Hi. I am a PhD Candidate in Finance at Washington University in St. Louis. I obtained a BBA in Finance and a BS in Applied Mathematics in 2018 from Peking University. I studied at The Ohio State University as an undergraduate student in 2017. You are welcome to check my CV.

Research Interests

Financial Intermediation, Corporate Governance, Competition and Antitrust

Job Market Paper

  1. When the Thin Bench Gets Thinner: The Effects of Investment Bank Consolidation on Municipal Finance (Solo-Authored) SSRN, Slides, ProMarket
    • Scheduled for AEA 2025 Poster Session, AFA 2025 Poster Session, and Municipal Finance Conference 2024

Working Papers

  1. The Welfare Benefits of Pay-As-You-Go Financing (with Paul Gertler, Brett Green, & David Sraer) SSRN, Slides
  2. Board Connections, Firm Profitability, and Product Market Actions (with Radha Gopalan & Alminas Žaldokas) SSRN, Slides, CLS Blue Sky Blog