**Published Peer-Reviewed Papers**
**2026**
1. Institutional Embeddedness and Collaborative ESG Governance: Configurational Mechanisms of Green Transformation among Heavily Polluting Firms in China, 2026,
American Journal of Economics and Sociology, forthcoming, with Wang, Lin, Wang, and Foley. DOI:
10.1111/ajes.70070.
2. Interlocking shareholder networks and corporate strategic risk-taking: Evidence from ex ante strategic resource commitments, 2026, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, with Puxuan Wang, Xiaoqian Zhang, and Shuangjin Wang (A journal in the ABDC list). DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2026.103401.
3. COVID-19 Policy Bundles and Registered Nurse Employment Recovery: State-Level Evidence from the United States, 2026, Journal of Academy of Business and Economics, with Chin, Shaw, and Sockbeson (C journal in the ABDC list). DOI: 10.18374/JABE-26-3.3.
4. State COVID-19 Policy Configurations and Registered Nurse Employment Recovery: A Mixed-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis of U.S. States and the District of Columbia (2021–2022), 2026, *American Journal of Economics and Sociology*, with Shaw, Sockbeson, Chin, and Ma (B journal in ABDC).
5. Financial and Collaborative Drivers of Green Innovation Investment Quality in Heavily Polluting Firms: A Quadruple Helix Configuration Analysis, 2026, *International Journal of Financial Studies*, with Wang, Wang, and Li (B journal in ABDC).
6. Differentiated Pathways for Enhancing Green Innovation Quality in the Automotive Industry Guided by ESG Frameworks and Energy Policies, 2026, *Sustainable Futures*, with Wang, Wang, and Cebula (Elsevier, ScienceDirect; SCI Q1 journal). DOI: [10.2139/ssrn.5225914](https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5225914).
7. Green Interaction on Online Platforms and Its Role in Enhancing Corporate ESG Performance: A Dual Green Innovation Chain Mediation Effect, 2026, *Journal of Cleaner Production*, with Wang, Jin, and Wang (A journal in the ABDC list). DOI: [10.1016/j.jclepro.2026.147762](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2026.147762).
**2025**
8. Configurations for High‐Quality Environmental Disclosure in China's Dual Carbon Era, 2025, *The American Journal of Economics and Sociology*, with Wang, Wang, and Lin, forthcoming (B journal in the ABDC list). DOI: [10.1111/ajes.70001](https://doi.org/10.1111/ajes.70001).
9. Scientometric Analysis of Development and Opportunities for Research in Digital Agriculture Innovation Management, 2025, *Environmental Modelling and Software*, with Wang, Wang, Cebula, and Liang, forthcoming (a ScienceDirect journal, with an impact factor of 4.8 in 2024).
**2024**
10. An Enhanced Refresher on Discounted Net Present Value Computations with an Additional Focus on Risk and Uncertainty, 2024, *The American Journal of Economics and Sociology*, Vol. 83, No. 4, pp. 737–740, with Wang. DOI: [10.1111/ajes.12574](https://doi.org/10.1111/ajes.12574).
11. Cross-Shareholding, Managerial Capabilities, and Strategic Risk-Taking in Enterprises: A Game or a Win-Win?, 2024, *Finance Research Letters*, Vol. 62, Part B, with Wang, Zhang, and Cebula (A journal in the ABDC index). DOI: [10.1016/j.frl.2024.105228](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2024.105228).
12. How to deter earnings manipulation in Chinese banks? A study from the combined effects of corporate governance, enterprise resources, and supervisory mechanisms, 2024, *American Journal of Economics and Sociology*, Vol. 83, No. 4, pp. 689–707, September, with Wang, Dang, and Downs (B journal in the ABDC list). DOI: [10.1111/ajes.12568](https://doi.org/10.1111/ajes.12568).
