Assistant Professor of Finance
Yale School of Management
Yale School of Management
165 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511-3729
Phone: +1 (203) 436-4687
E-mail: song.ma@yale.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurial Finance, Innovation, Law and Economics
SSRN Google Scholar
Working Papers
“Killer Acquisitions,” with Colleen Cunningham and Florian Ederer, 2019, Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Political Economy
Charles River Associates Award for the Best Paper on Corporate Finance, WFA
Mark A. Satterthwaite Award for Outstanding Research in Healthcare Markets
Sumantra Ghoshal Research and Practice Award, AOM Strategic Management
Academy of Management Annual Meeting Best Paper
“Payout Taxation and Corporate Investment: The Agency Channel,” 2019, Revise and Resubmit, Review of Finance
“Creditor Control, Patent Reallocation, and the Bankruptcy of Innovative Firms,” with Joy Tianjiao Tong and Wei Wang, 2019
Insight Grants, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Government of Canada
“Young Firms, Old Capital,” with Justin Murfin and Ryan Pratt, 2019
“The Education-Innovation Gap,” with Barbara Biasi, 2019
“Human Interactions and Financial Investment: A Video-Based Approach,” with Allen Hu, 2019
Work in Progress
“Private Equity and Financial Stability,” with Emily Johnston-Ross and Manju Puri, 2019
Publications
“The Life Cycle of Corporate Venture Capital,” 2019, Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming [Online Appendix]
AQR Top Finance Graduate Award
Yihong Xia Best Paper Award, China International Conference in Finance
Coller Institute of Venture Research Award, Runner-up
PhD Outstanding Paper Award in Honor of Stuart I. Greenbaum
“How Does Hedge Fund Activism Reshape Corporate Innovation,” with Alon Brav, Wei Jiang, and Xuan Tian, 2018, Journal of Financial Economics, 130 (2), 237-264 [Online Appendix]
Journal of Financial Economics Best Corporate Finance Paper Award (Jensen Prize)
Best Paper Award, John L. Weinberg Center Corporate Governance Symposium
IRRC Institute Research Award, Honorable Mention
“Firm Age, Investment Opportunities, and Job Creation,” with Manuel Adelino and David Robinson, 2017, Journal of Finance, 72 (3), 999-1038 [Online Appendix] [Data Appendix]
Best Paper Award, Red Rock Finance Conference