Ivy Profile

Bio

I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Ivy College of Business, Iowa State University. I received my Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Utah in 2021 and am a member of the Finance Theory Group. I previously held appointments as a CERF Research Associate at Cambridge Judge Business School and as a Bye-Fellow at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge.

My research combines theoretical and empirical methods to study corporate governance. My work focuses on corporate democracy, hedge fund activism, ESG, and how public information shapes behavior and outcomes in financial markets.

Academic History

• Ph.D., Finance, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, 2021

• MS, Finance, University of Utah, 2016

• BA, Financial Management, Nankai University, 2015

Expertise

• Shareholder Voting

• Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

• Hedge Fund Activism

• Applied Game Theory

• Corporate Governance

Selected Publications

• Duong, T., Pi, S., & Sapp, T. R. (2025) "Betting on My Enemy: Insider Trading Ahead of Hedge Fund 13D Filings  ", Journal of Corporate Finance, 93Link to Paper

• Meirowitz, A., & Pi, S. (2022) "Voting and trading: The shareholder’s dilemma", Journal of Financial Economics, 146 (3):1073-1096. Link to Paper