Da Huang

Assistant Professor of Finance · Northeastern University

Curriculum Vitae

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Academic Appointment

Northeastern University2023–present

Assistant Professor of Finance

Education

University of Utah

Ph.D. in Finance

Northeastern University

M.B.A. & M.S. in Finance

University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

B.S. in Economics

Publications

[2]
ETF Sampling and Index Arbitrage (with Jonathan Brogaard and Davidson Heath). Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Volume 61, Issue 2 (March 2026), pp. 547–579.
[1]
Non-Standard Errors (crowd-sourced project led by Albert Menkveld). Journal of Finance, Volume 79, Issue 3 (June 2024), pp. 2339–2390.

Working Papers

[3]
The Rise of Passive Investing and Active Mutual Fund Skill. Revise & Resubmit, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
[4]
Property Tax Limitations, Covariance Risk, and Mortgage Distress (with Sebastien Bradley and Nathan Seegert). Reject & Resubmit, Journal of Finance.
[5]
All Shareholder Votes Are Not Created Equal (with Davidson Heath and Chong Shu).
[6]
The Coevolution of Technology and Prices in Cryptocurrencies (with Ran Duchin and Jeffrey Yang).
[7]
Active ETFs as Attention Assets: Retail Trading Meets Managed Funds (with Vasudha Nair and Christopher Schwarz).
[8]
Can AI Replace the Peer Reviewer (Yet)? (with Avner Kalay and Jim Schallheim).
[9]
Tax Revenue Risk, Municipal Bond Yield, and Public Investments (with Vasudha Nair and Nathan Seegert).

Teaching

Northeastern University2023–present

FINA 3303 — Investments

University of Utah2021

FINAN 3050 — Introduction to Investments

Conference and Seminar Presentations

2027
AFA Annual Meeting
2026
MFA Annual Meeting, University of Connecticut, Four Corners Index Investing Conference, Conference on Financial Market Regulation, IIPF Annual Congress*, NTA Annual Meeting*
2025
RCFS Winter Conference*, Drexel Corporate Governance Conference, Future of Financial Information Conference*, SFS Cavalcade North America Meeting, ICI Summer Research Workshop, NFA Annual Meeting*, UEA North America Meeting*, FMA Annual Meeting*
2023
Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design*, IIPF Annual Congress*, UEA North America Meeting*
2022
NTA Annual Meeting*, FMA European, Michigan Tax Invitational*, Lincoln Institute Urban Economics and Public Finance Conference*
2021
AFA Annual Meeting*, NTA Annual Meeting*
2020
FMA Annual Meeting
2019
IEX Academic Conference*

* coauthor presentation.

Awards and Grants

2026
SSHRC Institutional Grant (5,000 CAD); SSHRC Insight Development Grant (83,265 CAD)
2024
DMSB Day Award (3,000 USD); research fundraising (12,000 USD)
2023
AFA Travel Grant (800 USD)
2022
Marriner S. Eccles Political Economy Fellowship (25,000 USD)
2021
Monty and Christine Botosan Bridge to Practice Doctoral Award (3,000 USD)

Service

Ad Hoc Referee

Financial Analyst Journal, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, Review of Financial Studies

Conference Organizing

Four Corners Index Investing Conference (May 2026)
Northeastern Finance Conference (2026–present)

Conference Committee

FMA Annual Meeting (2024–present)
Northeastern Finance Conference (2024–present)
MFA Annual Meeting (2025–present)
UC Davis-FMA Napa Finance Conference (2026–present)

Internal

Hiring Committee (2024–present)
Brown bag organizer (2024–present)
Seminar organizer (2025–present)