Research
Publication
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
Working Paper
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. Value Creation in Chinese Equity Transfer (with Helena He, and Haoyang Xiong)
(IBEC 2023)
· China Finance Review International. Under Review
4. Operating Leverage and the Cost of Debt (with Brian Blank and Douglas Ayres)
5. Insider Trading as a Compensation Mechanism (with Caleb Houston and Benjamin Jansen)
(SWFA 2025)
6. The Impact of Critical Audit Matters on Insider Trading Behavior (with Caleb Houston, Haoyang Xiong, and Yimei Zhang)
· Journal of Financial Research. Under Review.
Works in Progress
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 Reviewer
Journal of Financial Research, 2024, 2025
Managerial Finance, 2024
Emerging Markets Review, 2025
Conferences and Presentations
· 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