Research

Publications & Accepted Papers

1. Top Management Human Capital, Inventor Mobility, and Corporate Innovation, joint with Thomas Chemmanur, Lei Kong, and Karthik Krishnan. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 54(6), 2383–2422, December 2019.

2. How Does Greater Bank Competition Affect Borrower Screening? Evidence from a Natural Experiment Based on China’s WTO Entry, joint with Thomas Chemmanur, Jiaqi Qin, Yan Sun, and Xiang Zheng. Journal of Corporate Finance, 65, 101776, December 2020.

3. Recent Developments in the FinTech Industry, joint with Thomas Chemmanur, Michael Imerman, and Harshit Rajaiya. Journal of Financial Management, Markets and Institutions, 8(1), 2040002, 2020.

4. Corporate Patenting, Customer Capital, and Financial Market Outcomes, joint with Mine Ertugrul, Karthik Krishnan, and Bo Xu. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 59(5), 2425–2458, August 2024.

5. Knowledge Spillover and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from BITNET, joint with Mine Ertugrul and Karthik Krishnan. Research Policy, 53(9), 105091, November 2024.

6. Do Venture Capital-Driven Top Management Changes Enhance Corporate Innovation in Private Firms? (Single-Authored) Journal of Banking and Finance, 171, 107353, February 2025.

   • Winner of the Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship ($20,000 grant to support dissertations on entrepreneurship), 2016

7. Trademarks and Entrepreneurial Firm Success: Theory and Evidence from Private Firm Exits and Initial Public Offerings, joint with Thomas Chemmanur, Harshit Rajaiya, and Xuan Tian. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 49(3), 846-882, Jannuary 2025.

8. Information Production by Institutions and Information Extraction by Underwriters in Hybrid IPO Auctions, joint with Thomas Chemmanur, Pengfei Ma, and Chaopeng Wu. Review of Corporate Finance, 5(3-4), 291-348, 2025.

9. Environmental Regulation, State Ownership, and Corporate Green Investment: Evidence from China’s 2015 Environmental Protection Law Revisions, joint with Thomas Chemmanur, Bo Cheng, and Zi-Tian Wang. Journal of Business Ethics, 200, 293-416, 2025.

10. Breaking Through? The Divergent Consequences of CEO Political Ideology on Firm Inventiveness, joint with Andreea Kiss, François Neville, and Andrew Ward. Journal of Management forthcoming.

Working Papers

1. The Entrepreneurial Finance of Fintech Firms and the Effect of Fintech Investments on the Performance of Corporate Investors, joint with joint with Thomas Chemmanur, Michael Imerman, and Harshit Rajaiya.

   • Winner of the Kauffman Knowledge Challenge: Insight to Impact (one of 32 grants nationwide from the inaugural Kauffman Foundation Knowledge Challenge)

   • Young Researcher Best Paper Award of 4th International Conference on Digital, Innovation, Financing and Entrepreneurship, 2023

   • Best Paper of Research Symposium on Finance and Economics, 2023

2. Strategic Regulatory Disclosure of Private Firms, joint with Kathleen Hanley. 

3. Venture Capital Backing, Investor Attention, and Initial Public Offerings, joint with Thomas Chemmanur and Karthik Krishnan.

4. Human Capital, Management Quality, and Firm Performance, joint with Thomas Chemmanur, Lei Kong, and Karthik Krishnan.