It Begins...
Last year, my dissertation chair, Dr. Benjamin Cummings, called to ask if I would assist him in a project on affinity fraud. That's the...
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Steven Lee
- Mar 19
- 2 min
I'm on MarketWatch (Again)!
Last week, journalist Robert Powell interviewed me regarding my latest SSRN article, "Rational Agents in an Irrational World: The Effect...
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Steven Lee
- Nov 19, 2020
- 2 min
Second Publication!!
Recently, I found out that our paper, "Do CFP(r) professionals engage in less misconduct? Exploring the importance of job classification...
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Steven Lee
- Nov 10, 2020
- 2 min
First Crowdfunding Campaign LAUNCHED!
Today, I launched my first ever crowdfunding campaign to solicit donations for my dissertation research. My research questions whether...
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Steven Lee
- Nov 6, 2020
- 5 min
Fraud & Retirement Success, Part 1: The Rise of Monte Carlo Analysis to Model Uncertainty
This blog mini-series demonstrates the impact of fraud on retirement. Studying (and planning for) retirement is complex because it...
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Steven Lee
- Aug 25, 2020
- 1 min
Paper Accepted to AFS 2020
Some good news in the midst of this global pandemic: My paper, "Rational Agents in an Irrational World: The Impact of Fraud Shocks on...
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Steven Lee
- Apr 3, 2020
- 5 min
Financially Coping with COVID
Like many large-scale hardships thrust upon society, Covid-19 has resulted in turbulent stock markets for the better part of 2020. ...
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Steven Lee
- Mar 2, 2020
- 6 min
Low/No-Cost Resources for the Aspiring Academic
Many critics of higher education in America denounce the increasing cost to students who are often forced to take out loans at high...
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Steven Lee
- Jan 21, 2020
- 1 min
Paper Accepted to ACCI!
One of my research groups wrote a paper titled, "Are CFP® Professionals Less Likely to Engage in Misconduct? Exploring the Importance of...
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Steven Lee
- Jan 17, 2020
- 9 min
The Professional Status of Financial Services, Part IV
This is the final piece of a four-part blog mini-series where I discuss the current and future status of financial services (and...
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Steven Lee
- Jan 14, 2020
- 8 min
The Professional Status of Financial Services, Part III
This post is the third part of my four-part blog on the status of financial services when it comes to qualifying as a profession....
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Steven Lee
- Dec 9, 2019
- 7 min
The Professional Status of Financial Services, Part II
In Part I of this mini-series of blog posts, I argued that financial services, broadly construed, fails to meet the definition of...
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Steven Lee
- Nov 12, 2019
- 5 min
The Professional Status of Financial Services, Part I
Several years ago in my MBA program, I came across an article citing a study that found Americans trust Uber drivers more than financial...
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Steven Lee
- Nov 11, 2019
- 1 min
1st Publication Rolls Out!
After a few weeks' delay due to a cyber attack on the journal's website (yes, really), my first peer-reviewed publication, co-authored...
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Steven Lee
- Oct 11, 2019
- 6 min
Dealing with Critics
You have put-in close to 100 hours on your current project--a paper for a blog, a conference, Even though you've done all this before,...
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Steven Lee
- Sep 4, 2019
- 2 min
First Peer-Reviewed Publication!
I am pleased to announce that our paper, "The Forced Registration of Hedge Funds in the United States" will be published in the October,...
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Steven Lee
- Aug 20, 2019
- 1 min
SSRN Top 10% Author!!!
Just received this notification that I made SSRN’s top 10% of authors based on new downloads over the past 12 months. Pretty neat! SSRN...
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Steven Lee
- Aug 14, 2019
- 4 min
"Nothing Is Certain, Except Death and Taxes...And Student Loan Debt": Part I
It has long been predicted that student loans would become a problem for the nation. In 2010, for the first time in United States...
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Steven Lee
- Jul 19, 2019
- 4 min
Traditional vs Roth Accounts: Which is Better?
The question arises within both social and academic circles. The definitive answer, taking all possible factors into account, is...
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Steven Lee
- Jul 12, 2019
- 3 min
My Newest Paper is on SSRN!
This is a piece I have been working on for a couple of years. It's titled, "Financial Services is Not a Profession." While I anticipate...
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