Joseph Chen is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Business at the University of California, Davis.

Prof. Chen's principal line of research is in investigating asymmetries and time-variations in stock returns and risk, and their asset pricing implications in equilibrium. He also investigates how information flow into asset prices in a dynamic economy. His current research includes investigation of how organizational structure of delegated portfolio management industry shape the behavior of economic agents within them.

Prof. Chen has also taught at the University of Southern California and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He completed is Ph.D. at Stanford University and also holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Prior to his studies, he worked as a proprietary arbitrage trader for Bear Stearns.