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Lei Wedge

Lei Wedge
Assistant Professor

Lei Wedge is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of South Florida.  She received her Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology.  She is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).  She teaches corporate finance courses at undergraduate and MBA levels.

Her research focus is corporate governance and investments, with a concentration on the mutual fund industry.  She has two articles published by the Journal of Financial Economics.  Her research has been cited in popular press publications including The Wall Street Journal and Smart Money.

 

Recent Publications

•  A. Khorana, H. Servaes, and L. Wedge, 2007. Portfolio Manager Ownership and Fund Performance. Journal of Financial Economics 85, 179-204.

•  A. Khorana, P. Tufano, and L. Wedge, 2007. Board Structure, Mergers and Shareholder Wealth: A Study of the Mutual Fund Industry. Journal of Financial Economics 85, 571-598.

Working Papers

• A. Khorana, H. Servaes, and L. Wedge, 2009. Portfolio Manager Ownership and the Pricing of Closed-end Funds.