Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at The University of Hong Kong (HKU). I received my PhD from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 2023.
My research interests are corporate finance, financial markets and quantitative models.
Email: yujh@hku.hk. Office: 1017 K.K. Leung Building, HKU. My HKU website. My CV is available here.
Publications
[1] "Capital Spillover, House Prices, and Consumer Spending: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from House Purchase Restrictions", with Yinglu Deng, Li Liao and Yu Zhang, The Review of Financial Studies 35(6), June 2022, pp.3060-3099. [WP version]
Policy-induced out-of-town housing demand increases house prices. The rising house prices lead to an increase in household consumption through the housing wealth effect channel. The welfare consequences of the house price increase are redistributive: renters lose and homeowners gain.
[2] "Subsidizing Failing Firms: Evidence from Chinese Restaurants", with Yinglu Deng, Fangzhou Lu and Hao Zheng, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 59(8), December 2024, pp.3803-3834 . [WP version]
Financial stimulus policies (rent reductions) during macro distress improve restaurants' performance, and strengthen private efforts to resurrect. The effect of rent reductions varies with a restaurant's size and organizational structure.
Working Papers
[1] "Why Are Accounts Receivable Backed Loans Expensive?" [SSRN version]（Jun 2025）
Using available and hand-collect data on accounts receivable backed loans, we conduct a systematic study of their functioning and pricing.
Conferences: CICF 2025, SFS Cavalcade 2023
[2] "Dual Trading, Fee Competition, and Price Discovery at the Market Close", with Jingxiong Hu [SSRN version] (Mar 2025).
Trading volume at "guaranteed close" reached about 30% of that in closing auctions. We find that "guaranteed close" improves price discovery, both empirically and theoretically.
Conferences: FIRS 2025, EuroFA 2022, NFA 2022, FMA 2022 (Semifinalist for best paper in market microstructure), AsianFA 2022, Microstructure Exchange 2022, Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Conference 2021, MFA 2020
[3] "The Case for Convenience: How CBDC Design Choices Impact Monetary Policy Pass-Through", with Rodney Garratt and Haoxiang Zhu (Jun 2022).
Our companion paper: "Monetary Policy Pass-Through in High and Low Interest Rate Regimes" (Nov 2024)
We explore the implications of introducing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) through commercial banks that differ in size, focusing on two design features of CBDCs: the interest rate and payment convenience.
Conferences: AFA 2022, SEM 2022 (Calgary)
[4] "The Aggregate Return to Venture Investors", with Ravi Jagannathan, and Shumiao Ouyang. (Jan 2024)
We propose an alternative measure of the return to VC investments: the return to the aggregate portfolio of all equity investments made in various VC funding rounds.
Conferences: AFA 2020