Assistant Professor of Finance
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
Google Scholar
Primary: Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurial Finance, Innovation, Big Data
Secondary: Behavioral Finance, Education, Law and Economics, Antitrust
“Killer Acquisitions,” with Colleen Cunningham and Florian Ederer, 2021, Forthcoming, Journal of Political Economy
AdC Competition Policy Award
Robert F. Lanzillotti Prize for the Best Paper in Antitrust Economics, IIOC
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
“The Life Cycle of Corporate Venture Capital,” 2020, Review of Financial Studies, 33 (1), 358-394 [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
“Young Firms, Old Capital,” with Justin Murfin and Ryan Pratt, 2020, Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Financial Economics
“Bankrupt Innovative Firms,” with Joy Tianjiao Tong and Wei Wang, 2020, Revise and Resubmit, Management Science
Insight Grants, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Government of Canada
“Payout Taxation and Corporate Investment: The Agency Channel,” 2020, Revise and Resubmit, Review of Finance
“Persuading Investors: A Video-Based Study,” with Allen Hu, 2020
“Private Equity and Financial Stability: Evidence from Failed Bank Resolution in the Crisis,” with Emily Johnston-Ross and Manju Puri, 2020
“The Education-Innovation Gap,” with Barbara Biasi, 2020
WEFI: Workshop on Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation
A bi-weekly, virtual workshop featuring research in entrepreneurial finance and innovation
Co-organizers: Michael Ewens, Yael Hochberg, and David Robinson