Connie X. Mao

Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management

Associate Professor

416 Alter Hall

Philadelphia, PA 19122

United States

Temple University - Department of Finance

Associate Professor

Fox School of Business and Management

Philadelphia, PA 19122

United States

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1.

Interaction of the Debt Agency Problems and Optimal Capital Structure: Theory and Evidence

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 22 Jul 2003
Connie X. Mao
Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management
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risk-shifting, under-investment, agency problem, capital structure

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Bank Interventions and Firm Innovation: Evidence from Debt Covenant Violations

Journal of Law and Economics, Forthcoming, Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 2014-28, Fox School of Business Research Paper No. 15-041
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 22 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2018
Yuqi Gu, Connie X. Mao and Xuan Tian
Willamette University Atkinson Graduate School of Management, Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and Tsinghua University - PBC School of Finance
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Bank interventions, innovation, covenant violations, human capital redeployment, firm value

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Corporate Use of Interest Rate Swaps: Theory and Evidence

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Corporate Use of Interest Rate Swaps: Theory and Evidence

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 04 Dec 2002
Connie X. Mao and Haitao Li
Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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Interest rate swap, Agency costs, Information Asymmetry, Bank loan, Comparative advantage

Corporate Use of Interest Rate Swaps: Theory and Evidence

Posted: 04 Dec 2002
Connie X. Mao and Haitao Li
Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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Interest rate swap, Agency costs, Information Asymmetry, Bank loan, Comparative advantage

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Regulation Fair Disclosure and Earnings Information: Market, Analyst, and Corporate Responses

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Regulation Fair Disclosure and Earnings Information: Market, Analyst, and Corporate Responses

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 01 Apr 2003
Warren Bailey, Haitao Li, Connie X. Mao and Rui Zhong
Cornell University, University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and University of Texas at Arlington
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Regulation Fair Disclosure, Reg FD, earnings announcements, market reaction, event study

Regulation Fair Disclosure and Earnings Information: Market, Analyst, and Corporate Responses

Posted: 01 Apr 2003
Warren Bailey, Haitao Li, Connie X. Mao and Rui Zhong
Cornell University, University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and University of Texas at Arlington

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Regulation Fair Disclosure, Reg FD, earnings announcements, market reaction, event study

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Why Firms Issue Callable Bonds: Hedging Investment Uncertainty

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 21 Mar 2007
Zhaohui Chen, Connie X. Mao and Yong Wang
Independent, Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and Independent
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G31, G32

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Regulation Fd and Market Behavior Around Earnings Announcements: Is the Cure Worse than the Disease?

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 28 May 2002
Warren Bailey, Haitao Li, Connie X. Mao and Rui Zhong
Cornell University, University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and University of Texas at Arlington
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Regulation FD, Fair Disclosure, earnings announcements, market reaction, event study

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Managerial Risk-Taking Incentive and Firm Innovation: Evidence from FAS 123R

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming, Fox School of Business Research Paper No. 17-004
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 17 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2022
Connie X. Mao and Chi Zhang
Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and University of Massachusetts Lowell
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Executive compensation, risk-taking incentive, innovation, wealth-risk sensitivity, FAS 123R

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Climatic Disasters and Distracted Analysts

Fox School of Business Research Paper
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 08 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2021
Yuqi Han, Connie X. Mao, Hongping Tan and Chi Zhang
Temple University, Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management, McGill University and University of Massachusetts Lowell
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Climatic Disasters; Analyst; Earnings Forecast; Limited Attention; Salience; Spillover

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Institutional Ownership Stability and the Cost of Debt

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 13 Nov 2006
Elyas Elyasiani, Jingyi Jia and Connie X. Mao
Temple University - Department of Finance, Southern Illinois University - Department of Economics & Finance and Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management
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Institutional ownership stability, corporate governance, agency problems, cost of debt

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Creditor Influence and CEO Compensation: Evidence from Debt Covenant Violations

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming, Fox School of Business Research Paper No. 18-006
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 08 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2018
Steven Balsam, Yuqi Gu and Connie X. Mao
Temple University - Department of Accounting, Willamette University Atkinson Graduate School of Management and Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management
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Executive compensation, covenant violation, creditor influence, corporate governance, debt governance

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Employee Treatment and Firm Innovation

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Employee Treatment and Firm Innovation

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 22 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 24 May 2019
Connie X. Mao and Jamie Weathers
Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and Western Michigan University - Finance & Commercial Law
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Employee treatment, human capital, corporate social responsibility (CSR), patents and citations, technological innovation

Employee Treatment and Firm Innovation

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 46, Issue 7-8, pp. 977-1002, 2019
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 27 May 2020
Connie X. Mao and Jamie Weathers
Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and Western Michigan University - Finance & Commercial Law
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corporate social responsibility (CSR), employee treatment, human capital, patents and citations, technological innovation

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Diversification and the Cost of Debt of Bank Holding Companies

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 14 Nov 2006
Saiying Deng, Elyas Elyasiani and Connie X. Mao
University of Minnesota-Duluth, Temple University - Department of Finance and Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management
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Bank holding company, diversification, cost of debt

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Stock Market Liberalization and the Information Environment

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 17 May 2004
Kee-Hong Bae, Warren Bailey and Connie X. Mao
York University - Schulich School of Business, Cornell University and Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management
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Stock market liberalization, international portfolio flows, emerging markets

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Investment Restrictions and the Cross-Border Flow of Information: Some Empirical Evidence

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Investment Restrictions and the Cross-Border Flow of Information: Some Empirical Evidence

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 18 Apr 2001
Warren Bailey, Connie X. Mao and Kulpatra Sirodom
Cornell University, Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and Thammasat University
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international asset pricing, capital barriers, segmentation, earnings

Investment Restrictions and the Cross-Border Flow of Information: Some Empirical Evidence

Journal of International Money and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 04 May 2005
Warren Bailey, Connie X. Mao and Kulpatra Sirodom
Cornell University, Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and Thammasat University
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international asset pricing, capital barriers, segmentation, earnings

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Do Corporate Taxes Affect Workplace Safety?

