Thomas D. Shohfi

Financial Economist, Office of Markets (DERA)

Education Summary

  • Ph.D. Financial Economics, University of Pittsburgh
  • MBA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • B.A. Computer Science and Mathematics, New York University

Fields of Interest

  • Financial reporting and disclosure
  • Behavioral finance
  • Institutional investors

  • Financial Economist
    Division of Economic and Risk Analysis
    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
    2022-present
  • Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance
    Lally School of Management
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    2015-2022

  • De Franco, Gus, Thomas Shohfi, Da Xu, and Zhiwei Zu, 2022, Fixed Income Conference Calls, Journal of Accounting and Economics.
  • Chen, Huimin and Thomas Shohfi, 2022. Do Sell-Side Analysts Play a Role in Hedge Fund Activism? Evidence from Textual Analysis, Contemporary Accounting Research.

  • Francis, Bill, Wenyao Hu, Thomas Shohfi, and Roger M. White, 2022, Are Managers 'Under-the-Weather' During Earnings Conference Calls? Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
  • Brown, Nerissa, Francis Bill, Wenyao Hu, Thomas Shohfi, Daqi Xin, and Tengfei Zhang, 2022, Gender and Earnings Conference Calls, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Last Reviewed or Updated: June 28, 2024