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Liu Yang

Liu Yang

Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of Maryland

Contact

4419 Van Munching Hall

Liu Yang is an Associate Professor in Finance (with tenure) at the Smith School of Business of the University of Maryland. She is also the founding Executive Director of the Federal Statistical Research Data Center at the University of Maryland.

Dr. Yang's primary research interest is in the area of corporate finance, including labor and finance, entrepreneurship, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and banking and financial institutions. Dr. Yang’s work has been published in all three leading academic journals in finance including the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Review of Financial Studies.

Before joining the Smith School, Dr. Yang was on the faculty at UCLA's Anderson School of Management. She received her Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Maryland, her M.S. (in both Economics and Statistics) from the University of Illinois and her B.A. from Peking University. Prior to earning her doctorate, Liu Yang worked as a Senior Financial Analyst in the Structured Finance group in Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation in McLean, VA.

News

Smith Faculty Leading, Collaborating in UMD Grand Challenges Projects
Robert H. Smith School of Business faculty members are engaged in three projects selected by the University of Maryland for Grand…
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Smith Master of Finance Rises to No. 2 in U.S.

The Master of Finance program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business climbed to No. 2 in the United States…

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Fearless Idea 28: Close the Gender Wage Gap

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Something inequitable happens when men and women with similar jobs get laid off at the same time from the…

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Research

Public Firms Are Not Shortsighted and Respond More to Investment Opportunities Than Do Private Firms

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Insights

UMD Grand Challenges Grant Funds Work to Better Understand How Small Business Thrive

Journalism Project on Baltimore Small Businesses Has Roots in Smith Research

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New Study Shows Social Capital as Key Driver of Small Business

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Do Public Firms Get a Bad Rap?

Women Leading Research 2019: Liu Yang

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Publications

Working Papers

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