BIOGRAPHY

Minmo Gahng is an assistant professor of finance at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.  Professor Gahng studies how financial markets can spur entrepreneurship, focusing on the role of venture capital and private equity.  His research has been cited by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and featured in the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. 

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

SPACs

Review of Financial Studies, forthcoming, (with Jay R. Ritter and Donghang Zhang)

[ Published Version  |  SSRN (pdf)  |  Coverage:  the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (March 2022, April 2021), Wall Street Journal (November 2022, October 2022, May 2022, May 2021), Bloomberg (November 2022, June 2021) ]

WORKING PAPERS

(including scheduled; * : presentation by coauthor)

Create Your Own Valuation

[ SSRN (pdf) ]

Presentations:  Baruch College  |  Cornell University  |  Drexel University  |  Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS)  |  Ohio State University  |  Nanyang Technological University  |  Private Equity Research Consortium (PERC) Spring Symposium  |  University of Florida  |  University of Houston  |  University of Illinois at Chicago  |  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign  |  University of Oxford  |  University of Pittsburgh  |  Yonsei University

Selling Private Equity Fees

(with Blake Jackson)

[ SSRN (pdf) ]

Best Paper Award: 14th Annual Private Equity Research Symposium (PERC) 

Presentations:  University of Michigan Mitsui Finance Symposium*  |  London Business School Private Capital Symposium  |  University of North Carolina Private Equity Research Consortium (PERC)  |  University of Florida*

TEACHING

Cornell University

Corporate Finance (2024 -)

University of Florida

Financial Management (2021 - 2022), Average Instructor Evaluation: 4.95/5.00 (Certificate of Outstanding Achievement)