Alex Hsu

Download Image

Alex Hsu

Associate Professor

Download VITA

Alex.Hsu@scheller.gatech.edu

404-385-1123

Academic Areas: Finance

Office: 4128

Biography

Alex Hsu is Associate Professor of finance in the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Tech. He teaches theory of finance to PhD's and fixed income to undergraduate and Master's students.

He holds undergraduate and Master degrees from Brown University and doctorate in finance from the University of Michigan. His research focus is on bond yields, equity returns, and macroeconomics. He builds theoretical models to examine the impact of monetary policy and fiscal policy on interest rate term structure. He also studies the empirical effects of government policy and legislation on firm outcomes such as returns and investment.

He has presented at annual meetings of the American Finance Association, the Western Finance Association, and the Society of Financial Studies Cavalcade. He has given invited talks at the Federal Reserve Board and many regional Reserve Banks. His work includes accepted articles in the Review of Financial Studies and the Journal of Financial Economics.

Education

Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2012

Research Areas

Theoretical and Empirical Asset Pricing
Macroeconomics
Fixed Income

Research

Show Citations

Filter By:

Year

Type

Year	Title	Journal	Author(s)	Type
2019	The Real Response to Uncertainty Shocks- the Risk Premium Channel	TBD	Bretscher, Lorenzo Hsu, Alex Tamoni, Andrea	Working Papers
Bretscher, Lorenzo, Alex Hsu, and Andrea Tamoni. “The Real Response to Uncertainty Shocks: the Risk Premium Channel.” Working Paper, 2019.
2019	Does History Repeat Itself- Business Cycle and Industry Returns	Journal of Monetary Economics	Chava, Sudheer Hsu, Alex Zeng, Linghang	Published Papers
Chava, Sudheer, Alex Hsu, and Linghang Zeng. “Does History Repeat Itself? Business Cycle and Industry Returns." Forthcoming , Journal of Monetary Economics, 2019.
2019	Gone with the Vol- A Decline in Asset Return Predictability during the Great Moderation	Management Science	Hsu, Alex Palomino, Francisco Qian, Charles	Working Papers
Hsu, Alex, Francisco Palomino, and Charles Qian. “Gone with the Vol: A Decline in Asset Return Predictability during the Great Moderation." Revise and resubmit, under revision, Management Science, 2019.
2019	Fiscal Policy Driven Bond Risk Premia	Bretscher, Lorenzo, Alex Hsu, and Andrea Tamoni. “Fiscal Policy Driven Bond Risk Premia.” Accepted, Journal of Financial Economics	Bretscher, Lorenzo Hsu, Alex Tamoni, Andrea	Published Papers
Bretscher, Lorenzo, Alex Hsu, and Andrea Tamoni. “Fiscal Policy Driven Bond Risk Premia.” Accepted, Journal of Financial Economics, 2019.
2019	Default Risk and the Pricing of U.S. Sovereign Bonds	TBD	Dittmar, Robert Hsu, Alex Roussellet, Guillaume Simasek, Peter	Working Papers
Dittmar, Robert, Alex Hsu, Guillaume Roussellet, and Peter Simasek. “Default Risk and the Pricing of U.S. Sovereign Bonds." Working paper, 2019.
2019	The Economic Impact of Right-to-Work Laws: Evidence from Collective Bargaining Agreements and Corporate Policies	Journal of Financial Economics	Danis, A. Chava, Sudheer Hsu, Alex	Published Papers
The Economic Impact of Right-to-Work Laws: Evidence from Collective Bargaining Agreements and Corporate Policies. Accepted at Journal of Financial Economics. Co-authored with Sudheer Chava and Alex Hsu.
2019	The Economic Impact of Right-to-Work Laws- Evidence from Collective Bargaining Agreements and Corporate Policies	Journal of Financial Economics	Chava, Sudheer Danis, A. Hsu, Alex	Published Papers
Chava, Sudheer, Andras Danis, and Alex Hsu. “The Economic Impact of Right-to-Work Laws: Evidence from Collective Bargaining Agreements and Corporate Policies.” Forthcoming, Journal of Financial Economics, 2019.
2019	Financial Constraints, Monetary Policy Shocks and the Cross-Section of Equity Returns	Review of Financial Studies	Chava, Sudheer Hsu, Alex	Published Papers
Chava, Sudheer and Alex Hsu. “Financial Constraints, Monetary Policy Shocks and the Cross-Section of Equity Returns." Forthcoming, Review of Financial Studies, 2019.
2019	Implementing Stochastic Volatility in DSGE Models-A Comment	Macroeconomic Dynamics	Bretscher, Lorenzo Hsu, Alex Tamoni, Andrea	Published Papers
Bretscher, Lorenzo, Alex Hsu, and Andrea Tamoni. “Implementing Stochastic Volatility in DSGE Models: A Comment.” Forthcoming, Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2019.
2019	Real and Nominal Equilibrium Yield Curves	Management Science	Hsu, Alex Li, Erica X.N. Palomino, Francisco	Published Papers
Hsu, Alex, Erica X.N. Li, and Francisco Palomino. “Real and Nominal Equilibrium Yield Curves." Forthcoming, Management Science, 2019.
2019	When It Rains It Pours- Cascading Uncertainty Shocks	TBD	Diercks, Anthony Hsu, Alex Tamoni, Andrea	Working Papers
Diercks, Anthony, Alex Hsu, and Andrea Tamoni. “When It Rains It Pours: Cascading Uncertainty Shocks.” Working Paper, 2019.
2018	Banking Structure and Monetary Policy Potency- Evidence from Firm-Level Investment	TBD	Hsu, Alex	Working Papers
Hsu, Alex. “Banking Structure and Monetary Policy Potency: Evidence from Firm-Level Investment.” Working Paper, 2018.
2017	Asset Pricing with Hand-to-Mouth Households: Joint Resolution of the Equity and Bond Risk Premium Puzzles	TBD	Hsu, Alex	Working Papers
Hsu, Alex. “Asset Pricing with Hand-to-Mouth Households: Joint Resolution of the Equity and Bond Risk Premium Puzzles.” Working Paper, 2017.
2015	A Simple Nonnegative Process for Equilibrium Models	Economics Letters	Hsu, Alex Palomino, Francisco	Published Papers
Hsu, Alex and Francisco Palomino. “A Simple Nonnegative Process for Equilibrium Models.” Economics Letters, Volume 132, July 2015, p. 39 – 44.

Showing of 14