Heungjoo Cha Ph.D.

Heungjoo Cha is a professor at the University of Redlands. He teaches courses in finance. He previously worked at an investment bank and taught at the University of Houston and the University of St. Thomas. As a financial economist, he conducts research and publishes on investments, international finance, and corporate finance. He has given numerous presentations at professional conferences and is regularly invited to give lectures in China, Korea, Vietnam, and India.

• Ph.D., finance, University of Houston
• M.S., finance, investment and banking, University of Wisconsin–Madison
• BBA, Chonnam National University, Korea

• Asian economics and finance
• Corporate finance
• Financial markets
• International finance
• Investments
• Korean economics and finance

• “On Stock Returns and Equity Mutual Fund Flows.” Global Finance Association Conference, 2009.
• “Dynamic Relationship between Stock Prices and Unit Trust Flows in the U.K. Market.” Multinational Finance Society Conference, 2009.
• “On Stock Returns and Investment Trust Flows in the Japanese Market.” Asian Finance Association Conference, 2009.
• “Dynamic Relationship between Stock Prices and Unit Trust Flows in the U.K. Market.” Global Finance Association Conference, 2008.
• “Stock Returns and Equity Mutual Fund Flows in the U.K. Market.” Hawaii International Conference on Business, 2007.
• “The Short- and Long-Term Dynamic Relationship between U.S. Stock Prices and Equity Mutual Fund Flows.” Multinational Finance Society Conference, 2006.
• “Short- and Long-Run Dynamic Relations between Japanese Security Returns and Investment Trust Flows: A System Approach.” Global Finance Association Conference, 2005.
• “Short- and Long-Run Dynamic Relations between Security Returns and Mutual Fund Flows: A System Approach.” Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, 2005; ASSA Annual Meeting, 2006.
• “The Dynamic Relationship among Stock Price, Equity Investment Flow, and Volume in the Korean Stock Market.” PACAP/FMA Conference and Global Finance Association Conference, 2004.
• “Aggregate Price Effects of Customer Deposits: A Study of the Korean Stock Market.” Financial Management Association Conference, 2002.
• “The Dynamic Relationship between Security Returns and Mutual Fund Flows.” Financial Management Association Conference, 2001.
• “Cross-Border Capital Flows and the Behavior of Market Returns.” Financial Management Association Conference and PACAP/FMA Conference, 2001.
• “The Market Demand Curve for Common Stocks: Evidence from Equity Mutual Fund Flows.” With Bong Soo Lee. Financial Management Association Conference, 2000.

• Certificate of Recognition, California State Assembly
• President’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Office of the President of the United States and AmeriCorps
• Certificate of Appreciation, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Los Angeles
• President’s Volunteer Service Award (Gold), Corporation for National and Community Service
• Silver Spoon Award, Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce
• Education Leadership Award, Orange County Board of Supervisors and Orange County Korean Cultural Center
• Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence, University of Houston
• Clay and Lucy Carter Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Finance and Marine Insurance Seminar, University of Houston
• Rotary Foundation Scholarship, Rotary Foundation, Evanston, Illinois

• American Economic Association
• American Finance Association
• Asia Pacific Finance Association (APFA/PACAP/FMA)
• Financial Management Association
• Global Finance Association
• Korea-America Economic Association
• Korea-America Finance Association
• Multinational Finance Society
• Pan Pacific Business Research Institute