EducationPhD, 2005, finance, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
MA, 1999, economics, Ohio State University
BA, 1998, international finance, Renmin University of China
Current Research
"Tolerance for Failure and Corporate Innovation," (with Xuan Tian). September 2009.
"Real Investment and Corporate Securities Fraud," August 2009.
"Investor Overconfidence and the Forward Discount Puzzle," (with Bing Han and David Hirshleifer). July 2009.
"Personal Income Taxes and Corporate Investment," (with Murray Frank and Raj Singh). October 2009.
"Corporate Political Contributions: Investment or Agency?" (with Rajesh Aggarwal and Felix Meschke). January 2009.
Major Publications
- "Corporate Fraud and Business Conditions: Evidence from IPOs," (with Andrew Winton and Xiaoyun Yu). Journal of Finance forthcoming.
- "Why Do Firms Go Dark? Causes and Economic Consequences of Voluntary SEC Deregistration," (with Christian Leuz and Alexander Triantis). Journal of Accounting and Economics 45 (2008), 181-208.
Courses
- Fall, 2009
- FINA 4221 Principles of Corporate Finance Sec. 001
- FINA 4221 Principles of Corporate Finance Sec. 002
- FINA 4221 Principles of Corporate Finance Sec. 003
- Spring, 2010
- FINA 4221 Principles of Corporate Finance Sec. 001
- FINA 4221 Principles of Corporate Finance Sec. 020
Scholarly Service and Honors
- Journal of Finance
- Review of Financial Studies
- Journal of Law, Economics and Organization
- Journal of Corporate Finance
- Journal of Financial Services and Research
