CONNOR L. KASTEN
A researcher and teacher with methods that lead to real impact.
ABOUT
I am an Assistant Professor in Finance at the East Carolina University College of Business (Go Pirates!). My research centers around the relationship between Main Street investors and the larger financial system, which has been published in various journals including the Journal of Corporate Finance and the Journal of Banking & Finance. I have taught and assisted in the instruction of various undergraduate and graduate-level finance courses in financial statements, investments, and financial management. I earned my Ph.D. in 2023 from the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Go VOLS!) after private-sector stints in both management and financial planning. Before that, I earned by Bachelor of Business Administration in both economics and finance from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA (Go Eagles!).
RESEARCH
BROKER CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
AVOIDING CONFLICT: HOW REGULATING BROKER CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AFFECTS MUTUAL FUNDS
Working Paper
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Semi-finalist for Best Paper in Investments at the 2022 Financial Management Association Annual Meeting
ZERO COMMISSIONS
HOW FREE IS FREE? RETAIL TRADING COSTS WITH ZERO COMMISSIONS
Journal of Banking & Finance (2024)​
Semi-finalist for Best Paper in Market Microstructure at the 2022 Financial Management Association Annual Meeting
Earlier version cited by Congressional Research Service to inform legislative debate about Payment for Order Flow
RETIREMENT PROVIDERS
THE FRINGE BENEFITS OF FRINGE BENEFITS: WHEN FIRMS BORROW FROM THEIR RETIREMENT PROVIDERS
Journal of Corporate Finance (2024)
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Distinguished Student Paper Award Winner and semi-finalist for Outstanding Doctoral Student Paper at the 2020 Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting
TEACHING TESTIMONIALS
2022 Haslam College of Business
Outstanding Doctoral Student Teacher Award Winner
Because finance is about people.
Because finance is about people.
