I am a Lecturer in Finance at Cardiff University.
I obtained my PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2022, and worked as an Assistant Professor in Finance at University College Dublin (UCD) from 2022 to 2024.
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Research
Research
Working papers
Working papers
The Political Consequences of Monetary Instability: Evidence from Bitcoin Adoption in El Salvador, with Jiafu An and Chen Lin
Empowering Private Companies: Evidence from Private Equity Buyouts and Trade Credit Provision, with Seth Armitage and Yongda Liu
Presented at: AsianFA 2026, Paris-Dauphine Ownership, Control and Performance Conference 2025, 9th Entrepreneurial Finance (ENTFIN) Conference in Rotterdam 2025
From Macro Events to Micro Disclosure: Public Shocks and Strategic Corporate Communication, with Jiafu An, Jiandong Chen, Shiqi Guo, Zaheer Khan, and Lai Wei
Presented at: AsianFA Macau 2024, AAA 2022
The Slow Start of Professional Clients in Foreign Investment, with Seth Armitage
Access to Public Market and Trade Credit Provision: Evidence from IPO suspensions, with Jiafu An, Tianxi Wang, and William (Senyu) Wang
Publications
Publications
Private Markets
Institutional Ownership and Investment of private firms, with Seth Armitage and Ronan Gallagher. British Accounting Review, 2025
Culture, beliefs and finance
Inherited Trust and Informal Finance, with Jiafu An , Mengfei Jiang, and Jiandong Chen. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 2023.
Professional Norms and Risk-taking of Bank Employees: Do Expectations of Peers' Risk Preferences Matter?, with Jiafu An and Mengfei Jiang. Journal of Financial Stability, 2021.
International Spillovers of Corporate Scandal: Evidence from the Harvey Weinstein Event, with Jiafu An. European Journal of Finance, 2021.
Pension
The Elusive Relation Between Pension Discount Rates and Deficits, with Seth Armitage and Ronan Gallagher. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 2022.
Teaching
Teaching
Cardiff
Cardiff
Corporate Financial Management
UCD
UCD
Foundations of Finance (UG) 2022/23, 2023/24
Empirical Corporate Finance (PG) 2022/23
Financial Analysis (PG) 2023/24
Corporate Finance (PG, Management) 2023/24
Presentations
Presentations
2025: Paris-Dauphine Ownership, Control and Performance Conference, 9th Entrepreneurial Finance (ENTFIN) Conference in Rotterdam, IFABS Oxford
2024: AsianFA (Macau)*, AAA (DC)
2023: Irish Academy of Finance (IAF) Annual Conference, Edinburgh WorldClass Workshop
2022: AEA Poster (Online), FMA Europe (Lyon), Edinburgh WorldClass Workshop
2021: FMA Europe (Online), EAA (Online), Queen's University Belfast*, University of Reading*
2022: AAA (Online)
2019: BAFA (Birmingham)
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