13. The Impact of Higher Rent Levels on Private Health Insurance Enrollment: An Exploratory Analysis for a Single State, Virginia, 2024, *American Journal of Economics and Sociology*, Special Issue, Vol. 83, No. 1, pp. 7–15, with Cebula and Ehrlich (B journal in the ABDC list). DOI: [10.1111/ajes.12504](https://doi.org/10.1111/ajes.12504).
**2023**
14. Mitigating Earnings Management in Times of Environmental Uncertainty: The Impact of Analysts' Coverage, 2023, *Journal of Academy of Business and Economics*, Vol. 23-4, pp. 35–47, with Wang, Downs, and Chang (C journal in the ABDC list). DOI: [10.18374/JABE-23-4.3](https://doi.org/10.18374/JABE-23-4.3).
15. Examining Small Bank Failures in the United States: An Analysis Using Coarsened Exact Matching (CEM), *Journal of Financial Economic Policy*, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 162–175, with Cebula, Downs, and Johansen (B journal in the ABDC list). DOI: [10.1108/JFEP-09-2023-0280](https://doi.org/10.1108/JFEP-09-2023-0280).
16. Mixed Ownership, Political Connections, and Overinvestment, *American Journal of Economics and Sociology*, Vol. 83, No. 2, pp. 4-7-425, with He, Cebula, and Peng (B journal in the ABDC list). DOI: [10.1111/ajes.12549](https://doi.org/10.1111/ajes.12549).
17. Examining Small Bank Failures in the United States: An Application of the Random Effects Parametric Survival Model, 2023, *Journal of Financial Economic Policy*, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 104–122, January, with Cebula, Downs, and Liu (B journal in the ABDC list). DOI: [10.1108/JFEP-12-2022-0297](https://doi.org/10.1108/JFEP-12-2022-0297).
18. Board Characteristics and IPO Underpricing in China: The Perspective of the Moderating Effect of Venture Capitalists, 2023, *Finance Research Letters*, Vol. 52, March issue, with Wang, Wang, and Cebula (A journal in the ABDC list). DOI: [10.1016/j.frl.2022.103491](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.103491).
19. The Path Selection on Improving the Quality of Environmental Information Disclosure – Configuration Analysis Based on fsQCA, 2023, *Applied Economics*, Vol. 55, Issue 19, pp. 2207–2222, with Liang, Wang, and Ma (A journal in the ABDC list). DOI: [10.1080/00036846.2022.2102134](https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2022.2102134).
**2022**
20. U.S. Small Bank Failures and the Financial Crisis of 2007–2009, 2022, *Bank and Banks Systems*, Vol. 17, Issue 4, pp. 50–60, with Downs, Cebula, and Johansen (C journal in the ABDC list). DOI: [10.21511/bbs.17(4).2022.05](https://doi.org/10.21511/bbs.17(4).2022.05).
21. Labor Shortages in the U.S. during the COVID Pandemic and Labor Supply Based on Minimizing the Effort to Achieve a Target Utility Level: Confounding Economic Policies, 2022, *Journal of Financial Economic Policy*, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 762–767, with Cebula (B journal in the ABDC list). DOI: [10.1108/JFEP-03-2022-0080](https://doi.org/10.1108/JFEP-03-2022-0080).
**2021**
22. Differential Risk Effect of Inside Debt, CEO Compensation Diversification, and Firm Investment, 2021, *Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting*, Vol. 56, pp. 505–543, with Hu and Lee (B journal in the ABDC list). DOI: [10.1007/s11156-020-00901-0](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-020-00901-0).
23. Fulfillment of ESG Responsibilities and Firm Performance: A Zero-Sum Game or Mutually Beneficial?, 2021, *Sustainability*, Vol. 13, No. 19, with Liang, Tian, Cebula, and Wang (indexed in RePEc). DOI: [10.3390/su131910954](https://doi.org/10.3390/su131910954).
