Curriculum Vitae

Assistant Professor

School of Finance, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Researches empirical asset pricing, fintech, tokenomics, and AI in finance.

• Master Supervisor beginning 2025-09

External Member

Cornell University Digital Economics and Financial Technology (DEFT) Lab

Collaborates with DEFT Lab faculty on projects in digital finance and blockchain economics.

Ph.D. in Economics

Tsinghua University

Bachelor of Economics in Financial Engineering

Wuhan University

How Regulatory Sandboxes Shape FinTech Financing: Disentangling Attention and Information Channels

Working paper

With Xuemeng Sun, Qingquan Zhang, and Danxia Xie.

FinTech Platforms and Asymmetric Network Effects: Theory and Evidence from Marketplace Lending

NBER Working Paper

With Lin William Cong, Ke Tang, and Danxia Xie;
Best Paper Award at the 2024 China Tech-Fin Research Conference, First Prize.

Crypto Value, Factor Pricing, and Market Segmentation

Management Science (forthcoming)

With Lin William Cong, George Andrew Karolyi, and Ke Tang;
Best Paper Award at the 2023 National Doctoral Student Forum, First Prize;
Best Paper Award at the 2022 EFMA Annual Meeting;
Best Paper Award at the 2021 Tel Aviv University Blockchain Research Institute Conference.

Property Rights System of Land, Housing Price Structure and Wealth Inequality

China Journal of Economics (in Chinese)

With Danxia Xie, Buyuan Yang, and Qingquan Zhang.

Economic Analysis of Public Health Reform: Mechanisms and Policy Design for Optimal Resource Allocation between Prevention and Treatment

China Journal of Economics (in Chinese)

With Danxia Xie, Peilin Liu, and Buyuan Yang.

Platform Macro Risks and Platform Antitrust

Financial Review (in Chinese)

With Danxia Xie, Yao Li, and Liyang Yang.

Best Paper Award, China Tech-Fin Research Conference

Inaugural China Tech-Fin Research Conference (Shanghai)

Sole First Prize

Best Paper Award, National Doctoral Student Academic Forum in Finance

7th National Doctoral Student Academic Forum in Finance

Sole First Prize

EFMA-WRDS Conference Best Paper Award

European Financial Management Association Annual Meeting

Best Paper Award, Tel Aviv University Blockchain Research Institute Conference

Tel Aviv University Coller School of Management

Comprehensive and LIMU Scholarships

Tsinghua University

Multi-year scholarships (2020-2022).

Comprehensive and JINGLIN Scholarships

Wuhan University

Undergraduate merit scholarships (2016-2017).

Econometric Society World Congress — Seoul, South Korea

FMA Annual Meeting — Vancouver, Canada

Cryptocurrency Research Conference — Dubai, UAE (virtual)

19th Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets — Seoul, South Korea

China Tech-Fin Research Conference — Shanghai, China

18th Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets — Seoul, South Korea

FMA Annual Meeting — Atlanta, GA

ABFER Annual Conference — Singapore

Asian Finance Association Annual Meeting — Hongkong, China (virtual)

China Fintech Research Conference — Beijing, China (virtual)

EFMA Annual Meeting — Rome, Italy

Summer Institute of Finance — Shanghai, China

UWA Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Conference — Perth, Australia (virtual)

Tel Aviv University Blockchain Research Institute Conference — Tel Aviv, Israel

Institutional Economics Annual Meeting — Beijing, China

China Urban Economist Forum — Beijing, China

Tsinghua University China Economic Seminar — Beijing, China

Pricing Mechanism and Risk Spillover Effects of Platform Tokens

Principal Investigator. NSFC Grant 72503258.

Digital Asset Pricing with Blockchain Features

Principal Investigator. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Grant 2025M773717.

Economic Growth and Population Dynamics in the Digital Age

Participant. NSFC Grant 72373079.

Digital Platforms, Social Welfare, and Financial Stability

Participant. NSFC Grant 71973076.

Social Effects of Epidemic Prevention and Control

Participant. Tsinghua Independent Research Project.