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Yuhai Xuan Dean's Professor of Finance Senior Associate Dean The Paul Merage School of Business University of California, Irvine 4291 Pereira Drive Irvine, CA 92697-3125 Phone: (949) 824-5615 E-mail: yuhai.xuan@uci.edu Curriculum Vitae |
BIOGRAPHY
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Yuhai Xuan is Dean's Professor of Finance and Senior Associate Dean in The Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine. He previously served as the Associate Dean of Master’s Programs at the Merage School from 2020 to 2024. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, the Journal of Corporate Finance, and the Journal of Empirical Finance. Prior to joining UC Irvine, he served on the faculty of the Harvard Business School and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Professor Xuan's research focuses on empirical corporate finance, corporate governance, and behavioral finance. His work has been published in leading academic journals in finance and has been covered in various media outlets, including Bloomberg, The Economist, the Financial Times, Forbes, The New York Times, Reuters, and The Wall Street Journal. He has been awarded the Jensen Prize (First Place Winner) for the best corporate finance paper published in the Journal of Financial Economics and has presented his work at more than 40 universities and numerous national and international conferences. Professor Xuan has taught a variety of courses in the undergraduate, MBA, Master of Finance, and Executive Education programs. He has won multiple teaching awards, including the Excellence in Teaching Award at UC Irvine, the List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent and Best Professor awards at Illinois, and the Harvard University Certificate of Distinction in Teaching. Additionally, he served as the inaugural Academic Director of the Online MBA program at Illinois and was the recipient of the Dean's Impact Award for his leadership role in the program. Professor Xuan holds an A.M. and a Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard University. |
PUBLICATIONS
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with Feng Cao, Rongli Yuan, and Hong Zou
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming. |
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with Da Huo, Bo Sun, and Mingzhu Tai
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Volume 59, Issue 5, August 2024, pp. 2375–2398. Online Appendix |
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with Po-Hsuan Hsu, Yiqing Lü, and Hong Wu
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Volume 59, Issue 2, March 2024, pp. 652–689. Online Appendix |
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with Paul Gompers, Vladimir Mukharlyamov, and Emily Weisburst
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Volume 57, Issue 2, March 2022, pp. 485–513. Online Appendix |
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with Natee Amornsiripanitch and Paul Gompers
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The Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, Volume 35, Issue 3, November 2019, pp. 513–543. |
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with Chen Lin and Thomas Schmid
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Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 127, Issue 2, February 2018, pp. 303–324. |
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with Malcolm Baker Online Appendix
Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 121, Issue 1, July 2016, pp. 66–78. Abstract |
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with Paul Gompers and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
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Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 119, Issue 3, March 2016, pp. 626–644. |
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with Joy Ishii
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Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 112, Issue 3, June 2014, pp. 344–363. |
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with Chen Lin, Yue Ma, and Paul Malatesta
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Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 109, Issue 2, August 2013, pp. 517–534. |
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with Michael Firth, Chen Lin, and Ping Liu
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Journal of Accounting Research, Volume 51, Issue 1, March 2013, pp. 165–200. |
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with Chen Lin, Yue Ma, and Paul Malatesta
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Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 104, Issue 1, April 2012, pp. 1–22 (Lead Article). |
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The Role of Venture Capitalists in the Acquisition of Private Companies | ||
with Paul Gompers
in Research Handbook on International Banking and Governance, edited by James Barth, Chen Lin, and Clas Wihlborg, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012. |
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with Chen Lin and Yue Ma
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Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 102, Issue 2, November 2011, pp. 416–431. |
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with Chen Lin, Yue Ma, and Paul Malatesta
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Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 100, Issue 1, April 2011, pp. 1–23 (Lead Article; First Place Winner of the 2011 Jensen Prize for the Best Paper in the Areas of Corporate Finance and Organizations published in the Journal of Financial Economics; Journal of Financial Economics All-Star Paper). |
