Fenghua Song

Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business

Associate Professor of Finance

University Park, PA 16802

United States

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The Optimal Duration of Executive Compensation: Theory and Evidence

AFA 2012 Chicago Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 10 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2013
Radhakrishnan Gopalan, Todd T. Milbourn, Fenghua Song and Anjan V. Thakor
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin Business School, Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business
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Executive Compensation, Vesting, Duration, Managerial Myopia, Corporate Governance

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Financial System Architecture and the Co-Evolution of Banks and Capital Markets

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Financial System Architecture and the Co-Evolution of Banks and Capital Markets

Third Singapore International Conference on Finance 2009
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 30 Jan 2006 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2009
Fenghua Song and Anjan V. Thakor
Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business
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Financial System Architecture, Bank Evolution, Capital Market Evolution

Financial System Architecture and the Co-Evolution of Banks and Capital Markets

The Economic Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 05 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2010
Fenghua Song and Anjan V. Thakor
Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business
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Debt Maturity Structure and Credit Quality

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 29 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2013
Radhakrishnan Gopalan, Fenghua Song and Vijay Yerramilli
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and University of Houston, C. T. Bauer College of Business
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Rollover risk, Debt maturity, Credit rating

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Duration of Executive Compensation

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 09 Jan 2013
Radhakrishnan Gopalan, Todd T. Milbourn, Fenghua Song and Anjan V. Thakor
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin Business School, Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business
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executive compensation, vesting, duration, managerial myopia, corporate governance

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Bank Culture

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Bank Culture

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 26 Feb 2016
Fenghua Song and Anjan V. Thakor
Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business
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Bank culture, Multi-tasking problem, Competition, Bank capital, Safety nets

Bank Culture

Journal of Financial Intermediation, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 14 Nov 2017
Fenghua Song and Anjan V. Thakor
Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business
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Bank Culture, Growth, Safety, Competition, Bank Capital, Safety Nets

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Relationship Banking, Fragility and the Asset-Liability Matching Problem

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Relationship Banking, Fragility and the Asset-Liability Matching Problem

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 08 Aug 2006
Fenghua Song and Anjan V. Thakor
Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business
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Correlated Leverage and Its Ramifications

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Correlated Leverage and Its Ramifications

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 18 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2014
Anand M. Goel, Fenghua Song and Anjan V. Thakor
Stevens Institute of Technology, Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business
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Housing Market, Collateral, Bank Leverage, Borrower Leverage

Correlated Leverage and Its Ramifications

Journal of Financial Intermediation, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 05 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2014
Anand M. Goel, Fenghua Song and Anjan V. Thakor
Stevens Institute of Technology, Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business
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leverage, high house prices, financial fragility, bank capital

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Strategic Flexibility and the Optimality of Pay for Luck

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 08 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2009
Radhakrishnan Gopalan, Todd T. Milbourn and Fenghua Song
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin Business School and Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business
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CEO Compensation, Strategy, Pay for Luck, Corporate Governance

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Blockholder Short-Term Incentives, Structures, and Governance

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 513/2017
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 30 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2017
Fenghua Song
Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business
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blockholder, exit, voice, short-term incentives, career concerns, investment myopia

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Information Control, Career Concerns and Corporate Governance

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Information Control, Career Concerns and Corporate Governance

Journal of Finance, No. 4, August 2006
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 08 Aug 2006
Fenghua Song and Anjan V. Thakor
Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business
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Information Control, Career Concerns and Corporate Governance

Posted: 27 Apr 2005
Fenghua Song and Anjan V. Thakor
Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business

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Strategic Flexibility and the Optimality of Pay for Sector Performance

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 21 Sep 2009
Radhakrishnan Gopalan, Todd T. Milbourn and Fenghua Song
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin Business School and Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business
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Ethics, Capital and Talent Competition in Banking

Journal of Financial Intermediation, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 28 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2022
Fenghua Song and Anjan V. Thakor
Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business
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Ethics, Bank capital, Talent, Financial innovation

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Market Freeze and Bank Capital Structure Heterogeneity

Management Science
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 17 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2022
Fenghua Song and Anjan V. Thakor
Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business
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Market freeze, Bank capital, Information reusability, Short-term funding reallocation

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Redemption Fees and Information-Based Runs

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 19 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2016
Stephen Lenkey and Fenghua Song
Pennsylvania State University and Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business
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Runs, Redemption fees, Learning, Payoff externality, Last-mover advantage

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Notes on Financial System Development and Political Intervention

World Bank Economic Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 24 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2012
Fenghua Song and Anjan V. Thakor
Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business
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financial system development, systemic risk, political intervention

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Blockholder Trading and Monitoring, Career Concerns, and the Bright and Dark Sides of Investor 'Long-Termism'

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 05 Nov 2013
Fenghua Song
Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business
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Blockholder exit, Blockholder voice, Career concerns, Investment myopia

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Disagreement, the Value of Autonomy, and Incentive Contracting

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 06 Apr 2007
Fenghua Song and Anjan V. Thakor
Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business
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Notes on Financial System Development and Political Intervention

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6350
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Fenghua Song and Anjan V. Thakor
Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business
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Access to Finance, Banks & Banking Reform, Debt Markets, Bankruptcy and Resolution of Financial Distress, Financial Intermediation

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Feedback, Investment, and Social Value of Financial Expertise

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 20 Dec 2017
Stephen Lenkey and Fenghua Song
Pennsylvania State University and Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business
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Informational Feedback, Financial Expertise, Information Acquisition, Endogenous Adverse Selection, Bilateral Trading, Asymmetric information

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Intrinsically-Motivated CEOs, Overbearing Boards, and Diversity in Corporate Governance

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 25 Mar 2008
Fenghua Song and Anjan V. Thakor
Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business
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Corporate Governance, Oversight, Intrinsic Motivation