Ran Zhou

Finance Ph.D. Student

ran.zhou.phd@anderson.ucla.edu

Place of Origin

Hunan, China

Education

B.A. in Economics from the Central University of Finance and Economics
M.A. in Finance from Tsinghua University

Entered program in 2023

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