PhD Defence Antti Yang

Antti Yang was born in Espoo (Finland) on March 22nd, 1995. He grew up in Delft, where he received his Gymnasium diploma in 2013. He continued his studies at the Erasmus School of Economics, where he obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Econometrics and Operations Research in 2016 and Master’s degree in Quantitative Finance in 2017, both with judicium cum laude. Over the course of his studies, Antti was a board member at student association CSA-EUR, went on an exchange to Fudan University in Shanghai, and worked as a part-time consultant at Sprenkels & Verschuren.

In 2017, Antti started his PhD studies in Finance at the Erasmus School of Economics under the supervision of Prof. dr. Patrick Verwijmeren and Prof. dr. Sjoerd van Bekkum. His research interests include corporate bond markets and sustainable finance. His work has been presented at several academic conferences, including the FMA Annual meeting, FMA European meeting, and Australasian Banking and Finance conference. Chapter 4 of this dissertation is published in the Journal of Corporate Finance. Antti was also teaching assistant for the course Advanced Corporate Finance and Governance and a thesis supervisor for bachelor and master students. In the summer of 2021, Antti interned at the International Monetary Fund, where he co-authored Chapter 3 of the October 2021 Global Financial Stability Report on sustainable investment funds.

Antti is currently employed at De Nederlandsche Bank, where he works as an Economist in the Research department. In Fall 2022, he will join Cornerstone Research in London as an Associate.