Research

1. How Do Private Firms Affect Common Ownership-Driven Collusion among Public Firms? (Job Market Paper)

• Conferences: 2024 Financial Management Association (FMA), 2024 FMA Doctoral Student Consortium, 2024 FMA Special PhD Paper Presentation, 2024 Nova Finance PhD Final Countdown, 2024 Chinese Economists Society (CES) North American Conference Rising Star Session, 2023 FMA New Idea Session

• Seminars: University of Houston

• Travel Grants: Chinese Economists Society

2. The Economics of Patent Licensing: An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants and Consequences of Patent Licensing Transactions (with Thomas Chemmanur, Boston College; and Jingxuan Zhang, University of Alberta)

• Conferences: 2025 American Finance Association (AFA) PhD Student Poster Session, 2024 Econometric Society European Winter Meeting (EWMES)*, 2025 Eastern Finance Association (EasternFA) (scheduled)

3. Venture Capital and Value Creation in the Product Market: Evidence from the Nielsen Retail Scanner Data (with Jingxuan Zhang, University of Alberta)

• Conferences: 2024 Allied Social Science Association (ASSA), 2022 Midwest Finance Association (MFA)*, 2022 Eastern Finance Association (EasternFA), 2022 China International Conference in Finance (CICF)*, 2022 Northern Finance Association (NFA) (canceled due to visa reason), 2022 Financial Management Association (FMA)

• Seminars: University of Houston, Boston College*

4. Initial Public Offerings and Product Market Dynamics: New Perspectives from the Nielsen Retail Scanner Data (with Jingxuan Zhang, University of Alberta)

• Awards: Runner-up for the Outstanding Doctoral Student Paper, 2023 Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting

• Conferences: 2023 Midwest Finance Association (MFA)*, 2023 Eastern Finance Association (EasternFA)

• Seminars: University of Houston

(*: presented by co-author(s))