Research Interests
AI and Finance, Behavioural Finance, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance
Working Papers
For the most up-to-date list, see my Google Scholar profile.
Managerial Attention to Financial Markets: Evidence from Managers’ Own Discussion (2025)
[SSRN]- Presentations: University of Cambridge, University of Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier University, Monash Business School, HKUST (GZ), Fudan University, University of Macau, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, CEAM Cavalcade, 2025 Durham Finance Job Market Paper Conference, Swiss Finance Institute “Rising Scholar Conference in Finance 2025” at UZH, CEPR Paris Symposium 2025, AFA 2026 (Poster Session), 2nd Boca Finance and Real Estate Conference#, Junior Academics Research Seminars (JARS) in Finance, 21st Annual Olin Finance Conference at WashU (PhD Session), Applied Young Economist Webinars (AYEW) Season 11, HKU AI in Business Workshop#, PhD-Economics Virtual Seminar (EVS), FMARC Doctoral Colloquium#, 42nd AFFI PhD Workshop#, Future Finance Fest (3f)#, FMA Europe#, FMA Europe Doctoral Consortium, Lake District Workshop in Corporate Finance (Poster Session)#, BSE Summer Forum - AI and Machine Learning in Economics, 8th QMUL Economics and Finance PhD Workshop, CICF 2026, 33rd Finance Forum - PhD Mentoring Day, Corporate Finance Days (Scheduled), Edinburgh Financial Technology Conference#, 7th Annual RCF-ECGI Conference#, Research in Behavioral Finance Conference (Scheduled), Aarhus Finance Forum#, 2026 EUROFIDAI-ESSEC Paris December Finance Meeting (Scheduled), FMA 2026 (Scheduled)
Value versus Values: Does Stock Liquidity Affect Corporate Environmental Policies? (2025), with Mao Ye
[SSRN]- Presentations: Cornell University, China International Conference in Finance (CICF), Adam Smith Sustainability Conference, 8th SAFE Market Microstructure Conference, University of Cambridge, International Corporate Governance Conference, 5th Annual Boca-ECGI Corporate Finance and Governance Conference, AFA 2025 (Poster Session), the Microstructure Exchange seminar, 6th Annual Conference of the Canadian Sustainable Finance Network (CSFN), Edinburgh Corporate Finance Conference, 18th ARCS Annual Research Conference, QRFE Climate Change Workshop, GRASFI 2026#
Measuring Firm-Level Currency Exposure (2026), with Yiqun Li
[SSRN]- Presentations: University of Cambridge, Boston University*, 2nd International Workshop on Macroeconomics and Finance (Scheduled)*
To Match or Not to Match: Financial Constraints and Corporate Pension Matching Policies (2024), with P. Raghavendra Rau and Joshua Rauh
Preliminary Draft Upon Request.
(*: Presented by coauthor(s); #: Accepted but not presented)
Publications
- Sometimes, Always, Never: Regulatory Clarity and the Development of Digital Financing (2025), with P. Raghavendra Rau and Tania Ziegler
Management Science, 71(9), 8027–8071.
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Pre-PhD Projects and Permanent Working Papers
An Empirical Investigation on Risk Factors in Cryptocurrency Futures (2023), with Yeguang Chi, Wenyan Hao, and Jiangdong Hu
Journal of Futures Markets, 43(8), 1161–1180.
[DOI]Strategies for Responsible Investing: Emerging Academic Evidence (2020), with Vaska Atta-Darkua, David Chambers, Elroy Dimson, and Ting Yu
The Journal of Portfolio Management, 46(3), 26.
[DOI]MiFID II: The Impact of Double Volume Cap Mechanism on Market Quality (2021)
[SSRN]Financial Literacy, Internet Dependency, and Internet Finance (2020)
[SSRN]Peaks and Pitfalls: Stock Price Highs and Corporate Investment (2025)
Preliminary Draft Upon Request.- Presentations: 7th QMUL Economics and Finance Workshop for PhD & Post-doctoral Students
Refereeing
- Journal(s): International Review of Finance
- Conference(s): ARCS Annual Research Conference