Mahnaz (Mila) Paydar
Mahnaz Paydar, PhD
Assistant Professor of Finance
Roger Williams University
Research Interests
FinTech AI in finance Social media analytics Behavioral finance
Published Papers
Do AI Outages Disrupt Financial Markets? Evidence from OpenAI
Mahnaz Paydarzarnaghi and David Rakowski
Finance Research Letters, 2026
Strategic Bot Activity in Financial Social Media
Mahnaz Paydarzarnaghi and David Rakowski
Finance Research Letters, 2026
Inferring Accounting Conservatism from Textual Analysis of 10-K Forms
Mahnaz Paydarzarnaghi, J. David Diltz, and Salil K. Sarkar
Managerial Finance, 2026
Working Papers
Social Media Bots and Investor Attention
Mahnaz Paydarzarnaghi and David Rakowski
Journal of Empirical Finance, Under Review
Social Media Credibility and Financial Market Activity
Mahnaz Paydarzarnaghi, David Rakowski, and Mahmut Yasar
International Review of Financial Analysis, Under Review
Themes and Trends in SEC 10-K Filing Research: A Multi-Method Topic Modeling Approach
Mahnaz Paydarzarnaghi and Sima Jannati
International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Under Review
Artificial Intelligence in Finance: What Have We Learned?
Mahnaz Paydarzarnaghi, Sridhar Nerur, and David Rakowski
North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Under Review
What Do People Ask AI About Finance? Evidence from ChatGPT
Mahnaz Paydarzarnaghi and Amir Karami
Finance Research Letters, Under Review