Allen Hu
- Name
- Allen Hu
- Affiliation
- University of British Columbia
- Title
- Assistant Professor of Finance
Allen Hu is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Sauder School of Business, the University of British Columbia. Prior to joining UBC, he obtained his Ph.D. in Financial Economics from Yale School of Management in 2024.
His primary research areas are corporate finance, entrepreneurial finance, and behavioral finance. His research projects use big data and AI to study the role of information in financial markets. His personal website is allenanhu.com.
For example, his recent paper “Persuading Investors: A Video-Based Study” (forthcoming in the Journal of Finance) leverages video analysis techniques to study how startup pitches affect VC investment decisions.