Research
PUBLICATION
Chen, Shuo, Xun Yan, and Bo Yang. “Move to Success? Headquarters Relocation, Political Favoritism, and Corporate Performance.” Journal of Corporate Finance 64 (2020): 101698. (Authors listed alphabetically)
WORKING PAPERS
Yang, Bo. Protectionism, Global Supply Chains, and Domestic Lobbying: Evidence from the U.S.–China Trade War. (Revise and resubmit)
Ang, Yuen Yuen, Nan Jia, Bo Yang, and Kenneth G. Huang. Beijing's Low-Productivity Innovation Drive: Evidence from Patents Production. (Revise and resubmit)
Yang, Bo, Jinyuan Song, Yifan Wei, and Jing Li. Decoupling from China? U.S. Firms’ Partisan Positioning and Supply Chain Strategy. (Reject and resubmit)
Yang, Bo, Nan Jia, Weiguo Zhong, and Anni Chen. Leading from a Rut? Managerial Career Incentives and Persistence in Resource Allocation. (Under review)
Yang, Bo, and Nan Jia. Controversial Corporate Political Activities and Shareholder Activism: A Natural Experiment of the U.S. Capitol Riot (In preparation for submission)
WORK IN PROGRESS
Corporate Partisan Identity and Visibility of Corporate Political Strategies
FDI and Innovation
Lobbying on Innovation
My research employs various methods including:
Difference-in-differences (DID)
Propensity score matching (PSM)
Event study
I have used many large-scale datasets including:
US firms' lobbying and campaign contributions
Firm-level global supply chains
Maritime international shipping transactions (Bill of Lading)
US and Chinese patents
Shareholder proposals and mutual fund voting
Earnings call transcripts
US federal government procurement contracts