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WORKING PAPERS
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with Qianqian Huang, Feng Jiang, and Xunan Zhou Abstract |
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with Lin Tang and Hong Zou Abstract |
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with Heitor Almeida and Ruidi Huang Abstract |
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with Qianqian Huang, Feng Jiang, and Tao Yuan Abstract |
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with Michael Jung, Yiqing Lu, and Hong Wu Abstract |
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with Heitor Almeida, Ruidi Huang, and Ping Liu Abstract |
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with Ruidi Huang
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Winner of the China International Conference in Finance Best Paper Award |
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with Ping Liu Abstract |
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Bridge Building in Venture Capital-Backed Acquisitions | |
with Paul Gompers Abstract |
"The effect of litigation risk on corporate environmental and social misconduct: evidence from judge ideology"; "Local Environmental Beliefs and Corporate Environmental Performance"; "Copycat Trademarks"; "Does E clash with S? Evidence from the Clean Air Action in China" |
CASE STUDIES
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Atlantic Grupa | |
with Mato Njavro
Harvard Business School Case 215-077 and Harvard Business School Teaching Note 215-078. | |
Magna International, Inc. (A)
Magna International, Inc. (B) |
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with Timothy Luehrman Harvard Business School Case 211-044, Harvard Business School Case 211-045, and Harvard Business School Teaching Note 211-077. |
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Shenzhen Development Bank | |
with Xiaobing Bai and Li Jin Harvard Business School Case 210-020 and Harvard Business School Teaching Note 211-070. |
EDUCATION
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2006 | Ph.D., Business Economics (Finance), Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) |
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A.M., Business Economics (Finance), Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) |
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
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University of California, Irvine | |
2024– | Senior Associate Dean, The Paul Merage School of Business |
2020–2024 | Associate Dean of Master's Programs, The Paul Merage School of Business |
2019– | Dean's Professor, The Paul Merage School of Business |
2019– |
Professor of Finance, The Paul Merage School of Business |
Teaching Assignments | |
2019– | Cases in Corporate Financial Management, Undergraduate and Master of Finance (Elective Curriculum) |
Winner of the Excellence in Teaching Award, Master of Finance Class of 2020, Class of 2021, Class of 2022, Class of 2023, Class of 2024 Winner of the Excellence in Teaching Award, Undergraduate Class of 2022 | |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
2018–2019 | Professor, Department of Finance, Gies College of Business |
2016–2019 | Robert and Karen May Faculty Fellow, Gies College of Business |
2016–2019 | Academic Director, Online MBA (iMBA) Program, Gies College of Business |
2015–2018 |
Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Gies College of Business |
Teaching Assignments | |
2015–2019 | Cases in Financial Strategy, Master of Science in Finance (Elective Curriculum) |
Selected to the List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent (with "Outstanding" ratings), 2016, 2017, 2018 Voted Best Professor by the Master of Science in Finance Class of 2016, Class of 2017, Class of 2018 | |
Harvard University | |
2012–2015 | Marvin Bower Fellow, Harvard Business School |
2012–2015 | Associate Professor, Finance Unit, Harvard Business School |
2006–2012 | Assistant Professor, Finance Unit, Harvard Business School |
2004–2006 |
Head Teaching Fellow, Harvard University |
Teaching Assignments | |
2012–2015 | Global Immersion (China), Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development, MBA (Required Curriculum) |
2010–2015 | Finance for Senior Executives, Executive Education |
2009–2015 | Corporate Financial Management, MBA (Elective Curriculum) |
2006–2008 | First-Year Finance, MBA (Required Curriculum) |
2004–2006 | Corporate Finance; Introductory Econometrics; MBA Analytics Program |
Awarded Harvard University Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, 2004, 2005 |
EDITORIAL POSITIONS
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2021– | Associate Editor, Journal of Financial Economics | |
2021– | Associate Editor, Journal of Corporate Finance | |
2018– | Associate Editor, Management Science | |
2016– | Associate Editor, Journal of Empirical Finance | |
2012– | Associate Editor, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis |
HONORS AND AWARDS
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2024 | Distinguished Service Award, Management Science | |
2024 | Excellence in Teaching Award, Master of Finance Class of 2024, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine | |
2024 | Senior Faculty Research Award, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine | |
2023 | Distinguished Service Award, Management Science | |
2023 | Excellence in Teaching Award, Master of Finance Class of 2023, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine | |
2023 | Senior Faculty Research Award, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine | |
