Dr. Fan Fei, CFA

Education:
Ph.D., M.A., B.A., University of Michigan

712-707-7010
fan.fei@nwciowa.edu

Dr. Fei teaches courses in finance and microeconomics. He also serves as the faculty adviser of the Actuarial Science Club and the Investment Club. He obtained his Ph.D. in economics in 2016 from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has been a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) since 2022. His research focuses on public finance, corporate finance and economic history. His Ph.D. dissertation explored various impacts of highway construction in the 1920s United States. His paper on federal-aid highways and the decline of general stores won the best paper award at the 42nd annual Economic and Business History Society conference. His co-authored paper, "Are PILOTs Property Taxes for Nonprofits?" was published in the Journal of Urban Economics. He has provided referee and book review services to the Journal of the History of Economic Thought as well as the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy.

+ScholarshipResearchAre PILOTs Property Taxes for Nonprofits? with James Hines and Jill Horwitz, Journal of Urban Economics, 94 (July 2016), 109-123"Interwar Highways and the Demise of General Store" Revise and Resubmit, Research in Economic History "Highways, Schooling, and Race in the South: 1920-1932""Market Efficiency: Its Economic and Theological Implications" (Northwestern College tenure paper)PresentationsMidwest Economist Association Annual Meeting, 2020Northwestern College, 2018, 2019Economic and Business History Society Annual Conference: 2019, 2018, 2016Charles River Associates, 2016Michigan Health, History, Demography, and Development (H2D2) Workshop, 2016Michigan Economic History Workshop, 2015National Tax Association Annual Conference, 2015, 2014Economic Historical Association Annual Meeting, 2015

+MembershipsAmerican Economist AssociationNational Tax AssociationCFA Society Omaha