Rate My Professor Sasha Molchanov

Professor Sasha Molchanov is Professor in Finance in the School of Accountancy, Economics and Finance at Massey University's Massey Business School. He holds a Master of Arts (2001) and Doctor of Philosophy (2006) from the University of Miami. As Associate Head of School, doctoral mentor supervisor, and faculty mentor for the Student Investment Club, Molchanov plays a key role in academic leadership and student development. Promoted to full professor in 2019, he received the Massey Business School Lecturer of the Year award in 2022. He contributes to the Financial Education and Research Centre and the Sustainable Finance Cluster.

Molchanov's research focuses on international finance, politics and finance, econometrics, investments, politics, and market design. His publications appear in top-tier journals, including 'Precarious politics and return volatility' in Review of Financial Studies (2012, with Boutchkova, Doshi, Durnev), 'Foreign risk, domestic problem: capital allocation and firm performance under political instability' in Management Science (2018, with Col, Durnev), 'Property rights protection, corporate transparency, and growth' in Journal of International Business Studies (2009, with Durnev, Errunza), 'Politics, stock markets, and model uncertainty' in Empirical Economics (2013, with Arin, Reich), and 'The myth of business cycle sector rotation' in International Journal of Finance and Economics (2024, with Stangl). Other notable works include 'Investor sentiment and industry returns' (International Journal of Finance and Economics, 2018, with Stangl), 'Asymmetric trading responses to credit rating announcements' (Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 2024, with Nguyen et al.), and 'Technical trading rules, loss avoidance, and the business cycle' (Pacific Basin Finance Journal, 2023, with Ergun, Stork). Molchanov has presented research at conferences such as the New Zealand Finance Colloquium and supervises doctoral theses on topics including liquidity networks and stock returns predictability. His scholarship advances understanding of political risk, investor behavior, and market dynamics.