FIRMS · PEOPLE · FINANCE

John BaiJianqiu Bai, Ph.D.

Full Professor of Finance

Research on firms, people,
and the forces that connect them.

FIRMS · LABOR · CAPITAL · TECHNOLOGY

ABOUT

My research explores how financial decisions shape firms, workers, and markets.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Empirical corporate finance
Behavioral corporate finance
Corporate diversification
Labor finance

SCHOLARSHIP

Selected research

2026, with Yuehua Tang, Chi Wan, and Zafer Yuksel (Forthcoming at Review of Financial Studies)

2026, with Yi Cao, Xiumin Martin, and Chi Wan (Forthcoming at Review of Accounting Studies)

2018, with Daniel Carvalho and Gordon Phillips, Journal of Finance, 73(6), 2787-2836.

RESOURCES FOR RESEARCHERS

Historical firm headquarters and mutual fund offshore concentration data, available for download.

EDITORIAL SERVICE

Journal of Banking and Finance
Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting