Song Ma

Yale School of Management

Associate Professor of Finance

165 Whitney Ave

P.O. Box 208200

New Haven, CT 06511

United States

http://faculty.som.yale.edu/songma/

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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1.

Killer Acquisitions

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 129, No. 3, pp. 649–702, March 2021
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 12 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 02 May 2021
Colleen Cunningham, Florian Ederer and Song Ma
London Business School, Boston University - Markets, Public Policy, and Law and Yale School of Management
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Innovation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Drug Development, Competition

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How Does Hedge Fund Activism Reshape Corporate Innovation?

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How Does Hedge Fund Activism Reshape Corporate Innovation?

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 17 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 05 Jul 2017
Alon Brav, Wei Jiang, Song Ma and Xuan Tian
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Emory University Goizueta Business School, Yale School of Management and Tsinghua University - PBC School of Finance
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Hedge fund activism, Innovation, Resource allocation, Human capital redeployment

How Does Hedge Fund Activism Reshape Corporate Innovation?

NBER Working Paper No. w22273
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 24 May 2016 Last Revised: 12 May 2023
Alon Brav, Wei Jiang, Song Ma and Xuan Tian
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Emory University Goizueta Business School, Yale School of Management and Tsinghua University - PBC School of Finance
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The Life Cycle of Corporate Venture Capital

Number of pages: 102 Posted: 17 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2019
Song Ma
Yale School of Management
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Corporate Venture Capital, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, R&D

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Persuading Investors: A Video-Based Study

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Persuading Investors: A Video-Based Study

Number of pages: 109 Posted: 04 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2021
Allen Hu and Song Ma
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Division of Finance and Yale School of Management
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Behavioral Economics, Persuasion, Video Data, Machine Learning

Persuading Investors: A Video-Based Study

NBER Working Paper No. w29048
Number of pages: 110 Posted: 19 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 15 May 2023
Allen Hu and Song Ma
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Division of Finance and Yale School of Management
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Bankrupt Innovative Firms

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Bankrupt Innovative Firms

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 24 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2021
Song Ma, (Joy) Tianjiao Tong and Wei Wang
Yale School of Management, Ivey Business School, Western University and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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Failed Firms, Innovation, Patent, Bankruptcy, Creditor Control

Bankrupt Innovative Firms

NBER Working Paper No. w28856
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 31 May 2021 Last Revised: 07 May 2023
Song Ma, (Joy) Tianjiao Tong and Wei Wang
Yale School of Management, Ivey Business School, Western University and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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Firm Age, Investment Opportunities, and Job Creation

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Firm Age, Investment Opportunities, and Job Creation

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming, Duke I&E Research Paper No. 16-5
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 07 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2016
Manuel Adelino, Song Ma and David T. Robinson
Duke University, Yale School of Management and Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
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Firm Age, Investment Opportunities, and Job Creation

NBER Working Paper No. w19845
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 25 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2023
Manuel Adelino, Song Ma and David T. Robinson
Duke University, Yale School of Management and Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
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Payout Taxation and Corporate Investment: The Agency Channel

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 06 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2018
Song Ma
Yale School of Management
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Corporate Payout, Dividend Taxes, Corporate Investment, Innovation, Agency

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Private Equity and Financial Stability: Evidence from Failed Bank Resolution in the Crisis

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Private Equity and Financial Stability: Evidence from Failed Bank Resolution in the Crisis

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 20 Apr 2021
Emily Johnston Ross, Song Ma and Manju Puri
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Yale School of Management and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
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Private equity, Financial stability, Failed banks, Financial crisis

Private Equity and Financial Stability: Evidence from Failed Bank Resolution in the Crisis

FDIC Center for Financial Research Paper No. 2021-04
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 11 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2022
Emily Johnston Ross, Song Ma and Manju Puri
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Yale School of Management and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
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Private equity, Financial stability, Failed banks, Financial crisis

Private Equity and Financial Stability: Evidence from Failed Bank Resolution in the Crisis

NBER Working Paper No. w28751
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 10 May 2021 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2023
Emily Johnston Ross, Song Ma and Manju Puri
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Yale School of Management and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
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Technological Obsolescence

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Technological Obsolescence

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Song Ma
Yale School of Management
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Innovation, technological obsolescence, creative destruction, corporate investment, stock returns

Technological Obsolescence

NBER Working Paper No. w29504
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 23 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Song Ma
Yale School of Management
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Young Firms, Old Capital

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Young Firms, Old Capital

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 26 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2021
Song Ma, Justin Murfin and Ryan Pratt
Yale School of Management, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and Brigham Young University
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Entrepreneurship, Capital Reallocation, Investment

Young Firms, Old Capital

NBER Working Paper No. w29189
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 30 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2023
Song Ma, Justin Murfin and Ryan Pratt
Yale School of Management, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and Brigham Young University
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Steering Labor Mobility Through Innovation

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2023-03-029, Charles A. Dice Working Paper No. 2023-29
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 03 Jan 2024
Song Ma, Wenyu Wang and Yufeng Wu
Yale School of Management, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance and Ohio State University (OSU)
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Human Capital, Labor Mobility, Innovation, Inventors, Structural Estimation

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The Education-Innovation Gap

NBER Working Paper No. w29853
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 21 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 12 May 2023
Barbara Biasi and Song Ma
Yale School of Management and Yale School of Management
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Innovation Networks and R&D Allocation

NBER Working Paper No. w29607
Number of pages: 113 Posted: 27 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 26 May 2023
Ernest Liu and Song Ma
Princeton University and Yale School of Management
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The Education-Innovation Gap

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP17138
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 29 Mar 2022
Barbara Biasi and Song Ma
Yale University and Yale School of Management
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Education, Inequality, Innovation, Instructors, Syllabi, Text Analysis