Maggie R. HU

RESEARCH INTERESTS 

• Real Estate Economics and Finance

• Fintech and Banking

• Empirical Corporate Finance

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 

1. Maggie Hu, Cheng Jiang, Kose John, and Ming Ju (2026) “Fiduciary Duty of Loyalty and Corporate Culture”, Accepted at Review of Corporate Finance Studies 

2. Sumit Agarwal, Kwong Wing Chau, Maggie Hu and Wayne Xinwei Wan (2026) “Tobin Tax Policy, Housing Speculation, and Property Market Dynamics”, Forthcoming at Management Science

3. Maggie Hu*, Desmond Tsang and Wayne Xinwei Wan (2025), “Corporate Relocation and Housing Market Spillover”, Management Science, volume 71(5): 3641-4531

4. Zhiguo He, Maggie Hu, Zhenping Wang, and Vincent Yao (2024), “ Valuing Long-Term Property Rights with Anticipated Political Regime Shifts”, American Economic Review, volume 114 (9): 2701-47 (Media: ProMarket)

5. Maggie Hu, Xiaoyang Li, Yang Shi, and Michael Zhang (2023) “Numerological Heuristics and Credit Risk in P2P Lending”, Information Systems Research, volume 34(4):1744-1760

6. Yi Fan, Maggie Hu*, Wayne Xinwei Wan and Zhenping Wang (2023), “A Tale of Two Cities: Mainland Chinese Buyers in Hong Kong Housing Market”, Review of Finance, volume 27 (6): 2205–2232

7. Quan Gan, Maggie Hu* and Wayne Xinwei Wan (2022), “Contract Rescission in Real Estate Presale Market”, Real Estate Economics, volume 50(4): 1054-1106

8. Yongheng Deng, Maggie Hu*, and Adrian Lee (2021) “Melting Pot or Salad bowl: Culture Distance and Housing Investments”, Real Estate Economics, volume 49 (S1): 235-267

9. Maggie Hu* and Adrian Lee (2020) “Outshine to Outbid: Weather-Induced Mood and the Housing Market”, Management Science, 2020, volume 66(3): 1440-1472

10. Wen He and Maggie Hu (2014) “Aggregate Earnings and Market Returns: International Evidence”, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, volume 49(4): 879-901

SELECTED WORKING PAPERS

1. Ziyang Chen, Maggie Hu, Ginger Jin, Qiyao Zhou, "Haste or Waste? The Role of Presale in Residential Housing", Revise and Resubmit at American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

   • • AREUEA-ASSA Conference, Philadelphia, 2026 Jan

     • North American Meeting of the Urban Economics Association (UEA), 2024 Sep, Washington DC

     • Seminar at National University of Singapore, 2024 Aug, Singapore 

     • China Financial Research Conference (CFRC), 2024 Jul, Beijing

     • Chinese Economist Society (CES) Conference, 2024 Jul, Hangzhou

     • Asian Finance Association Annual Conference, 2024 Jun, Macau

     • Urban Economics Association Conference (UEA), 2024 Jun, Copenhagen

     • The 22nd Annual International Industrial Organization Conference (OOIC), 2024 May, Boston

     • Seminar at Carnegie Mellon University, 2024 March

     • The 8th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference, 2024 Mar, Washington DC

     • Jinan-SMU Conference on Urban and Regional Economics, 2023 Dec

     • Digital Finance Workshop, Peking University, 2023 Nov

2.  Maggie Hu, Lin Peng and Yiyi Zhao, "Weathering the Storm: The Impact of Natural Disasters on Household Financial Decisions and the Role of Government Safety Nets". Revise and Resubmit at Review of Finance

   • • Faculty Research Symposium, Baruch College, 2025 March

     • Seminar at Baruch College, 2025 Feb

     • China International Conference in Finance (CICF), 2024 Jul, Beijing

     • ESG Workshop at Tianjin University, 2024 Jul 

     • Seminar at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, 2024 May

3. Maggie Hu, Wayne Xinwei Wan, and Ke Xu, “Cross-market Spillovers of Real Estate Speculation”, Revise and Resubmit at Real Estate Economics

   • • 18th North American Urban Economics Association (UEA) Meeting, Washington DC, 2024 Sep

     • AREUEA-ASSA Conference, New Orleans, 2023 Jan

4. Sumit Agarwal, Maggie Hu and Yiyi Zhao, “Fake Bids, Real Consequences: Shill Bidding and Price Manipulation in Judicial Housing Auctions”

   • • China Financial Research Conference (CFRC), Beijing, 2025 Jul

     • The 3rd Summer Meeting in Urban Economics, Shenzhen, China, 2025 June

     • AREUEA National Conference, Washington DC, 2025 May

     • AREUEA-ASSA Conference Poster Session, San Francisco, 2025 Jan

     • SMU Conference on Urban and Regional Economics, Singapore, 2024 Dec

5. Hong Hong, Maggie Hu, Yingxin Lin, and Michael Zhang, "Gender Difference in Conformity to Social Influence: Evidence from Review Behavior", Revise and Resubmit at MIS Quarterly 

6. Dapeng Xu, Zeshen Ye, Maggie Hu and Michael Zhang, “Cyberloafing at Work: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of Antecedents, Consequences, and Contextual Moderators”, Revise and Resubmit at Information Systems Research