Dr. Maggie Hu is currently an Assistant Professor at William Newman Department of Real Estate, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York.
Her main research interests include real estate finance and economics, household finance, and corporate finance. Her research has been published in leading journals such as American Economic Review, Managemet Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Finance, Information Systems Research, and Real Estate Economics. Her research work has received multiple Best Paper Awards at leading international conferences and won several competitive research grants. She holds a PhD in Finance and a Bachelor in Engineering from the National University of Singapore.
A PDF copy of CV can be downloaded here: Maggie_HU_CV.pdf
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Real Estate Economics and Finance
Fintech and Banking
Empirical Corporate Finance
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Maggie Hu, Cheng Jiang, Kose John, and Ming Ju (2026) “Fiduciary Duty of Loyalty and Corporate Culture”, Accepted at Review of Corporate Finance Studies
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
Maggie Hu*, Desmond Tsang and Wayne Xinwei Wan (2025), “Corporate Relocation and Housing Market Spillover”, Management Science, volume 71(5): 3641-4531
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)
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
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
Quan Gan, Maggie Hu* and Wayne Xinwei Wan (2022), “Contract Rescission in Real Estate Presale Market”, Real Estate Economics, volume 50(4): 1054-1106
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
Maggie Hu* and Adrian Lee (2020) “Outshine to Outbid: Weather-Induced Mood and the Housing Market”, Management Science, 2020, volume 66(3): 1440-1472
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
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
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
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
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
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
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