Research

Fundings

SATLE Funding by Ireland Higher Education Authority (HEA), as Project Lead, €24,000

Executives’ legal expertise, context-dependent conservatism, and workplace safety (SSRN), with Tian Tao (UCD), Qin Emma Wang (Oklahoma State), and Jun Zhang (Oklahoma State)
ESG disclosure mandates and the cost of debt financing (SSRN), with Quentin Moreau (HKUST), Georgios Sermpinis (Glasgow), and Serafeim Tsoukas (Glasgow)
Conference: IAF 2026, 38th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, EEA 2025, 2025 Social and Sustainable Finance Conference

Rich dad poor dad: CEO private school background and firm risk (Published Version), with Yifei Bi (Henan University), Christos Mavrovitis (Surrey), Eurpoean Financial Management, 2026
Conference: EFMA 2025
Media: The Guardian
Local boy does good: The effect of CSR activities on firm value (SSRN, Published Version), with Zicheng Lei (KCL), Dimitris Petmezas (Durham), Raghavendra Rau (Cambridge), Journal of Banking and Finance, 2025
Conference: FMA European 2022, FMCG 2022, CRETE 2022, CICF 2021, FMA 2021, EFMA 2021, 4th Conference on CSR, the Economy and Financial Markets 2021
Media: FinReg Blog@Duke University
Born to behave: Home CEOs and financial misconduct (SSRN, Published Version), with Zicheng Lei (KCL), Dimitris Petmezas (Durham), Raghavendra Rau (Cambridge), Review of Accounting Studies, 2025
Conference: SGF 2023, EFA 2022, FMA 2022, EFMA 2022, CICF 2022, FMA European 2022, FMA European 2021
Media: University of Cambridge, Durham University, BlueSky PR

Soochow University Business School, December 2025
Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University, International Business School Suzhou, February, 2025
Xi’an Jiaotong University, School of Management. January 2025
Sichuan University, Business School. Chengdu, China. November 2024
Xiamen University. Xiamen, China. September 2024
Durham University Business School. Durham, UK. November 2023
ICMA Centre, University of Reading. Reading, UK. February 2022