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Qiyang He

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I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Finance at Deakin Business School. My research lies in a broad area of empirical corporate finance, with focus on innovation, climate change, labor market, machine learning, and textual analysis.

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Publications

1. Firm-Level Labor-Shortage Exposure
   • With Jarrad Harford and Buhui Qiu
   • The Review of Financial Studies, Accepted
   • | SSRN | Online Appendix | Replication Package | Labor-Shortage Data | FinBert Model and Application |

2. The Effect of Social Media on Corporate Innovation: Evidence from Seeking Alpha Coverage
   • With Henry Leung, Buhui Qiu and Zhou Zhou
   • Management Science, 2025, 71(7), 5441-5476
   • | SSRN | Replication Package |

3. Environmental Enforcement Actions and Corporate Green Innovation
   • With Buhui Qiu
   • Journal of Corporate Finance, 2025, 91, 102711
   • | SSRN | EPA Formal Enforcement Case-GVKEY Linking Table |

Working Papers

1. The Value of Corporate Patent Utilization
   • With Jarrad Harford and Buhui Qiu
   • Selected Presentations: AFA Annual Meeting 2026, CUHK-RAPS-RCFS Conference 2025, FIRN 2025^, EFA Annual Meeting 2025^, Monash Winter Finance Conference 2025

2. Greenwashing: Measurement and Implications
   • With Ben Marshall, Hung Nguyen, Nhut Nguyen, Buhui Qiu and Nuttawat Visaltanachoti
   • Selected Presentations: Canadian Sustainable Finance Network Conference 2025^, AEA 2025 Poster, SFS Cavalcade Asia-Pacific 2024^, UNPRI Academic Network Conference 2024^, GRASFI 2024, FMA Asia 2024^

3. Climate Regulatory Risks and Executive Compensation: Evidence from U.S. State-level SCAP Finalization
   • With Hung Nguyen, Buhui Qiu and Bohui Zhang
   • Selected Presentations: FMCG 2023, China Journal of Accounting Studies Conference 2023^

4. Cap-and-Trade Policy and Energy-related Innovation: Evidence from the U.S. Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Agreement
   • With Haekwon Lee and Buhui Qiu
   • Selected Presentations: FMA 2022

^: Presented by co-authors

Teaching

Deakin University

• Lecture

  • MAF707 Investments and Portfolio Management (2026S2, scheduled)

• Seminars

  • MAF101 Fundamentals of Finance (2025S2)
  • MAF203 Business Finance (2025S2)

University of Sydney

• Tutorials
  • FINC2011 Corporate Finance I (2025S1, 2024S2)
  • FINC2012 Corporate Finance II (2022S2)
  • FINC3011 International Financial Management (2023S1)
  • FINC6013 International Business Finance (2022S1 - 2025S1)