Bo Sun

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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Executive Compensation and Earnings Management under Moral Hazard

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Executive Compensation and Earnings Management under Moral Hazard

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2009
Bo Sun
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Earnings management, Executive compensation, Optimal contract, Corporate governance

Executive Compensation and Earnings Management Under Moral Hazard

FRB International Finance Discussion Paper No. 985
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 10 Mar 2010
Bo Sun
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Earnings management, executive compensation, optimal contract, corporate governance

Executive Compensation and Earnings Management under Moral Hazard

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 28 Oct 2012
Bo Sun
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Earnings management, Executive compensation, Optimal contract, Corporate governance

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What is Certain About Uncertainty?

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What is Certain About Uncertainty?

International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1294
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 07 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2022
Danilo Cascaldi-Garcia, Cisil Sarisoy, Juan M. Londono, Bo Sun, John H. Rogers, Deepa Datta, Thiago R.T. Ferreira, Olesya V. Grishchenko, Mohammad R. Jahan-Parvar, Francesca Loria, Sai Ma, Marius Rodriguez and Ilknur Zer
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global risks, Uncertainty, Volatility, Crises, Economic policy, Monetary policy, Geopolitical risk, Trade policy, Downside risk

What is Certain About Uncertainty?

Journal of Economic Literature, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 02 Aug 2021
Danilo Cascaldi-Garcia, Cisil Sarisoy, Juan M. Londono, John H. Rogers, Bo Sun, Deepa Datta, Thiago R.T. Ferreira, Olesya V. Grishchenko, Mohammad R. Jahan-Parvar, Francesca Loria, Sai Ma, Marius Rodriguez and Ilknur Zer
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global risk, uncertainty, volatility, crises, economic policy, monetary policy, downside risk, transmission.

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Contractual Managerial Incentives with Stock Price Feedback

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Contractual Managerial Incentives with Stock Price Feedback

American Economic Review (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 30 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2019
Tse-Chun Lin, Qi Liu and Bo Sun
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics, Peking University - Department of Finance and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Feedback effect, CEO compensation, Financial market frictions, Reg-SHO Pilot program, Managerial learning from the market

Contracting with Feedback

FRB International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1143
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 28 Aug 2015
Tse-Chun Lin, Qi Liu and Bo Sun
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics, Peking University - Department of Finance and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Feedback effect, CEO compensation, Transaction costs, Reg-SHO Pilot program, Decimalization

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Anomaly Discovery and Arbitrage Trading

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 02 May 2014 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2022
Xi Dong, Qi Liu, Lei Lu, Bo Sun and Hongjun Yan
City University of New York, Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business - Department of Economics and Finance, Peking University - Department of Finance, Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and DePaul University
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Anomaly, Arbitrage, Discovery, Arbitrageur-based asset pricing.

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Asset Returns with Earnings Management

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Asset Returns with Earnings Management

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 24 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2009
Bo Sun
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Earnings management, Stock returns, Financial anomalies, Volatility clustering, GARCH, Optimal contract

Asset Returns with Earnings Management

FRB International Finance Discussion Paper No. 988
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 11 Mar 2010
Bo Sun
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Earnings management, stock returns, financial anomalies, volatility clustering, GARCH, optimal contract

Asset Returns with Earnings Management

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 12 Mar 2010
Bo Sun
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Earnings management, Stock returns, Financial anomalies, Volatility clustering, GARCH, Optimal contract

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Racial Disparities in Small Business Lending

Nanyang Business School Research Paper No. 21-11
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 07 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2021
Tao Chen, Chen Lin and Bo Sun
Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Racial disparities, Small business lending, Banking deregulation

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A Model of Anomaly Discovery

FRB International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1128
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 10 May 2015
Liu Qu, Lei Lu, Bo Sun and Hongjun Yan
Independent, Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and DePaul University
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Anomaly, Arbitrage, Discovery, Arbitrageur-based asset pricing

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Taxonomy of Global Risk, Uncertainty, and Volatility Measures

International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1216
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 26 Nov 2017
Deepa Datta, Juan M. Londono, Bo Sun, Daniel O. Beltran, Thiago R.T. Ferreira, Matteo Iacoviello, Mohammad R. Jahan-Parvar, Canlin Li, Marius Rodriguez and John H. Rogers
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Monetary Policy Uncertainty

