Research

Publications 

Sun, Q. & Spreen, T. L. (2022). State Regulation and Hospital Community Benefit Spending in Medicaid Expansion States. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 47(4), 473-496. (Impact Factor: 2.977 (2021) )

Conference Proceedings 

Sun, Q. (2022). Nonprofit Capital Structure and Financial Determinants of Nonprofit Debt Instruments. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2022, No. 1, p. 12898). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.

Working Papers

“Are Nonprofits Creditworthy? Financial Determinants of Nonprofit Tax-Exempt Bond Ratings”  

• Revise & Resubmit

• Michael Curro Award for Best Graduate Student Paper, Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM), 2023

• Felice Davidson Perlmutter Award for Best Theory, Issues, Boundaries Section (TIBS) Conference Paper, Association for Research on  Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), 2023 

“Financing Nonprofit Growth: Exploring the Strategic Use of Mortgages, Loans, and Bonds "

“The Landscape of Nonprofit Bond Finance using 990 Schedule K Data” with Angela Bies

Works in Progress 

“Does Bond Financing Crowd Out Nonprofits’ Operating and Program Expenses?”

“The Short-Term & Long-Term Impacts of Nonprofit Capital Investment on Program Outputs and Financial Capacity”

“An Experimental Test of the Impact of Bond Financing on Donors’ Intention to Donate” with Qiaozhen Liu and Peter Frumkin

“Testing What Financial Conditions are Necessary for Nnonprofits’ Revenue and Expense Growth using Necessary Condition Analysis” 

with Bin Chen, Jiahuan Lu, and Weiwei Lin