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Tenured Associate Professor,Associate Editor of PKU Financial Review
Baixiao Liu
Ph.D. in Finance, Purdue University
Research Interests: Financial Media, Asset Management, Short Selling, and Political Economics
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baixiaoliu@phbs.pku.edu.cn
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Biography
Research Interests
Financial Media, Asset Management, Short Selling, and Political Economics

Education
Purdue University, Krannert School of Management, West Lafayette, IN
    Ph.D. in Finance, 2008-2012
    MBA, 2006-2008
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
    B.Sc. in Communication, 2002-2006

Academic Positions
Peking University HSBC Business School, Shenzhen, China
    Associate Professor of Finance, 2021-present
Florida State University, College of Business, Tallahass, FL
    Associate Professor of Finance (with tenure) 2019-2021
    Assistant Professor of Finance, 2013-2019
Purdue University, Krannert School of Management, West Lafayette, IN 
    Visiting Professor of Finance, 2012-2013


Peer-reviewed Papers:
1. The Role of the Media in Corporate Governance: Do the Media Influence Managers’ Capital Allocation Decisions? (with John J. McConnell, 2013, lead article, Journal of Financial Economics 110, 1-17)
2. The Disciplinary Role of Failed Takeover Attempts (2016, Journal of Financial Research 39 (1), 63-85)
3. The Power of the Pen Reconsidered: The Media, CEO Human Capital, and Corporate Governance (with John J. McConnell and Wei Xu, 2017, Journal of Banking and Finance 76, 175-188)
4. When Is Good News Bad, and Vice Versa? The Fortune Ranking of America’s Most Admired Companies (with Yingmei Cheng, John J. McConnell, and Aaron Rosenblum, 2017, Journal of Corporate Finance 43, 378-396)
5. Activist Investors and Open Market Share Repurchases (with Don Autore and Nick Clarke, 2019, Journal of Banking and Finance 107, 105614)
6. Arbitrage Involvement and Security Prices (with Byoung-Hyoun Hwang and Wei Xu, 2019, Management Science 65(6), 2858-2875)
7. Ease-of-Processing Heuristics and Asset Prices: Evidence from Exchange Repo Market in China (with Xuyun Fang, Zhiqian Jiang, John J. McConnell, and Mingshan Zhou, 2022, Journal of Financial Markets 59(B), 100656)
8. Media Attention and Regulatory Efficiency of Corporate Violations: Evidence from China (with Zhiqian Jiang, Jinsong Liu, and Qianwei Ying, 2022, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 41(3), 106931)
9. Media Partisanship and Fundamental Corporate Decisions (with April Knill and John J. McConnell, 2022, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 57(2), 572-598)
10. Short Squeezes (with Zhiqian Jiang, Andrew Schrowang, and Wei Xu, 2023, Financial Analysts Journal 80(2), 1-22)
11. The Influence of Media Slant on Short Sellers (with April Knill, John J. McConnell, and Glades McKenzie, 2024, Journal of Corporate Finance 84, 102541)
12. Guilty by Political Associations: The Impact of Political Scandals on Connected Firms (with April Knill, John J. McConnell, and Cayman Seagraves, accepted, Journal of Law and Economics)

Invited Papers:
1. Why Did Auction Rate Bond Auctions Fail During 2007-2008? (with John J. McConnell and Alessio Saretto, 2010, Journal of Fixed Income 20, 5-18)
2. CEOs, Abandoned Acquisitions, and the Media (with John J. McConnell, 2015, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 27(3), 113-121)
3. The Effect of Short Sale Restrictions on Corporate Managers (with John J. McConnell and Andrew Schrowang, 2023, Journal of Risk and Financial Management 16(11), 486)

Monographs and Book Chapters:
1. Challenges Faced by Bank Wealth Management Companies in the 2022 Net Value Turbulence (with Shusong Ba, Linlin Ma, Jiaxuan Wu, and Xingyi Zhan, 2023, PHBS Think Tank (in Chinese))
2. Bank Wealth Management vs. Mutual Funds: What Constrains the Growth of Bank Wealth Management Companies (with Shusong Ba, Linlin Ma, Jiaxuan Wu, and Xingyi Zhan, 2023, PHBS Think Tank (in Chinese))