2023 | Faculty Exceptional Service Award, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine | |
2022 | Excellence in Teaching Award, Master of Finance Class of 2022, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine | |
2022 | Excellence in Teaching Award, Undergraduate Class of 2022, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine | |
2021 | Distinguished Service Award, Management Science | |
2021 | Excellence in Teaching Award, Master of Finance Class of 2021, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine | |
2020 | Distinguished Service Award, Management Science | |
2020 | Excellence in Teaching Award, Master of Finance Class of 2020, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine | |
2019 | Distinguished Service Award, Management Science | |
2019– | Dean's Professor, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine | |
2018–2019 | Dean's Impact Award, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (awarded State of Illinois Recognition by Senator Scott Bennett of the 100th General Assembly, December 6, 2018) | |
2018 | List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent, with "Outstanding" ratings (top 10%), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
2018 | Best Professor, voted by the Master of Science in Finance Class of 2018, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
2018 | CICF Best Paper Award, China International Conference in Finance (CICF) | |
2017 | List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent, with "Outstanding" ratings (top 10%), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
2017 | Best Professor, voted by the Master of Science in Finance Class of 2017, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
2016–2019 | Robert and Karen May Faculty Fellow, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
2016 | List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent, with "Outstanding" ratings (top 10%), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
2016 | Best Professor, voted by the Master of Science in Finance Class of 2016, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
2015 | All-Star Paper, for a high number of citations per year since publication, Journal of Financial Economics | |
2012–2015 | Marvin Bower Fellow, Harvard Business School, Harvard University | |
2011 | Jensen Prize, First Place Winner, for the Best Paper in the Areas of Corporate Finance and Organizations, Journal of Financial Economics | |
2005 | Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University | |
2004 | Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University | |
2000–2005 | Doctoral Fellowship, Harvard Business School, Harvard University |
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
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Bentley University (Department of Finance), Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead), Chinese University of Hong Kong (Faculty of Business Administration), City University of Hong Kong (College of Business, 2), Cornell University (Johnson), Dartmouth College (Tuck), Duke University (Fuqua), Erasmus University (Rotterdam), George Mason University (School of Management), George Washington University (School of Business), Harvard Business School (2), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Business School), Lingnan University (Department of Economics, 2), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan), Michigan State University (Broad), National University of Singapore (Business School), New York University (Stern), Ohio State University (Fisher), Pennsylvania State University (Smeal), Purdue University (Krannert), Singapore Management University (Business School), State University of New York at Buffalo (School of Management), Tilburg University (School of Economics and Management), Tsinghua University (School of Economics and Management), University of Amsterdam (Business School), University of Bristol (School of Economics, Finance and Management), University of California, Irvine (Paul Merage, 2), University of Chicago (Booth), University of Cincinnati (Lindner), University of Delaware (Lerner), University of Exeter (Business School), University of Florida (Warrington), University of Geneva (Geneva Finance Research Institute), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Gies, 2), University of Iowa (Tippie), University of Lausanne (HEC), University of Michigan (Ross, 2), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler), University of Notre Dame (Mendoza), University of Rochester (Simon), University of Texas at Austin (McCombs), University of Utah (Eccles), University of Washington (Foster, 2), University of Zurich (Department of Banking and Finance), Washington University in St. Louis (Olin), Academy of Sustainable Finance, Accounting, Accountability & Governance (ASFAAG) American Chapter Conference (2024), American Economic Association (AEA) Annual Meeting (2007), American Finance Association (AFA) Annual Meeting (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019), Annual Conference on Corporate Finance and Financial Intermediation at Washington University in St. Louis (2017), Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER) Annual Conference (2021), Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) Annual Meeting (2022, 2024), China Fintech Research Conference (2022), China International Conference in Finance (2018, 2021, 2022, 2023), CSEF-EIEF-SITE Conference on Finance and Labor (2015), Drexel University Academic Conference on Corporate Governance (2015), European Finance Association (EFA) Annual Meeting (2015, 2020), European Financial Management Association (EFMA) Annual Meeting (2019, 2024), Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS) Annual Conference (2012, 2021), Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting (2021), Greater China Area Finance Conference (2022), International Conference on Smart Finance (2023), Kauffman Foundation Early-Stage Investing Conference (2013), Midwest Finance Association (MFA) Annual Meeting (2021, 2022), Minnesota Corporate Finance Conference (2014), National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Summer Institute Law and Economics Workshop (2010), Red Rock Finance Conference (2015), Shanghai Financial Forefront Symposium (2022), Singapore International Conference on Finance (2010), Society for Financial Studies (SFS) Cavalcade (2018), Texas Finance Festival (2009), Western Finance Association (WFA) Annual Meeting (2015), World Finance & Banking Symposium (2021), World Finance Conference (2022)
