Bo Sun

University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Associate Professor of Business Administration

100 Darden Blvd

K, VA 22903

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

25

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176

Scholarly Papers (25)

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Citation 46

What is Certain About Uncertainty?

Journal of Economic Literature, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 02 Aug 2021
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global risk, uncertainty, volatility, crises, economic policy, monetary policy, downside risk, transmission.

What is Certain About Uncertainty?

International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1294
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 07 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2022
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, University of Virginia Darden School of Business, Fudan University - Fanhai International School of Finance (FISF), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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global risks, Uncertainty, Volatility, Crises, Economic policy, Monetary policy, Geopolitical risk, Trade policy, Downside risk

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Anomaly Discovery and Arbitrage Trading

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 14 Mar 2023
City University of New York, Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business - Department of Economics and Finance, Peking University - Department of Finance, University of Manitoba, University of Virginia Darden School of Business and DePaul University
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Anomaly, Arbitrage, Discovery, Arbitrageur-based asset pricing.

Executive Compensation and Earnings Management under Moral Hazard

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2009
Bo Sun
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Downloads 458 (130,845)
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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
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Downloads 291 (217,457)
Citation 12

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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
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Downloads 209 (302,600)

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Earnings management, Executive compensation, Optimal contract, Corporate governance

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 University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Downloads 473 (125,790)
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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 University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Downloads 388 (158,876)
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Feedback effect, CEO compensation, Transaction costs, Reg-SHO Pilot program, Decimalization

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U.S.-China Tension

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 06 May 2024
John H. Rogers, Bo Sun and Tony Sun
Fudan University - Fanhai International School of Finance (FISF), University of Virginia Darden School of Business and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Downloads 777 (69,218)
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U.S.-China relations, Text analysis, Firm investment, Uncertainty effects

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Racial Disparities in Small Business Lending

Nanyang Business School Research Paper No. 21-11, HKU Jockey Club Enterprise Sustainability Global Research Institute - Archive
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 07 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2025
Tao Chen, Chen Lin and Bo Sun
Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics and University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Downloads 533 (110,264)
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Racial disparities, Small business lending, Banking deregulation

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Citation 2

Asset Returns with Earnings Management

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 24 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2009
Bo Sun
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Downloads 157 (392,656)

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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
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Downloads 133 (450,133)
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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
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Downloads 115 (505,405)

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Earnings management, Stock returns, Financial anomalies, Volatility clustering, GARCH, Optimal contract

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Drivers of the Global Financial Cycle

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 03 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2025
Fudan University - Fanhai International School of Finance (FISF), University of Virginia Darden School of Business and Fudan University - International School of Finance (FISF)
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Global Financial Cycle, Monetary Policy, Financial Shocks

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Monetary Policy Uncertainty

International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1215
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 23 Oct 2017
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Fudan University - Fanhai International School of Finance (FISF) and University of Virginia Darden School of Business
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Monetary policy uncertainty, VAR identification, FOMC communications

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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
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, University of Virginia Darden School of Business, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Fudan University - Fanhai International School of Finance (FISF)
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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
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia Darden School of Business and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Downloads 168 (370,113)
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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
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Virginia Darden School of Business and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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Financial constraints, investment, political connections, firm size, China, capital allocation, invest cash flow sensitivity

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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, University of Manitoba, University of Virginia Darden School of Business and DePaul University
Downloads 306 (207,862)

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Anomaly, Arbitrage, Discovery, Arbitrageur-based asset pricing

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Market Integration in China

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5630
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Government of the United States of America - Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), The World Bank, World Bank, University of Virginia Darden School of Business and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Downloads 297 (214,433)

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Economic Theory & Research, Banks & Banking Reform, Debt Markets, Emerging Markets, Access to Finance

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Downloads 220 (289,475)
Citation 2

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, University of Manitoba and University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Downloads 142 (426,862)

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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, University of Manitoba and University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Downloads 78 (656,242)
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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 University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Downloads 179 (350,441)

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relative wealth concerns, executive compensation

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Lending Next to the Courthouse: Exposure to Adverse Events and Mortgage Lending Decisions

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 28 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2023
Department of Real Estate and Construction, The University of Hong Kong, University of Virginia Darden School of Business, The University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Business and Economics and University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business
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mortgage lending, foreclosure, salience

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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
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Fudan University - Fanhai International School of Finance (FISF) and University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Downloads 146 (416,901)
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Exchange rates, Uncovered interest parity, Uncertainty

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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 University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Downloads 129 (459,928)
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Relative wealth concerns, Managerial compensation, Pay-for-luck, Excessive risk-taking

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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 University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Downloads 121 (486,515)

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Managerial compensation, Corporate hedging

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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 University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Downloads 115 (502,358)

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Investor sentiment, Uncertainty, Earnings management, Accrual anomaly

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Limited Market Participation and Asset Prices with Earnings Management

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 28 Oct 2012
Bo Sun
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Downloads 89 (598,797)

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Earnings management, Excess volatility, Equity premium, Limited stock market participation

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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
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Downloads 84 (620,184)

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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 University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Downloads 70 (685,866)

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Compensation, Bad tail risk

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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
University of Virginia Darden School of Business, 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
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Independent and University of Virginia Darden School of Business

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