Comovement Revisited

September 28, 2026 by
Chen, Honghui, Vijay Singal, and Robert F Whitelaw, 2016. Comovement Revisited. Journal of Financial Economics 121 (3), 624-644.

The Geography of Information Acquisition

September 28, 2026 by
Chen, Honghui, Yuanyu Qu, Tao Shen, Qinghai Wang, and David Xu, 2022. The Geography of Information Acquisition. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Finance 57 (6), 2251-2285.

Is Layaway Really a Thing … Again?

September 15, 2025 by
Is layaway making a comeback—or has it simply been rebranded as “buy now, pay later”? In this episode of Is This Really a Thing?, Dean Paul Jarley sits down with Jim Adamczyk, Chief Strategy Officer at FAIRWINDS, to unpack the surprising history (and psychology) of delayed payments. From Christmas shopping in the 1970s to today’s […]

Was Innovation in the Pandemic Really a Thing?

September 26, 2022 by
Did the pandemic spark a flurry of innovation or was everyone too busy bingeing Tiger King and Outerbanks and Zooming to endless happy hours to launch new businesses and products? Dean Paul Jarley turns to UCF’s entrepreneurial in-house experts along with an alum whose company helps startups grow and scale to find out the answer. […]