Education

• PhD, Finance, Georgia State University, 2018
• MS, Finance, Case Western Reserve University, 2012
• BS, Physics, East China Normal University, 2010

Professional Activities

Mo Shen is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Harbert College of Business, Auburn University. He teaches the core undergraduate course Advanced Business Finance. His research interests lie broadly in empirical corporate finance, with a focus on labor and finance, product markets, and mergers and acquisitions.

Professor Shen's research focuses on how companies interact with key groups like employees, suppliers, and customers. He examines how factors in the labor and product markets influence corporate decisions and policies. His work also explores how these decisions, in turn, impact workers and markets, making his research relevant to the broader economic implications of business practices.

Dr. Shen has published his research in leading academic journals such as the Review of Financial Studies and Management Science. His work has also been presented at top international finance conferences, including the Western Finance Association Meetings, Society of Financial Studies Finance Cavalcade, Financial Intermediation Research Society Meetings, American Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, Labor and Finance Group Conference, Cass Mergers and Acquisitions Research Centre Conference, and China International Conference in Finance. He was awarded the WFA Cubist Systematic Strategies Ph.D. Candidate Award for his dissertation on labor mobility and corporate value, which was later published in the Review of Financial Studies. His recent research on how ESG issues affect consumer decisions has been featured in the Chicago Booth Review and earned the New Zealand Finance Meeting Best Runner-Up Award in 2023. For more information about Professor Shen's current research, please visit his website.