Selected Publications:

"Work-Life Balance and Earnings Management: Evidence from Paid Family Leave Policies" with Yifei Chen and Dan Palmon at Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Volume 59, 2026, 107469. 

“Investors’ Natural Disaster Experience and Cost of Raising Equity Capital: Evidence from Seasoned Equity Offering Pricing” with Shenghao Gao, Xinyu Li, and Qi Zhang at Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 2025. 

"The Real Effects of Corruption on M&A Flows: Evidence from China's Anti-corruption Campaign" with Chenghao Huang, Zhi Jin, and Eliza Wu at Journal of Banking and Finance, Volume 150, 2023, 106815.

Working Papers Under Review and R&R :

1. “ESG-Driven Retail Investor Attention” with Shenghao Gao, Liang Liu, Xuesong Tang, and Chi Zhang 

2. “Politically Connected Independent Directors and Corporate Litigation Risk” with Chenghao Huang and Xingchen Zhu 

Presented at CFRC (Tsinghua), CICF, AFA Ph.D. Poster Session, FMA, FMA Europe, AsianFA, IFABS, International Young Finance Conference, UIBE (Finance), SWUFE (Law), Welsh Quarterly Finance Seminar, Sussex, VU Amsterdam

3. “Global Board Reform and Accounting Conservatism” with Chenghao Huang, Yang Liu, and Yujie Zhu   

Presented at AIB conference, AIB-UKI conference, SWUFE-Baruch Research Symposium, IFABS