Research
Research
Blank, D. B., Chen, J., & Posylnaya, V. (2024). Insider trading restriction enforcement, investor protection, and innovation. Journal of Financial Research, 1–42. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfir.12426
He, W., Chen, J., & Xiong, H. (2025). Value creation in Chinese equity transfers. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1080/14765284.2025.2499782
1. Insider Trading amidst Political Uncertainty (with Brandon Cline, Brian Blank, and Caleb Houston)
(Doctoral Student Consortium, FMA 2021, SWFA 2022, APEE 2022, SFA 2022, FMA 2022, MFA 2023)
2. Hierarchical Pay, Executive Power, and Tournament Incentives: What role do corporate incentives play in relative compensation and performance? (with Brian Blank, Brandy Hadley, and Valeriya Posylnaya)
(FMCG2023, EFMA 2023, RSFE 2023, FMA European 2023, BFGA 2023, and SFA 2023)
3. Operating Leverage and the Cost of Debt (with Brian Blank and Douglas Ayres)
4. Insider Trading as a Compensation Mechanism (with Caleb Houston and Benjamin Jansen)
(SWFA 2025)
· Journal of Financial Research. Revise and resubmit
5. Auditor’s Reporting Change and Insider Trading Behavior: Evidence from Critical Audit Matters as an Exogenous Shock (with Caleb Houston, Haoyang Xiong, and Yimei Zhang)
· Applied Finance Letters. Revise and resubmit
1. Insider Trading Amidst Supply Chain Disruption (with Brian Blank and Brandy Hadley)
2. Investment Horizon and Innovation: Evidence from Insiders and Institutional Investors
Journal of Financial Research, 2024, 2025
Managerial Finance, 2024
Emerging Markets Review, 2025
Journal of Rural Business (University of West Alabama), Associate Editor, 2023-2025
· Southwestern Finance Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, February 2025
· Behavioral Research in Finance, Governance, and Accounting, Online, November 2023
· Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, November 2023
· Research Symposium on Finance and Economics (RSFE) IFMR GSB, Virtual, June 2023
· Financial Management Association European Annual Meeting, Aalborg, Demark, June 2023
· European Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Cardiff, UK, June 2023
· Financial Markets and Corporate Governance, Virtual, April 2023
· Midwest Financial Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, March 2023
· International Business and Economy Conference, Online, January 2023
· Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, October 2022
· Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting, Key West, November 2022
· The Association of Private Enterprise Education Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, April 2022
· Southwestern Finance Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, March 2022
· FMA Annual Meeting Doctoral Student Consortium, Denver, October 2021
· FMA Annual Meeting Special PhD Paper Presentation, Denver, October 2021
· Financial Management Association Annual Virtual Meeting, Online, October 2020
· MMM Graduate Student Finance Conference, Online, September 2020
· MMM Graduate Student Finance Conference, Oxford, MS, August 2019
· Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting, Asheville, NC, November 2018
· Editors’ Choice article for the Summer 2025 issue of the Journal of Financial Research
o “Insider Trading Restriction Enforcement, Investor Protection, and Innovation” with Brian Blank and Valeriya Posylnaya
· Dean’s List Honor, University of Washington (2011-2014)
· Travel Assistance Grant for Graduate Students Recipient, Mississippi State University (2018)
· The Hunter Henry Graduate Studies Travel Grant Recipient, Mississippi State University (2021)
· Young Scholar Grant Recipient, The Association of Private Enterprise Education (2022)
· Nominated for the Outstanding Doctoral Student Teaching award, MSU (2022)
· International Student Recruiting Media Coverage, University of West Alabama (2023)