**2020**
24. Housing Price and Urban Land Use Efficiency, *Applied Economics Letters*, Vol. 28, No. 21, pp. 1–4, with Wang, Cebula, and Liu (B journal in the ABDC list). DOI: [10.1080/13504851.2020.1803476](https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2020.1803476).
25. Spread Between the Moody’s Aaa-Rated Corporate Bond Yield and the Yield on Municipals: Co-Integration Analysis, 2020, *Atlantic Economic Journal*, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 175–184, with Cebula, Capener, and Boylan (C journal in the ABDC list). DOI: [10.1007/s11293-020-09668-0](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11293-020-09668-0).
26. Can Debt Overhang Help Explain the Declining Growth Rate of Investment in China?, 2020, *Applied Economics Letters*, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 82–85, with Cebula, Peng, and Li (B journal in the ABDC list). DOI: [10.1080/13504851.2019.1608352](https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2019.1608352).
27. How Do Farmers Make Investment Decisions? A Study Based on a Survey of 500 Farmers in China, 2020, *Sustainability*, Vol. 12, No. 1, Article 247, with Wang and Liu (indexed in RePEc). DOI: [10.3390/su12010247](https://doi.org/10.3390/su12010247).
**2019**
28. How Efficient Can R&D Activities Be? A Study Based on High-Tech Industry in China, 2019, *Academy of Economics and Finance Journal*, pp. 103–113, with Cebula and Wang.
29. An Empirical Analysis for the U.S. of the Effects of Government Budget Deficits on the Ex-Ante Real Interest Rate Yields on Thirty-Year and Twenty-Year Treasury Bonds, 2019, *Economia Internazionale / International Economics*, Vol. 72, No. 2, pp. 231–252, with Cebula (C journal in the ABDC list).
30. Using Nested Logit Model in the Study of Proxy Contest, 2019, *Journal of Mathematical Finance*, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 202–207, with Hu, Rossi, and Cebula. DOI: [10.4236/jmf.2019.92011](https://doi.org/10.4236/jmf.2019.92011).
**2018**
31. Debt and investment: a firm level evidence, 2018, *Journal of Mathematical Finance*, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 119–126, with Peng, Cebula, and Hu. DOI: [10.4236/jmf.2018.81010](https://doi.org/10.4236/jmf.2018.81010).
32. Does weak macroeconomic performance affect voter turnout? An analysis accounting for “The Joshua generation effect”, 2018, *International Economics / Economia Internazionale*, Vol. 71, No. 1, pp. 9–28, with Cebula and Ghose (C journal in the ABDC list).
**2017**
33. Women in the Boardroom and Corporate Decisions of Italian listed companies: Does the “critical mass” matter?, 2017, *Management Decision*, Vol. 55, No. 7, pp. 1578–1595, with Rossi and Hu (B journal in the ABDC list).
34. The effect of labor market freedom and other factors on U.S. settlement pattern decisions of undocumented immigrants, 2012 and 2014, 2017, *Economia Internazionale / International Economics*, Vol. 70, Issue 2, pp. 133–152, with Cebula (C journal in the ABDC list).
**2016**
35. Valuing new product development project with stochastic volatility model, 2016, *Journal of Mathematical Finance*, Vol. 6, No. 5, November, pp. 975–1001, with Hu, Jun. DOI: [10.4236/jmf.2016.65064](https://doi.org/10.4236/jmf.2016.65064).
36. Economic freedom and real income, 2016, *The Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy*, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 52–59, with J. R. Clark.
37. Financial market determinants of the real cost funds to public corporations in the US: 2SLS and GMM findings, 2016, *Journal of Financial Economic Policy*, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 2–12, with Cebula, Rossi, and Dajci.
38. Estimation of the liquidity trap using a panel threshold model, 2016, *Applied Economic Letters*, Vol. 16-23, pp. 1134–1137, with Peng, Cebula, and Zhan. DOI: [10.1080/13504851.2015.1137544](https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2015.1137544).