International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1215
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 23 Oct 2017
Lucas Husted, John H. Rogers and Bo Sun
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Fudan University - Fanhai International School of Finance (FISF) and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Monetary policy uncertainty, VAR identification, FOMC communications

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Market Integration in China

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5630
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Qingqing Chen, Chor-Ching Goh, Lixin Colin Xu, Bo Sun, Lixin Colin Xu and Lixin Colin Xu
Government of the United States of America - Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), The World Bank, World Bank, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Economic Theory & Research, Banks & Banking Reform, Debt Markets, Emerging Markets, Access to Finance

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Government Connections and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Large Representative Sample of Chinese Firms

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Government Connections and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Large Representative Sample of Chinese Firms

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6352
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Robert Cull, Wei Li, Bo Sun, Lixin Colin Xu and Lixin Colin Xu
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Access to Finance, Debt Markets, Bankruptcy and Resolution of Financial Distress, Investment and Investment Climate, Emerging Markets

Government Connections and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Large Representative Sample of Chinese Firms

FRB International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1129
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 08 Oct 2015
Robert Cull, Wei Li, Bo Sun, Lixin Colin Xu and Lixin Colin Xu
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Financial constraints, investment, political connections, firm size, China, capital allocation, invest cash flow sensitivity

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Incentive Contracting under Ambiguity-Aversion

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Incentive Contracting under Ambiguity-Aversion

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2017
Qi Liu, Lei Lu and Bo Sun
Peking University - Department of Finance, Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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ambiguity, executive compensation, options

Incentive Contracting Under Ambiguity Aversion

FRB International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1195
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 24 Feb 2017
Qi Liu, Lei Lu and Bo Sun
Peking University - Department of Finance, Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Ambiguity, Executive compensation, Options, Relative performance evaluation

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Relative Wealth Concerns, Executive Compensation, and Risk Taking

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 14 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2017
Qi Liu and Bo Sun
Peking University - Department of Finance and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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relative wealth concerns, executive compensation

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Relative Wealth Concerns, Executive Compensation, and Systemic Risk-Taking

FRB International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1164
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 23 May 2016
Qi Liu and Bo Sun
Peking University - Department of Finance and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Relative wealth concerns, Managerial compensation, Pay-for-luck, Excessive risk-taking

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Uncertainty, Currency Excess Returns, and Risk Reversals

FRB International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1196
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 24 Feb 2017
Lucas Husted, John H. Rogers and Bo Sun
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Fudan University - Fanhai International School of Finance (FISF) and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Exchange rates, Uncovered interest parity, Uncertainty

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Investor Sentiment and the (Discretionary) Accrual-Return Relation

FRB International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1300
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Sep 2020
Jiajun Jiang, Qi Liu and Bo Sun
Fudan University - School of Economics, Peking University - Department of Finance and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Investor sentiment, Uncertainty, Earnings management, Accrual anomaly

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Limited Market Participation and Asset Prices in the Presence of Earnings Management

FRB International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1019
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 23 Jul 2011
Bo Sun
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Earnings management, excess volatility, equity premium, limited stock market participation

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Limited Market Participation and Asset Prices with Earnings Management

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 28 Oct 2012
Bo Sun
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Earnings management, Excess volatility, Equity premium, Limited stock market participation

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Risk Choices and Compensation Design

FRB International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1130
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 25 Apr 2015
Mark Carey and Bo Sun
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Compensation, Bad tail risk

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Managerial Compensation Under Privately-Observed Hedging

FRB International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1160
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 04 Apr 2016
Qi Liu and Bo Sun
Peking University - Department of Finance and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Managerial compensation, Corporate hedging

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The Stock Market Response to a "Regulatory Sine Curve"

FRB International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1299
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 28 Sep 2020
Bo Sun, Xuan S. Tam and Eric R. Young
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, City University of Hong Kong and University of Virginia
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Cyclical financial regulation, Stock crash risk, Gradual boom and sudden crash

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The Fed's Inaugural Conference on the International Roles of the U.S. Dollar

FEDS Notes No. 2022-07-05-1
Posted: 12 Jul 2022
Ricardo Correa, Linda S. Goldberg, Robert Lerman and Bo Sun
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Independent and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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Asset Returns Under Periodic Revelations of Earnings Management

International Economic Review, Vol. 55, Issue 1, pp. 255-282, 2014
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 Jan 2014
Bo Sun
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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