Thanh Dat Le

• PhD, Auburn University. Area of Study: Finance
• MSc, EDHEC Business School. Area of Study: Financial Markets
• BS, University of Economics and Finance, Vietnam. Area of Study: Finance and Banking

• Corporate Finance 
• Investments

Publications: Peer Reviewed

• Le, T. D., Trinh, T. (2025). Local newspaper closures and suppliers’ investment efficiency, The European Journal of Finance, 31(12), (ABDC: A). 
• Le, T. D., Covington, T., Ngo, J. (2025). Diversity and inclusion in the workplace and corporate innovation, Finance Research Letters, 76, (ABDC: A). 
• Le, T. D., Nguyen, N., Nguyen, Q. (2024). Technology and happiness: the association between online budget planner and financial satisfaction, Review of Behavioral Finance, 17(1), (ABDC: B). 
• Le, T. D., Ngo, J. (2024). Linking executive pay to ESG goals: The role of board gender diversity, International Journal of Managerial Finance, 20(5). (ABDC: A) 
• Le, T. D., Nguyen, N. (2023). Institutional ownership stability and product quality failures, International Journal of Managerial Finance, 20(4). (ABDC: A) 
• Le, T. D., Trinh, T. (2022). Distracted analysts and earnings management, Finance Research Letters, 49. (ABDC: A) 
• Le, T. D. (2022). Active mutual funds: Beware of smart beta ETFs!, Global Finance Journal, 56. (ABDC: A) 
• Le, T. D., Hilliard, J. (2022). Exchange-Traded Funds Investing in the European Emerging Markets, Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian Research (JEECAR), 9. 

• Outstanding Doctoral Student Paper Runner-Up, Eastern Finance Association. (2022). 

• Highly Commended Paper, International Young Finance Scholars’ Conference. (2021). 

• Top Paper, Global Finance Conference. (2021). 

• EDHEC Excellence Scholarship, EDHEC Business School (2016) 

• Valedictorian, University of Economics and Finance (2015) 

• Undergraduate full-tuition Scholarship, University of Economics and Finance (2011)