Research Interests
Behavioral Finance, Corporate Finance, Household Finance
Working Papers
"AI exposure and Household Financial Fragility" with Yiming Qian and Jiawei (Brooke) Wang
"Misconduct and Fundraising in Private Equity," with Paul Mason, Yiming Qian, and Steven Ttke
"Do Banks Overreact to Disaster Risk?" with Qianqian Huang, Yuhai Xuan, and Tao Yuan
"Directors' Disaster Experience and Corporate Environmental Performance," with Qianqian Huang, Yuhai Xuan, and Xunan Zhou
"The Dark Side of Industry Tournament Incentives," with Qianqian Huang and Fei Xie
"Do Costs of Corporate Loans Rise with Sea Level?" with Wei Li and Yiming Qian
Publications
"COVID Racial Disparities in Financial Complaints and the Role of Corporate Social Attitudes," with Rachel M. Hayes, Yihui Pan, and Huayi Tang
- Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
"Local IPOs and Household Stock Market Participation," with Michelle Lowry and Yiming Qian
- Review of Finance, Forthcoming
“Trust and Debt Contracting: Evidence from the Backdating Scandal,” with Veljko Fotak, Haekwon Lee, and Erik Lie
- Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2023
“Voice of the Customers: Local Trusting Culture and Consumers’ Whistle-Blowing in the Financial Services Industry,” with Rachel Hayes and Yihui Pan
- Journal of Accounting Research, 2021
“Analyst Career Concerns, Effort Allocation, and Firms’ Information Environment,” with Jarrad Harford, Rong Wang, and Fei Xie
- Review of Financial Studies, 2019
“Hometown Biased Acquisitions,” with Yiming Qian and Scott E. Yonker
- Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2019
“Does Short-maturity Debt Discipline Managers? Evidence from Cash-rich Firms’ Acquisition Decision,” with Qianqian Huang and Szu-Yin Wu
- Journal of Corporate Finance, 2018
“Earthly Reward to the Religious: Religiosity and the Cost of Public and Private Debt,” with Kose John, Wei Li, and Yiming Qian
- Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2018, Vol. 53 (5), 1-30
“The Effect of Labor Unions on CEO Compensation,” with Qianqian Huang, Erik Lie, and Tingting Que
- Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2017, Vol. 52 (2), 553-582
“The Role of Investment Banker Directors in M&A,” with Qianqian Huang, Erik Lie, and Ke Yang
- Journal of Financial Economics, 2014, Vol. 112 (2), 269-286