ACADEMIC POSITIONS

SAIF, Shanghai Jiaotong University

Chair Professor of Finance   2022-present

Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Presidential Chair Professor of Finance, 2020-2022

Area Head, Management

SAIF, Shanghai Jiaotong University

Professor of Finance   2018-2020

University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business

Associate professor of Finance (with tenure), 2017-2018

Assistant professor of Finance, 2010-2016

Research Interests

Empirical Corporate Finance;  Political Economy/Development; Behavioral Economics; Economic History; China Economy

Services

Associate Editorship 

Review of Economics and Statistics (2019-2025)

Review of Finance (2019-2025)

Management Science (2024- )

Journal of Corporate Finance (2021-2026)

China Economic Review (2018- )

Co-Guest Editor at Review of Finance (Special Issue on China)

Ad Hoc Referees for top Econ/Finance/Management/Accounting/Science/Sociology journals

Research Settings:

I have studied a range of prominent social, economic and political phenomena in China, including (1)corruption in Chinese privatizations, (2) coinsurance within Chinese business groups, (3) corruption and workplace safety, (4) the “death ceiling” program, (5) economic exchange and Sino-Japanese conflicts, (6) fellow election at the China Academy of Science, (7) rural land rental markets, (8) Politburo election,  (9) air pollution and demand for health insurance, (10) loan officers' on-the-job trading, (11) the “Sent-down Youth” program during the Cultural Revolution, (12) superstition (Zodiac Year) and its real impact, (13) government expenditure auditing,  (14) target setting in Chinese banking industry;  (15) local government response to citizen concerns; (16) clan, elite control vs cooperation in modern China (1955-1961); (17) Chinese collectibles bubble; (18) Anti-nepotism in Keju examinations and social mobility in the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127); and (19) China’s land reform (1946–1953)  and fertility decision