I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Finance at UBC Sauder School of Business.
I research the impacts of AI on information production and agency conflicts in human-intermediated markets and finance professionals.
My corporate finance papers focus on firm intangibles, such as corporate culture, non-pecuniary aspects of jobs, and intellectual property.
Research Interests: Insurance, FinTech, Consumer Finance, Empirical Corporate Finance
References: Jan Bena (Chair), Will Gornall, and Sabrina T. Howell
Email: xing.liu@sauder.ubc.ca
Publications
"Consolidating Product Lines via Mergers and Acquisitions: Evidence from the USPTO Trademark Data." With Po-Hsuan Hsu, Kai Li, and Hong Wu.
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2022, 57(8).
"The Role of Corporate Culture in Bad Times: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic." With Kai Li, Feng Mai and Tengfei Zhang.
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2021, 56(7).
Working Papers
"Artificial Intelligence and Information Production in Selection Markets: Experimental Evidence from Insurance Intermediation." (Job Market Paper)
NBER SI, EIOPA-ECB Research Workshop on Insurance Companies and Pension Funds, CICF, Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Finance, ARIA, AMA, Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society, FSU Risk Management Research Symposium, UGA PhD Symposium on Risk Management and Insurance, AFBC, Global AI Finance Research Conference, Shanghai-Edinburgh Fintech Conference, WEFIDEV
"Do Employees Cheer for Private Equity? The Heterogeneous Effects of Buyouts on Job Quality." With Will Gornall, Oleg Gredil, Sabrina T. Howell, and Jason Sockin.
R&R at Management Science
EFA, FIRS, UCLA Fink, PERC, NBER Corporate Finance, PNWFC
Work in Progress
"Chioce Set Configuration for Complex Financial Products."
"Social Networks and Policy Transmission: Evidence from Insurance Agents"
"Loss Aversion of Insurance Agents and Insurance Provision."