Research
Publication
Surprise Election for Trump Connections (with Travers Barclay Child, Nadia Massoud, and Mario Schabus). Journal of Financial Economics, 2021, 140 (2), 676-697.
Media coverage: PRI, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German)
Star Academicians: Gimmicks or Game-Changers? (with Conggang Li and Rong Xu). Journal of Corporate Finance, 2023, 82, 102452.
Politically Influenced Bank Lending (sole-authored). Journal of Banking & Finance, 2023, 157, 107020.
The Effects of Lobbying on the FDA's Recall Classification (sole-authored). BMC Medical Ethics, 2023, 24, 41.
A Liberalization Spillover: From Equities to Loans (with Xin Liu and Shang-Jin Wei). Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2024, 59(1), 395-433..
Working Papers
Political Leadership and Governance Structure
Ownership Concentration and Crisis Recovery (with Sheng Huang)
Safety Accidents and Mutual Fund Flows (with Xuefeng Hu, Bochen Wu, and Rong Xu). Revise & Resubmit at the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
"Captain Gains" on Capitol Hill (with Shang-Jin Wei)
Shareholder Approval, Agency Costs, and Seasoned Public Offerings (with Alon Kalay, Nadia Massoud, and Mario Schabus)