Research

Publications

19. Huang, X., Tsebro, P., & Shoeb, A. A. (2026). How global supply chain strain shapes financial reporting behaviour. Applied Economics, 1-17. (ABDC A rank)

18. Huang, X., Song, X., & Yang, L. (2025). Is New Quality Productive Force a Buzzword? Insights and Implications from Stock Crash Risk. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. (ABDC B rank)

17. Huang, X., Song, X., & Yang, L. (2025). Sustainability through inclusion: how board gender diversity lowers transition risk. Applied Economics Letters, 1–7. (ABDC B rank)

16. Huang, X., Li, W., & Xu, L. (2025). Rhetoric vs. Reality: Unauthorized Immigration and Housing Rents. Finance Research Letters, 107876. (ABDC A rank)

15. Chen, S. S. H., Huang, X., & Li, W. (2025). Global supply chain pressure and stock price crash risk: Evidence from China. Applied Economics, 1-19. (ABDC A rank)

14. Li, W., & Huang, X. (2025). CEO reputation and corporate environmental compliance: Can CEO reputation shield firms from environmental violations?. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 1-22. (ABDC B rank)

13. Chen, S. S. H., Huang, X., & Li, W. (2025). Beyond the hype: Unauthorized immigrants and the myth of rising house price. Finance Research Letters, 106885. (ABDC A rank)

12. Huang, X., & Yang, L. (2025). Balancing the books: The role of energy-related uncertainty in corporate leverage. Global Finance Journal, 101077. (ABDC A rank)

11. Huang, X., Shoeb, A., & Yang, L. (2025). Trade policy uncertainty and firm profitability. Review of Corporate Finance, forthcoming.

10. Graham, N. P., Huang, X., & Yang, L. (2025). Navigating trade policy uncertainty: Conservatism in cash holding and investment. Applied Economics, 57(13), 1415-1433. (ABDC A rank)

9. Huang, X., & Yang, L. (2024). Near or far? An investigation into the relationship between spatial proximity to CSRC district offices and stock crash risk. Applied Economics Letters, 1-6. (ABDC B rank)

8. Huang, X., & Yang, L. (2024). Party control and corporate labour investment: Evidence from China. Applied Economics, 1–15. (ABDC A rank)

7. Huang, X., & Yang, L. (2024). The role of political party in firm environmental governance: Evidence from China. Applied Economics, 1-17. (ABDC A rank)

6. Huang, X., Tarkom, A., & Yang, L. (2024). The role of political party in curtailing opportunistic insider sales: Evidence from China. Applied Economics Letters, 1-6. (ABDC B rank)

5. Huang, X., Janamanchi, B., & Yang, L. (2024). The hidden cost of silence: How delayed cyberattack disclosure erodes firm profitability. Applied Economics Letters, 1-5. (ABDC B rank)

4. Yang, L., Huang, X., & Song, X. (2024). The Role of Passive Investors in Corporate Governance and Socially Responsible Investing: Evidence from Shareholder Proposals. Sustainability, 16(1), 416.

3. Tarkom, A., & Huang, X. (2023). Readjusting the speed of leverage adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic?. China Accounting and Finance Review. (ABDC A rank)

2. Huang, X., & Tarkom, A. (2023). Labor substitutability and corporate labor investment: Evidence from the H-1B program. Finance Research Letters, 53, 103649 (ABDC A rank)

1. Huang, X., & Tarkom, A. (2022). Labor investment efficiency and cash flow volatility. Finance Research Letters, 50, 103227. (ABDC A rank)

Presentations

• How Global Supply Chain Strain Shapes Financial Reporting Behavior
  • Academy of Finance, MBAA International Conference, 2026.

• Counting the cost of uncertainty: Corporate auditing amid shifting trade policies
  • Southern Finance Association 2025 Annual Conference

• Trade Policy Uncertainty and Firm Profitability
  • Southwestern Finance Association 2024 Annual Conference

• CEO Power and Corporate Hiring Effectiveness
  • Southwestern Finance Association 2023 Annual Conference

• Opportunity or challenge? The impacts of product market threats on a firm’s bankruptcy risk
  • 27th Annual Western Hemispheric Trade Conference 2023

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