in the TIPS Market: How Information Flows between US Treasury Securities and TIPS

Q. Chu, D. Pittman

This study investigates the flow of information between two closely-linked riskless interest rates traded in separate segments of the Treasury market: the nominal interest rate observed in the Treasury bond market and the real interest rate observed in th...

Assets in Place, Growth Opportunities and IPO Returns

K. Chung and M. Li

We consider a simple model in which the offer price is equal to the present value of assets in place and risky growth opportunities. Our model predicts that initial return is positively related to both the size and risk of growth opportunities. Consistent...

Bond Rating Changes: A Market Microstructure Analysis

Asjeet Lamba

We examine for the presence of asymmetric information in stock price movements around bond rating changes. The main research questions addressed in this study are: (a) whether there is a higher level of information asymmetry in the market for firms underg...

AT&T Wireless & Cingular: Will two good companies become one great company?

Berardino L. and Krishnamurti V.

Expected Inflation: A Comparison between Survey Results and Nominal-Real Yield Differences

From Mickey Mouse to Lion King: Disney Shareholders Roar

Christine Kline

Information Asymmetry and Corporate Bankruptcy - A Market Microstructure Perspective

Zhou D.

Self-Underwritten IPOs: A Microstructure Analysis

Hegde S., Varshney, S.B., and Zhou D.

This study investigates a new distribution and pricing mechanism for firms that decide to take themselves public through an initial public offering (IPO). These firms self-underwrite their IPOs. The traditional method of offering new securities is through...

Information Content of the Nominal-Real Yield Spread

Price Discovery in Interest Rate Markets

Chu, Q. and Pittman, D.

Real Yield, Nominal Yield, and the Fisher Effect

Chu, Q. and Pittman, D.

All Publications

Title

Publisher

Type

Details

Date

Performance of Socially Responsible Mutual Funds

Global Journal of Business Research