Welcome!
I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at University of Basel. I am also a faculty member of the Swiss Finance Institute.
I obtained my Ph.D. in Finance from Rutgers University. Before joining the University of Basel, I worked as an Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
My research interests are:
Banking & Financial Institutions
Corporate Finance
Climate Finance
Working Papers (Find out more: SSRN)
"Preempting Gas Bans: Policy Retrenchment and Credit Allocation" with Thomas Lambert and Francesco Mazzola
(Presentations: 2026 SFI Brown Bag, 2026 PSB Workshop*, 10th Shanghai-Edinburgh-London Finance Conference*, 2026 EBES, 2026 CEFIN*, ESCP Business School*)
*Best Paper Award 2026 EBES
"Skilled Labor Mobility and Bank Default" with Akif Midilli and Steven Ongena (R&R)
"Cybersecurity and Bank Distance-to-Default" (Reject & Resubmit at JFQA)
(Presentations: 2025 SFIC, 2025 World Finance Conference, 2024 FMA European Conference)
*Best Paper Award 2025 World Finance Conference
"Climate Change and Bank Default" (R&R)
(Presentations: 2025 SFIC, 2024 Boca-ECGI Corporate Finance and Governance Conference, 2024 Adam Smith Sustainability Conference & 2nd Annual Conference of the British Accounting Review, 2024 WBFS)
*Best Paper Award in Banking 2025 SFIC
Publication
"Happiness and Innovation around the World" with Fangfang Hou and Seongkyu Gilbert Park, Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, April 2026.
(Presentations: 2022 Greater China Area Finance Conference*, 2022 Asian FA*, 2021 APAD*, 2018 ICAFEL, 2018 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society*, 2018 FMA European Conference, 2018 Midwest Economic Association*, 2017 Asiatic Research Institute*)
"Natural Disaster and the Real Effect of Skilled Labor Mobility" with S. Ghon Rhee, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 94, December 2025, 102940.
(Presentations: 2025 FeAT*, 2024 Adam Smith Sustainability Conference & 2nd Annual Conference of the British Accounting Review, 2024 WBFS)
"Climate Change, Bank Fragility, and Systemic Risk" Review of Corporate Finance, 4, 2024, 127-150.
(Presentations: 2023 Dolomites Summer Finance, 2023 Risklab/Bank of Finland/ESRB Conference on Systemic Risk Analytics, University of Basel)
"Political Corruption, Dodd-Frank Whistleblowing, and Corporate Investment" with Qingjie Du, Journal of Corporate Finance, 73, April 2022, 102145.
(Presentations: 2020 FMA European Conference*, 2019 CAFM*, 2019 Australasian Finance and Banking Conference*, 2019 FMA Asia-Elevator Pitch*)
"Does Corruption Grease or Sand the Wheels of Investment or Innovation? Different Effects in Advanced and Emerging Economies" with Fangfang Hou and Seongkyu Gilbert Park, Applied Economics, 53, 2021, 35-60.(Presentations: 2019 Midwest Finance Association Meeting*, 2018 Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, 2018 CAFM*)