Research Areas
Empirical Corporate Finance, Financial Analysts, IPO, Retail Investors, Textual Analysis
Education
2014.08-2020.08 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ph.D. in Finance
2012.08-2014.05 The University of Texas-Pan American M.S. in Mathematics
2010.08-2011.12 Clark University M.S. in Finance
2006.09-2010.06 Hunan University B.S. in Finance
Professional Experience
2021.07-Present Nankai University
2020.08-2021.05 East Stroudsburg University
Publications:
Boulton, Thomas, Bill B. Francis, Thomas Shohfi, and Daqi Xin. “Investor Awareness or Information Asymmetry? Wikipedia and IPO Underpricing.” Financial Review 56, no. 3 (August 2021): 535–61. doi:10.1111/fire.12276.
Working paper:
Brown, Nerissa, Bill B. Francis, Thomas Shohfi, and Daqi Xin. “Gender and Earnings Conference Calls.” SSRN Scholarly Paper, May 24, 2020. https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=3473266. (Revise and Resubmit)
Francis, Bill B., Thomas Shohfi, Kate Suslava, and Daqi Xin. “Gender and Analyst Reports.” Working Paper. (Under Review)
Projects
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
Teaching
Undergraduate:
Security Markets and Investments (Spring 2022), Introduction to FinTech (Fall 2022)
Ph.D.:
Corporate Investment and Financing Policies (Spring 2022)
