I am a PhD candidate in Finance at UBC Sauder School of Business.
I am on the 2022-2023 academic job market.
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, Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Finance, Empirical Corporate Finance
References: Jan Bena (Chair), Will Gornall, and Sabrina T. Howell
Email: xing.liu@sauder.ubc.ca
Working Papers
"Artificial Intelligence and Information Production in Selection Markets: Experimental Evidence from Insurance Intermediation." (Job Market Paper)
FSU Risk Management Research Symposium 2023; UGA PhD Symposium on Risk Management and Insurance 2023; AFBC 2022; Global AI Finance Research Conference 2022; Shanghai-Edinburgh Fintech Conference 2022; WEFIDEV Fall 2022
"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, 2022
EFA 2022; FIRS 2022; UCLA Fink 2022; PERC 2021; NBER Corporate Finance Fall 2021; PNWFC 2021
Work in Progress
"Chioce Set Configuration for Complex Financial Products."
"Social Networks and Policy Transmission: Evidence from Insurance Agents on WeChat."
"Loss Aversion of Insurance Agents and Insurance Provision."
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), 2968-2992.
"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), 2545-2583.