Arkadiy (Archie) Lenchak

Arkadiy (Archie) Lenchak

Assistant Professor of Finance

University of Denver, Daniels College of Business

Hi, I’m Arkadiy!

I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Denver, Daniels College of Business.

My research focuses on corporate governance and information disclosure, with particular emphasis on applying Natural Language Processing methods to corporate communications such as earnings calls, financial reports, and managerial disclosures.

Education

  • PhD in Finance, 2025

    University of Alberta

  • MSc in Economics, 2014

    University of Rome Tor Vergata

  • BSc in International Relations, 2009

    Eurasian National University, Astana

Working Papers

doina c. chichernea, arkadiy lenchak, alex petkevich
August 2026

Debt Talk and Corporate Bond Pricing: Evidence from Earnings Calls

corporate bonds; credit spreads; earnings calls; textual analysis; debt talk

lily morse, arkadiy lenchak, olga bruyaka
March 2026

Talking AI: What Firms Say and How Markets React

AI; natural language processing; signaling; earnings calls

Work in Progress

arkadiy lenchak, jack strauss
August 2026

Disclosure Architecture Across Corporate Reporting Channels

corporate disclosure; disclosure architecture; earnings calls; MD&A; semantic similarity

arkadiy lenchak
September 2025

Predictive Power of the Language for CEO Turnovers

CEO turnover; natural language processing; FinBERT; earnings calls

arkadiy lenchak
August 2024

Black Boards Matter. Diversity premium during social uprising

diversity; board of directors; social movement; corporate governance

Datasets

Debt Talk Measures from Earnings Calls

Call-level measures of debt-related discussion developed for Debt Talk and Corporate Bond Pricing: Evidence from Earnings Calls.

The public dataset is forthcoming. Its permanent download filename will be DebtTalkMeasures.parquet.

DebtTalkMeasures.parquet

Teaching

Average instructor rating: 4.8/5

Fin 2800: Financial Decision making

In-person: Winter/Spring 2026; University of Denver

Fin 301: Introduction to Corporate Finance

In-person: Spring 2022, 2023, 2024; University of Alberta

Fin 488: Fintech

TA: Winter 2022; University of Alberta

Raising Capital (EMBA Residency)

TA: Fuqua School of Business; Duke University, Winter 2018

Miscellaneous courses (FT MBA, EMBA, MSc Finance)

TA: Graduate School of Business; Nazarbayev University, 2016-2019

Contact