Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
"Do Borrowers' Cultural Norms Matter in Marketplace Lending? Evidence from Local Confucianism", (with Jianwen Li, Bo Zhang and Wenrui Zhang), Financial Management, forthcoming.
"Polarized Corporate Boards", (with Thao Hoang and Phong T. H. Ngo), Journal of Corporate Finance, 2025, 91, 102697.
"Upstream Propagation of Shocks in Supply Chains: Evidence from Earthquakes", (with Xianhang Qian and Shanyun Qiu), Financial Management, 2025, 54, 147-175.
"The Price of the Slow Lane: Traffic Congestion and Stock Block Trading Premium", (with Tingqiu Cao and Xianhang Qian), International Review of Finance, 2024, 24, 30-52.
“Regulator Supervisory Power and Bank Loan Contracting,” (with Zhongda He, Guannan Qiao, and Wenrui Zhang), Journal of Banking and Finance, 2021, 106062.
“Monitoring the Monitor: Distracted Institutional Investors and Board Governance,” (with Claire Liu, Angie Low and Ronald Masulis), Review of Financial Studies, 2020, 33, 4489-4531.
“Do Outside Directors with Government Experience Create Value?” (with Jun-Koo Kang), Financial Management, 2018, 47, 209-251. (lead article)
“Who Captures the Power of the Pen?” (with Jiaxing You and Bohui Zhang), Review of Financial Studies, 2018, 31, 43-96.
“Friendly Boards and Innovation,” (with Jun-Koo Kang, Wei-Lin Liu, and Angie Low), Journal of Empirical Finance, 2018, 45, 1-25. (lead article)
“CEOs’ Early-life Experiences and Corporate Policy: Evidence from China’s Great Famine,” Pacific Basin Finance Journal, 2017, 46, 57-77.
“Monitoring Role of Customer Firms in Suppliers and its Effect on Supplier Value: Evidence from Block Acquisitions of Suppliers by Customer,” (with Jun-Koo Kang, Wei-Lin Liu, and Sangho Yi), Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2015, 24(4), 537-563.