Maggie (Rong) HU

RESEARCH INTERESTS 

• Real Estate Economics and Finance

• Fintech and Banking

• Empirical Corporate Finance

SELECT PUBLICATIONS (*Corresponding Author, Financial Times FT50 Journals are in Blue)

1. Maggie Hu, Weida Kuang, Xiaoyang Li and Yang Shi (2025), “Is the More Always the Merrier? Buyers’ Onsite Viewing Activities and Housing Search Outcomes”, Accepted at Journal of Banking and Finance

2. Sumit Agarwal, Kwong Wing Chau, Maggie Hu and Wayne Xinwei Wan (2025) “Tobin Tax Policy, Housing Speculation, and Property Market Dynamics”, Accepted 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 (ProMarket Link)

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), pages 1054-1106

8. Sumit Agarwal, Maggie Hu*, and Adrian Lee (2022) “Street Name Fluency and Housing Prices”, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 65, pages 181–229 

9. Wen He, Maggie Hu*, Lin Mi, and Jin Yu (2021) “How Stable are Corporate Capital Structures? International Evidence”, Journal of Banking and Finance, volume 126

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

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

12. Yuanli Fang, Maggie Hu, and Qingsen Yang (2018) “Do executives benefit from shareholder disputes? Evidence from multiple large shareholders in Chinese listed firms”, Journal of Corporate Finance, volume 51, pages 275–315

13. Yongheng Deng, Maggie Hu*, and Anand Srinivasan (2017) “Information Asymmetry and Organizational Structure: Evidence from REITs”, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, volume 55(1), pages 32–64

14. Wen He and Maggie Hu* (2016) “Religion and Bank Loan Terms”, Journal of Banking and Finance, volume 64, pages 205-215

15. Xudong An, Yongheng Deng, Jeffrey D. Fisher, and Maggie Hu (2016) “Commercial Real Estate Rental Index: A Dynamic Panel Data Model Estimation”, Real Estate Economics, volume 44(2), pages 378-410

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

SELECT 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, Virtual

2. Maggie Hu, Adrian Lee and Talis Putnin, “Evading Capital Controls via Cryptocurrencies: Evidence from the Blockchain”, Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

   • • China Fintech Research Conference (CFRC), PBC School of Finance, 2022 Jul

     • AsianFA Conference, 2022 Jun

     • The Economics of Financial Technology Conference, University of Edinburgh, 2022 May

     • Best Paper Award (Global Finance Track) at the 35th Annual Conference of the Academy of Finance, 2022 Mar

     • Annual Conference in Digital Economics (ACDE), 2022 Jan

     • The 3rd University of Western Australia Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Conference 2020, Virtual

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

4. Maggie Hu, Cheng Jiang, Kose John, and Ming Ju, “Fiduciary Duty of Loyalty and Corporate Culture”, Minor Revision at Review of Corporate Finance Studies 

   • • Featured on Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog and Oxford Business Law Blog

     • Financial Management Association Conference (FMA) 2023

5. 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

6. 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"

   • • 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

7. Maggie Hu and Yiyi Zhao, “Fake Bids, Real Consequences: Shill Bidding in Online 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

     • Virtual Seminar at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, 2025 May 21

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

     • Seminar at Jinan University, Guangzhou, 2025 Jan

     • Seminar at Beijing Normal University & Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, Zhuhai, 2024 Dec

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

8. Jiayin Hu, Maggie Hu, Shangchen Li, Yingguang Zhang, and Zheng Zhang, “Horizon Risk in Renting: Evidence from a PropTech Rental Platform”

   • • Seminar at IESR, Jinan University, 2023 Nov

     • European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association (UEA) Conference, 2023 May

     • Seminar at Penn State University, 2023 Apr 

     • SMU-Jinan Conference on Urban and Regional Economics, 2022 Dec 

     • China International Conference in Finance (CICF), 2022 Jul