Publications
17. "The Impact of Bank Mergers on Corporate Tax Aggressiveness" with Tapas Mishra, Wei Song, Zhuang Zhang, and Qingjing Zhang, 2024. Journal of Corporate Finance, forthcoming.
16. "Gender, workplace preferences, and firm performance: Looking through the glass door" with Chenxing Jing, Kevin Keasey, Ivan Lim, and Bin Xu, 2024. European Financial Management 30, 403-439.
15. "Does CDS trading affect risk-taking incentives in managerial compensation?" with Woon Sau Leung, Wei Song, and Davide Avino, 2023. Journal of Banking & Finance 151, 105485.
14. "Does customer-base structure influence managerial risk-taking incentives?" with Xunhua Su, Xuan Tian, and Bin Xu, 2022, Journal of Financial Economics 143, 462-483.
13. "Recession managers and and mutual fund performance" with Meziane Lasfer, Wei Song, and Si Zhou, 2021, Journal of Corporate Finance 69, 102010.
12. "General managerial skills and corporate social responsibility" with Xicheng Liu, Wei Song, and Si Zhou, 2020, Journal of Empirical Finance 55, 43-59.
11. "When Women Are on Boards, Male CEOs Are Less Overconfident" with Marc Goergen, Woon Sau Leung, and Wei Song, 12 September, 2019, Harvard Business Review.
10. “Why Female Board Representation Matters: The Role of Female Directors in Reining in Male CEO Overconfidence” with Marc Goergen, Woon Sau Leung, and Wei Song, 2019, Journal of Empirical Finance 53, 70-90.
9. “Passing the Dividend Baton: The Impact of Dividend Policy on New CEOs’ Initial Compensation” with Marc Goergen, and Wei Song, 2019, Journal of Corporate Finance 56, 458-481.
8. “CEO and director compensation, CEO turnover and institutional investors: Is there cronyism in the UK?” with Marc Goergen, Woon Sau Leung, and Wei Song, 2019, Journal of Banking & Finance 103, 18-35.
7. “Does Bank Stakeholder Orientation Enhance Financial Stability” with Woon Sau Leung, and Wei Song, 2019, Journal of Corporate Finance 56, 38-63.
Winner of the Best Paper Award in Financial Markets and Institutions at the 2016 FMA Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, US.
6. "Female board representation, corporate innovation and firm performance" with Woon Sau Leung and Kevin Evans, 2018. Journal of Empirical Finance 48, 236-254.
5. “Organization Capital, Labor Market Flexibility and Stock Returns around the World” with Woon Sau Leung, Khelifa Mazouz, and Geoffrey Wood, 2018, Journal of Banking & Finance 89, 150-168.
Finalist for Best Paper Award at the 2016 FMA European Conference, Helsinki, Finland.
4. “Initial Compensation Contracts for New Executives and Financial Distress Risk: An Empirical Investigation of UK Firms” with Amedeo De Cesari, Paula Hill, and Neslihan Ozkan, 2018, Journal of Corporate Finance 48, 292-313.
3. “The Impact of Board Gender Composition on Dividend Payouts” with Woon Sau Leung and Marc Goergen, 2017. Journal of Corporate Finance 43, 86-105.
2. “Are Employee-Friendly Workplaces Conducive to Innovation?” with Woon Sau Leung and Kevin Evans, 2016. Journal of Corporate Finance 40, 61-79.
1. “The Impact of Diverse Measures of Default Risk on UK Stock Returns” with Paula Hill, 2013. Journal of Banking & Finance 37, 5118–5131.