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SELECT MEDIA COVERAGE
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Bloomberg (June 21, 2012), Business Insider (November 20, 2013; June 29, 2014), The Economist (June 30, 2012), Financial Times (August 24, 2012), Forbes (June 23, 2014; November 12, 2014; January 4, 2021; December 21, 2022), Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (June 16, 2009; January 14, 2010; November 26, 2010; August 15, 2019), The New York Times (June 2, 2012; April 1, 2015), Psychology Today (July/August 2017), Reuters (August 21, 2014), The Wall Street Journal (June 18, 2012; April 30, 2017), The Washington Post (March 26, 2015)
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PHD DISSERTATION COMMITTEES
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Yue Li (Chair; Analysis Group), Wanyi Wang (Babson College), Nan Xu (Nankai University), Ruidi Huang (Co-chair; Southern Methodist University), Nuri Ersahin (Michigan State University), Hwanki Brian Kim (Baylor University), Spyridon Lagaras (University of Pittsburg), Ping Liu (State University of New York at Buffalo)
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SERVICE ACTIVITIES
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Editorial Boards |
Associate Editor, Journal of Financial Economics, 2021– Associate Editor, Journal of Corporate Finance, 2021– Associate Editor, Management Science, 2018– Associate Editor, Journal of Empirical Finance, 2016– Associate Editor, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2012– |
School/University |
Senior Associate Dean (2024–), Asian/Pacific Islander Initiative (2022–), Executive Committee (2020–), Inclusive Excellence Council (2023–2024), Curriculum Council, Dean’s Advisory Board (2022–2024), Associate Dean of Master's Programs (2020–2024), Master's Programs Committee (2019–2024; Ex officio, 2020–2024), Joint Master's Degree Programs Committee (2019–2024; Ex officio, 2020–2024), Ad Hoc Promotion and Tenure Committee (Chair, 2019–2020; 2021–2022), Hiring Committee for Assistant Dean of MBA and Specialty Master’s Programs (Chair, 2021–2022), Provost's Workgroup on Alternative Digital Credentials (2020), Hiring Committee for Assistant Dean of External Relations and Engagement (2020–2021), Graduate Council, Academic Senate (2019–2020), Graduate Programs Advisory Committee (2018–2019), Academic Director, iMBA Program (2016–2019), iMBA Program Specialized Faculty Search Committee (Chair and Diversity Advocate, 2018–2019), iMBA Program Faculty Advisory Committee (2016–2019; Chair, 2017–2019)
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Conference Discussant and Session Chair |
American Finance Association (AFA) Annual Meeting (2007, 2009, 2012), China International Conference in Finance (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024), Drexel University Academic Conference on Corporate Governance (2011, 2018, 2020), Midwest Finance Association (MFA) Annual Meeting (2019, 2022), Society for Financial Studies (SFS) Cavalcade (2015), Yale-European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)-Oxford Conference on Corporate Governance (2010)
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Conference Program Committees |
China International Conference in Finance (2018–), Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting (CFEA) (2024), Drexel University Academic Conference on Corporate Governance (2017–), European Finance Association (EFA) Annual Meeting (2013–), European Financial Management Association (EFMA) Annual Meeting (2015–), Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting (2019–2021), Financial Management Association (FMA) Asia/Pacific Conference (2017, 2019, 2020, 2024), International Conference on Finance & Technology (2022), Midwest Finance Association (MFA) Annual Meeting (Track Chair, 2016), Portuguese Finance Network Conference (2023), Society for Financial Studies (SFS) Cavalcade (2023–), Summer Institute of Finance Conference (2019, 2023–), Utah Winter Finance Conference (2013–), Western Finance Association (WFA) Annual Meeting (2010–)
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Reviewer |
Contemporary Accounting Research, Critical Finance Review, Emerging Markets Finance & Trade, European Financial Management, Financial Management, Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economics & Business, The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Financial Markets, The Journal of Law & Economics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Management Science, National Natural Science Foundation of China, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, The Review of Corporate Finance Studies, The Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Finance, The Review of Financial Studies, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Swiss National Science Foundation
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