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Shishir Paudel
Pronouns: He/His/Him
Associate Professor
Finance
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Shishir Paudel Pronouns: He/His/Him
Associate Professor
Finance
Specialty area(s)
Corporate Finance, Behavioral finance, Asset Pricing
Brief biography
Dr. Paudel is an Associate Professor of Finance at UW-La Crosse, where he has taught since 2018. Prior to UW-La Crosse, he spent three years as an assistant professor at Alabama A&M University. He earned master's degrees from Illinois State University and his PhD from SUNY Binghamton (2015). Dr. Paudel has completed the CFA (2021), FRM (2022), and CFP (2025) certifications and is currently working through Society of Actuaries exams.
His research focuses on empirical corporate finance and behavioral finance, with publications in Financial Management, Journal of Banking and Finance, and Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance.
Dr. Paudel grew up in Nepal and worked as an assistant professor at Tribhuvan University before coming to the United States in 2005 for further education. He lives in Onalaska, Wisconsin with his wife and younger daughter. In his free time, he enjoys jogging, hiking, and following cricket and soccer.
Current courses at UWL
- FIN 370: Corporate Finance
- FIN 437: Financial Modeling
Education
- Binghamton University - SUNY, PhD Finance (2015)
- Illinois State University, MS in Actuarial Science (2009)
- Illinois State University, MBA (2008)
Career
Teaching history
- FIN 355: Principles of Financial Management
- FIN 370: Corporate Finance
- FIN 409: Estate Planning
- FIN 437: Financial Modeling
- FIN 440: International Financial Management
Professional history
- Associate Professor of Finance, Department of Finance, College of Business Administration, UW-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI (2024 - Present)
- Director of Personal Financial Planning Program, Department of Finance, College of Business Administration, UW-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI (2023 - 2024)
- Assistant Professor of Finance, Department of Finance, College of Business Administration, UW-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI (2018 - 2024)
- Assistant Professor of Finance, Department of Accounting and Finance, College of Business and Public Affairs, Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, AL (2015 - 2018)
Research and publishing
- "Investor Sentiment and Bid-Ask Spreads: The Role of Retail Investors," (2026) with S. Silveri, W. Sun, and M. Wu, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 52 (2026): forthcoming
- "Investor Sentiment and Asset Prices: Evidence from the Ex-Day," (2022) with S. Silveri and M. Wu, Journal of Banking and Finance, 139: 1-15
- "The Impact of Market Structure on Ex-Dividend Day Stock Price Behavior," (2017) with S. Mortal and S. Silveri, Financial Management, 46: 1053-1082
- "Organizational Ethics, Individual Ethics, and Ethical Intentions in International Decision-Making," (2010) with B. Elango, K. Paul, and S. Kundu, Journal of Business Ethics, 97: 543-561
