Research
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• EMPIRICAL CORPORATE FINANCE: agency conflicts, managerial risk-taking, corporate bankruptcy and financial distress, corporate investments and capital structure, sustainable corporate finance
• CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: board structure and networks, executive compensation
• BEHAVIORAL CORPORATE FINANCE: the impact of managerial experiences on decision-making
WORKING PAPERS AND WORK-IN-PROGRESS
• “Acquiree Leverage Deviation and Capital Structure Targeting Behavior of Merging Firms”, (with N. F. Carline and B. Wang), Working Paper.
• “Sensation-seeking CEOs and Stock Price Crashes”, (with I. El Kalak and X. Huang), Working Paper.
• “Propagation of ESG-Linked Compensation through Boardroom Connections”, (with I. El Kalak, C. Wang, and Q. Wang), Working Paper.
• “Do Boards Matter for Financing? Board Members’ “Equity Exposure” and Corporate Financing Decisions”, Work-in-Progress.
• “Board-level Sustainability Committees: Does Community Social Capital Matter?” (with Z. Li and B. Wang), Work-in-Progress.
• “The Impact of CEO’s Biological Masculinity and Femininity on Corporate Risk-Taking” (with D. Gilder, R. Altowairqi, and Q. Wang), Work-in-Progress.