Fox School of Business Research Paper No. 18-036
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 01 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2018
Daniel Bradley, Connie X. Mao and Chi Zhang
University of South Florida, Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and University of Massachusetts Lowell
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workplace safety, employee welfare, corporate taxes, natural experiments

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Bank Geographic Diversification and Corporate Innovation: Evidence from the Lending Channel

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 30 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2019
Saiying Deng, Connie X. Mao and Cong Xia
Kent State University, Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and Central University of Finance and Economics(CUFE), School of Finance
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bank geographic diversification; innovation; patents; interstate bank deregulation; gravity-deregulation

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Political Ideology and Corporate Innovation: Evidence from the Expansion of a Local TV Network

Fox School of Business Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 22 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2022
Yuqi Gu, Mahsa Kaviani, Lily Li, Hosein Maleki and Connie X. Mao
Willamette University Atkinson Graduate School of Management, University of Delaware, Villanova University, Florida State University - College of Business and Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management
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media influence, political ideology, innovation, human capital mobility

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How Much Liquidity Insurance Do Credit Lines Provide?

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 09 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2017
Zhaohui Chen, Yan Hu, Kose John and Connie X. Mao
University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce, University of La Verne, New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance and Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management
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Lines of credit, liquidity insurance, bank reputation, lending relationship, moral hazard.

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Corporate Risk Management Under Information Asymmetry

Fox School of Business Research Paper No. 14-032
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 26 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2016
Jongmoo Jay Choi, Connie X. Mao and Arun Upadhyay
Temple University, Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and Florida International University
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corporate risk management, R&D, financial hedging, operational hedging, information asymmetry, pharmaceutical or biotech firms

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Does Access to Patent Information Help Technological Acquisitions?

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 29 Jul 2022
Connie X. Mao, Yueru Qin, Xuan Tian and Chi Zhang
Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University - Department of Finance, Tsinghua University - PBC School of Finance and University of Massachusetts Lowell
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Mergers and Acquisitions; Patent and Trademark Depository Library; Patent Information; Information Gathering Costs

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Locals, Foreigners, and Multi-Market Trading of Equities: Some Intraday Evidence

Johnson School Research Paper Series No. 28-06
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 15 Nov 2005
Warren Bailey, Connie X. Mao and Kulpatra Sirodom
Cornell University, Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and Thammasat University
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segmented markets, dual class shares, foreign ownership restrictions

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Costs of Performance Pricing Loans

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 09 Nov 2011
Yan Hu, Connie X. Mao and Lalitha Naveen
University of La Verne, Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and Temple University - Department of Finance
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Performance pricing, accounting quality, information opacity, default risk, debt contracting

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Diversification and the Cost of Debt of Bank Holding Companies

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 31, 2007
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 10 Apr 2011
Saiying Deng, Elyas Elyasiani and Connie X. Mao
Kent State University, Temple University - Department of Finance and Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management
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Bank holding company, Diversification, Cost of debt

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Does Syndicate Pressure Affect Analysts’ Incentive to Produce Information? Evidence from Recommended Firms’ Securities Class Action Lawsuits

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 22 Mar 2012
Connie X. Mao and Wei-Ling Song
Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and Louisiana State University
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Syndicate Pressure, Securities Analysts, Conflict of Interest, Global Settlement, Securities Litigation

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Corporate Risk Management Under Information Asymmetry

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 40, Issue 1-2, pp. 239-271, 2013
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Feb 2013
Jongmoo Jay Choi, Connie X. Mao and Arun Upadhyay
Temple University, Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and Florida International University
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corporate risk management, R&D, financial hedging, operational hedging, information asymmetry, pharmaceutical or biotech firms

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Does Analyst Coverage Affect Workplace Safety?

AFA 2019 Atlanta Meetings Paper; Forthcoming, Management Science
Posted: 20 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2022
Daniel Bradley, Connie X. Mao and Chi Zhang
University of South Florida, Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and University of Massachusetts Lowell

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workplace safety, employee welfare, analyst coverage, analyst monitoring

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Earnings Management and Derivative Hedging with Fair Valuation: Evidence from the Effects of FAS 133

The Accounting Review (Forthcoming), Fox School of Business Research Paper No. 15-043
Posted: 12 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2016
Jongmoo Jay Choi, Connie X. Mao and Arun Upadhyay
Temple University, Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and Florida International University

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discretionary accrual, FAS 133, fair value accounting, derivative hedging, income smoothing, corporate risk management, derivative use, earnings management

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Divergence of Opinion and Long-Term Performance of Initial Public Offerings

Posted: 22 Feb 2005
Yan Gao, Connie X. Mao and Rui Zhong
California State University, Los Angeles - Department of Economics & Statistics, Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and University of Texas at Arlington

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initial public offerings