Ph.D. in Math. Sci. (Fin. Math & Actuarial Sci)
Dalian University of Technology

Masters in Finance
Jiangsu University

B.Sc. in Actuarial Science (Statistics minor)
Kwame Nkrumah University of Sci & Tech

MATH 2400: Calculus for Bus and Eco

MATH 2415: Calculus 1

MATH 2526: Applied Statistics

MATH 2995: Matrix & Linear Algebra

MATH 3640: Financial Mathematics

MATH 4710: Data Visualization

MATH 4809: Special Topics in Math – Optimization for Data       Analytics

Dr. Atta Mills is a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor and Assessment Chair at the School of Mathematical Sciences, Wenzhou-Kean University. He is also a member of the prestigious Institute of Mathematics & its Applications (IMA). Dr. Atta Mills is currently the Director of the Academy of Interdisciplinary Research for Sustainability (WKU-AIRs). Prior to joining Jiangxi University of Science & Technology as an Associate Professor, Dr. Atta Mills was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA), Universite Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. He has worked as a researcher at Ton Duc Thang University in Vietnam. Dr. Atta Mills is also a Research Fellow at the Ganzhou Academy of Financial Research (GAFR) in China.

• 2022 — Wenzhou-Kean University Student Partnering Faculty, WKUSPF202227
• 2021 — Wenzhou-Kean Internal Research Support Program, IRSPG202204
• 2021 — School-level longitudinal research project start-up fund, Jiangxi University of Science & Technology.
• 2019 — Management Science Project of the Department of Science & Technology, Jiangxi Province, China.
• 2017 — R.S – F.R.N.S Research – PDR Project Grant, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
• 2017 — Certificate of Excellence, Dalian University of Technology. Excellent International Graduate.
• 2013 — Liaoning Provincial Government Scholarship, Liaoning Scholarship Council, Full Scholarship for Doctoral Studies.
• 2013 — Certificate of Excellence, Most Outstanding Student 2011-2013, Jiangsu University.
• 2013 — Excellent Student Award 2012/2013 academic year. Overseas Education College, Jiangsu University.
• 2012 — Certificate of Merit, Excellent Research Presentation, Second Sino-Foreign Research Forum, Jiangsu University.

Include but not limited to portfolio optimization, data envelopment analysis, mathematical risk theory, optimal asset allocation, insurance models, and mathematical economics.

• Optimal lifetime income annuity without bequest: Single and annual premiums. Finance Research Letters, 2023: 103613.(SSCI). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.103613

• Measurement and determinants of innovation efficiency and its impact on asset prices–empirical evidence from listed companies in China, International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences, 2023, 16(2), 210-236, (EI-Compendex).

• A hybrid two-stage robustness approach to portfolio construction under uncertainty. Journal of King Saud University-Computer and Information Sciences, 2022: 7735-7750, (SCI). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksuci.2022.06.016

• Innovation links, information diffusion, and return predictability: Evidence from China.International Review of Financial Analysis (2022): 102225, (SSCI). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2022.102225

• A dynamic SBM-DEA and portfolio formation test approach to the operating efficiency-stock return nexus. Managerial and Decision Economics, 2022,43(7), 3095-3106, (SSCI). https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.3583

• Modeling innovation efficiency, its micro-level drivers, and its impact on stock returns. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2021, 152:111303. (SCI). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960077921006573

• Portfolio Management Strategies of International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences, 2021, 14(1), 43-54. (EI – Compendex). https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=112928

• Can economic links explain lead-lag relations across firms? International Journal of Finance & Economics, 2021. (SSCI). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ijfe.2480

• Towards sustainable competitiveness: How does financial development affect dynamic energy efficiency in Belt & Road economies? Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2021, 27(C), 587-601. (SCI / SSCI). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352550921000270

• Dynamic operating efficiency and its determining factors of listed real‐estate companies in China: A hierarchical slack‐based DEA‐OLS approach. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 2021, 26(3):3352-76. (SSCI)https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ijfe.1965

• Gravity assessment of the impact of alliances on bilateral trade: A comparative analysis of ECOMOG and NATO. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 2021. (SSCI). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ijfe.2518

• Critical diversity dimensions influencing effective diverse workforce: A grey-DEMATEL approach. International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences,2021, 498-517. (EI-Compendex). https://doi.org/10.1504/IJADS.2021.117448

• A Hybrid Grey MCDM Approach For Asset Allocation: Evidence From China’s Shanghai Stock Exchange. Journal of Business Economics and Management, 2020, 21(2), 446-472. (SSCI). https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JBEM/article/view/11967

• The Economy-Energy-Environment Nexus in IMF’s Top 2 Biggest Economies: A TY Approach. Journal of Business Economics and Management, 2020, 21(2), 1-22. (SSCI). https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JBEM/article/view/11321

• Satisfying Bank Capital Requirements: A Robustness Approach in a Modified Roy Safety-First Framework. Mathematics, 2019, 7(7), 593. (SCI). https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/7/7/593

• Co-momentum and Stock Market Returns. In Third International Conference on Economic and Business Management (FEBM 2018). Atlantis Press, 2018. (CPCI-S / ISTP). https://www.atlantis-press.com/proceedings/febm-18/55907626

• Scaled and Stable Mean-Variance- EVaR portfolio selection strategy with proportional transaction costs. Journal of Business Economics and Management, 2017, 18(4), 561-584. (SSCI). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3846/16111699.2017.1342272

• Research on regularized mean-variance portfolio selection strategy with modified Roy safety-first principle. SpringerPlus, 2016, 5(1): 919. (SCI). WOS: 00037892 6600010. 
 https://springerplus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40064-016-2621-7

• Precise large deviation results for sums of sub-exponential claims in a size-dependent renewal risk model, Statistics & Probability Letters, 2016, 31(114): 6-13. (SCI). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167715216000444

• On meeting capital requirements with a chance-constrained optimization model. SpringerPlus, 2016, 5(1):500. (SCI). WOS: 000375702900005.https://springerplus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40064-016-2110-z

•  On regularized mean-variance-CVaR- skewness-kurtosis portfolio selection strategy, Proceedings of the 9th (2017) International Conference on Financial Risk and Corporate Finance Management. (CPCI-S / ISTP). http://dutp.dlut.edu.cn/info/1148/5438.htm