Hi. My research interests are corporate governance, banking, and antitrust. I am a PhD Candidate in Finance at Washington University in St. Louis. I studied at Peking University and The Ohio State University prior to PhD. You are welcome to check my CV.

Working Papers

  1. When the Thin Bench Gets Thinner: The Effects of Investment Bank Consolidation on Municipal Finance (Solo-Authored) SSRN, Slides, ProMarket
    • Scheduled for AEA/AFA 2025 Poster Sessions, MFA 2025, EFA 2025 (Philadelphia), Virtual Municipal Finance Workshop, and Municipal Finance Conference 2024
  2. The Welfare Benefits of Pay-As-You-Go Financing (with Paul Gertler, Brett Green, & David Sraer) SSRN, Slides
    • Submitted
    • Scheduled for WFA 2024, NBER Household Finance Meeting Fall 2024, WEFIDEV-RFS-CEPR Conference 2025, UD/Philly Fed Fintech & Financial Institutions Conference, Georgia Tech-Atlanta Fed Household Finance Conference, Financial Intermediation in the 3rd Millennium: Perils and Pearls Conference, Bristol Workshop on Banking and Financial Intermediation, FIRS 2025, and MoFiR Workshop on Banking Poster Session
  3. Board Connections, Firm Profitability, and Product Market Actions (with Radha Gopalan & Alminas Žaldokas) SSRN, Slides, CLS Blue Sky Blog