Qifei Zhu

National University of Singapore (NUS)

1E Kent Ridge Road

NUHS Tower Block Level 7

Singapore, 119228

Singapore

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (18)

1.

Corporate ESG Profiles and Investor Horizons

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 09 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2023
Laura T. Starks, Parth Venkat and Qifei Zhu
University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance, University of Alabama - Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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Citation 95

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Corporate ESG, Investor Horizons, Corporate Short-Termism

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Citation 79

Climate Regulatory Risks and Corporate Bonds

Nanyang Business School Research Paper No. 20-05, FRB of New York Staff Report No. 1014
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 17 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2025
Lee Seltzer, Laura T. Starks and Qifei Zhu
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of New York, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance and National University of Singapore (NUS)
Downloads 5,149 (3,725)
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Climate Risk, Regulatory Risk, Fixed Income, carbon emissions, environmental policy, corporate bonds

Climate Regulatory Risks and Corporate Bonds

FRB of New York Staff Report No. 1014, Rev. March 2025
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 25 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2025
Lee Seltzer, Laura T. Starks and Qifei Zhu
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of New York, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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climate risk, regulatory risk, fixed income

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Short Selling ETFs

Finance Down Under 2019 Building on the Best from the Cellars of Finance, Review of Asset Pricing Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 10 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2021
Frank Weikai Li and Qifei Zhu
Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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ETFs, Short Selling, Equity Lending, Limits to Arbitrage

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CEO Hometown Preference in Corporate Environmental Policies

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 03 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2025
Wei Li, Qiping Xu and Qifei Zhu
City University of Hong Kong (CityU), University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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CEO, Hometown preference, Corporate environmental policies, Residential welfare

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Capital Supply and Corporate Bond Issuances: Evidence from Mutual Fund Flows

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 03 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2020
Qifei Zhu
National University of Singapore (NUS)
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Bond Mutual Funds, Corporate Bond Issuance, Capital Supply, Capital Structure

Currency Management by International Fixed Income Mutual Funds

Nanyang Business School Research Paper No. 20-29
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 25 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2022
Clemens Sialm and Qifei Zhu
University of Texas at Austin - McCombs School of Business and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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currency risk, forward contracts, mutual funds, fixed-income securities, performance

Currency Management by International Fixed Income Mutual Funds

NBER Working Paper No. w29082
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 26 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2022
Clemens Sialm and Qifei Zhu
University of Texas at Austin - McCombs School of Business and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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Dual Ownership and Risk-taking Incentives in Managerial Compensation

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 30 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2023
Tao Chen, Li Zhang and Qifei Zhu
Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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Managerial risk-taking, Option-based compensation, Shareholder-creditor conflict, Dual ownership

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The Opioid Epidemic and Local Public Financing: Evidence from Municipal Bonds

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 29 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2019
Wei Li and Qifei Zhu
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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Opioid epidemic, Municipal bonds, Public finance

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The Missing New Funds

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 25 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2020
Qifei Zhu
National University of Singapore (NUS)
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Mutual Funds Holdings Data, Selection Bias

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Paid Family Leave, Inventor Mobility, and Firm Innovation

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2024
Yaling Jin and Qifei Zhu
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and National University of Singapore (NUS)
Downloads 615 (93,962)
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Paid Family Leave, Gender, Innovation, Labor Mobility, Patent Citation

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Do Foreign Institutional Investors Deter Opportunistic Insider Trading?

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 06 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2020
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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Foreign Institutional Ownership, Insider Trading, Monitoring

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Equity lender base and limits to arbitrage: Position-level evidence from mutual funds

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 09 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2024
Xi Dong and Qifei Zhu
City University of New York, Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business - Department of Economics and Finance and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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Limits to Arbitrage, Equity Lending, Short Selling, Mutual Funds

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Underwriter Competition and Institutional Loan Pricing

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 18 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2024
City University of Hong Kong - Department of Economics and Finance, University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law - School of Finance and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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Underwriter Competition, Leveraged Loan Syndication, Relationship Lending, Institutional Loan Investors

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(Re)call of Duty: Mutual Fund Securities Lending and Proxy Voting

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 15 Mar 2024 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2024
Tao Li and Qifei Zhu
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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JEL Classification: G23, G32, G34, G38 Securities lending, stock loan recalls, proxy voting, ESG funds, corporate governance

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The Growing Index Effect in the Corporate Bond Market

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 24 Mar 2025 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2025
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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indexing, corporate bond market, liquidity, dealer, investment fund, mutual fund, ETF

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Partisan Consumers

Kilts Center at Chicago Booth Marketing Data Center Paper, Nanyang Business School Research Paper No. 25-01
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 06 Dec 2024
Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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Political Risk, Product Markets, Partisanship, Customer Segmentation

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Climate Regulatory Risk and Corporate Bonds

NBER Working Paper No. w29994
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 02 May 2022 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2023
Lee Seltzer, Laura T. Starks and Qifei Zhu
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of New York, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance and National University of Singapore (NUS)
Downloads 87 (623,453)
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Private Investments of Corporate Bond Mutual Funds

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 14 Feb 2025
Jaewon Choi, Nan Qin and Qifei Zhu
Seoul National University - Department of Economics, Northern Illinois University and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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private investments, Rule 144A bonds, corporate bond mutual funds, corporate bond return, market fragility