Jiakai Chen
- Name
- Jiakai Chen
- Affiliation
- Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Title
- First Hawaiian Bank Distinguished Associate Professor of Banking
Jiakai Chen is an Associate Professor of Finance and the First Hawaiian Bank Distinguished Professor in Banking at the Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa. He has been a faculty member at the University of Hawaii since 2015. His primary research interests include banking, financial intermediation, and real estate finance. His work has been published in multiple journals, including the Journal of Financial Economics. Jiakai was a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2019 and 2024. In addition, Jiakai serves on the board of the United Church Funds.