2026–27 Academic Finance Job Market
Ph.D. Candidate in Finance
Department of Finance · Haslam College of Business
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Office: Haslam Business Building 307
Research Interests: Corporate Finance, Labor and Finance, Corporate Taxation, Innovation
My research examines how regulation and institutional frictions shape firms' investment, innovation, and strategic decisions.
My current research studies how labor-market regulation, tax incentives, and intellectual property protection affect corporate investment and strategic decisions.
Featured Research
Job Market Paper
We study how firms’ access to labor-market information affects investment and performance. Exploiting the staggered adoption of salary history bans, we find that firms reduce capital expenditures and R&D while improving investment efficiency. Productivity, profitability, and firm value rise in the short-to-medium run, though these gains attenuate over time.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville Expected 2027
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2019
Xi'an International Studies University 2018
Tingting Liu Co-Chair
Matthew Serfling Co-Chair
Daniel Weagley
James Chyz
Haslam Fellowship, University of Tennessee 2022–Present
GSS Travel Award, University of Tennessee 2025
Ad Hoc Referee, International Review of Finance
Conference Discussant, EFA Annual Meeting (2026), FMA Annual Meeting (2025), and SFA Annual Meeting (2025)