TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS

Teaching Focusing: Financial Markets and Institutions, Investment, Corporate Finance

Research Areas: Financial market, Banking, Innovations, Corporate finance

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

My work has been published in leading international journals, including Journal of Financial Economics, The Economic Journal, Journal of Business, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, as well as top-tier Chinese journals such as Economic Research Journal (《经济研究》), Management World (《管理世界》), and China Social Science (《中国社会科学》).

Academic Impact Metrics

SSRN Downloads: 24,680+ downloads, ranking in the top 0.5% globally (Author Rank #1,555 out of ~3 million scholars).

Google Scholar Citations:

∙ Total citations: 8,515

∙ Recent citations (past 5 years): 3,610

∙ Highest-cited single work: 1,425 citations

Historic Recognition:
Two papers rank among the Top 200 Most-Cited Articles in Economic Research Journal (1950s–2023), with one entering the all-time Top 10 since the journal’s inception.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Papers (International)

Language Skills and Portfolio Choice: Evidence from Immigrants，with Gan Xue and Zhou Yang, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Forthcoming.

Accounting Conservatism and Bankruptcy Risk, with G. Biddle and Mary Ma, Journal ofAccounting, Auditing & Finance, June 2020.

The  Impact  of  Corporate  Fraud  on  Director‐interlocked  Firms:  Evidence from Bank Loans, with Lai, Tat‐kei and Adrian CH Lei, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 46(1-2):32-67, 2019.

Financial Innovation: The Bright and the Dark Sides, with Beck, T., Chen, T. and Lin, C., Journal of Banking & Finance, 72:28-51, 2016.

Do Bank Regulation, Supervision and Monitoring Enhance or Impede Bank  Efficiency?, with Barth, J. R., Lin,  C., Ma, Y. and  Seade,  J., Journal of Banking & Finance, 37(8):2879-2892, 2013.

Do Bank Regulations Affect Board Independence? A Cross-country Analysis, with Li Li, Journal of Banking & Finance, 37(8):2714-2732, 2013.

Managerial  Incentives,  CEO  Characteristics  and  Corporate  Innovation  in  China’s Private Sector, with Chen Lin, Ping Lin and Chuntao Li, Journal of Comparative Economics, 39(2):176-190, 2011.

The Roles of Property Right Protection and Government in Corporate R&D in China, with Chen Lin and Ping Lin, Journal of Development Economics, 93: 49-62, 2010.

Corruption in Bank Lending to Firms: Cross-country Micro Evidence on the  Beneficial  Role  of  Competition  and  Information Sharing, with James R. Barth, Chen Lin and Ping Lin, Journal of Financial Economics, 91:361-388, 2009.

Securities Transaction Tax and Market Volatility, with J. Zhang, The Economic Journal, 115:1103-1120, 2005.

Corporate Governance and Market Valuation in China, with Bai, C. E., Liu,  Q., Lu, J., and Zhang, J., Journal of Comparative Economics, 32(4):599-616, 2004.

Are Survey Forecasts of Macroeconomic Variables Rational?: Evidence from Tests  of  Stationarity  and  Co-integration,  with  Raj  Aggarwal   and   Sunil Mohanty, The Journal of Business, 68:99-119, 1995.

A Two-factor ARCH Model for Deposit-institution Stock Returns. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 26(2):323-340, 1994.

Journal Papers (Domestic)

Li Xuchao, Song Min. Zombie Enterprise Debt Payment Default and Private Enterprise Total Factor Productivity, The Journal of World Economy(世界经济), Issue 11, 2021.

Deng Wei, Song Min, Liu Min. Has the Innovative Loan Convenience Tool

Effectively  Affect  the  Interest  Rate   of  Commercial  Banks?,  Journal   of Financial Research(金融研究), Issue 11, 2021.

Song Min. Innovative Government: A Comparative Study of Chinese and American Innovation Policies, Journal of Beijing Technology and Business University(Social Science Edition)(北京工商大学学报(社会科学版)), Issue 11, 2021.

Deng Wei, Song Min, Chen Xiongbing. Do Lending Facilities Affect the Loan Maturity Structure of Commercial Banks in China?, Finance & Trade Economics(财贸经济), Issue 9, 2021.

Song Min, Zhou Peng, Si Haitao. Financial Technology and Enterprise Total Factor Productivity——The Perspective of Enabling and Credit Rationing, China Industrial Economics(中国工业经济), Issue 4, 2021.

Song Min, Gan Xu, Zhou Yang. Education and Financial Literacy: Evidence from China Household Finance Survey, Journal of Beijing Technology and Business University(Social Science Edition) (北京工商大学学报(社会科学版)), Issue 2, 2021.

Liu Linqing, Yan Xiaofei, Yang Lisi, Song Min. Research on the Evolution and Endogenous Mechanism of International Trade Dependence Network, China Industrial Economics(中国工业经济), Issue 2, 2021.

Song  Min.  Some  Thoughts  on  the  Construction  of  Chinese  Economics Textbooks, Teaching and Research(教学与研究), Issue 7, 2020.

Lin Wanfa, Zhao Zhongkuang, Liu Yingfei, Song Min. Can Rating Information of Bond Market Improve Stock Market Information Quality? Evidence from Analysts' Forecasts, Journal of Financial Research(金融研究),Issue 4, 2020.

Luo Zhi,  Sheng  Hanzhi,  Li  Xuchao,  Song  Min,  Liu  Zhenxiu.  Report  on Business Operations under the Background of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic-A Survey Based on Wuhan City, Hubei Province, Journal of United Front Science(统一战线学研究), Issue 4, 2020

Li  Chuntao,  Yan  Xuwen,  Song  Min,  Yang  Wei.  Fintech  and  Corporate Innovation——Evidence  from  Chinese  NEEQ-Listed  Companies,  China Industrial Economics(中国工业经济), Issue 1, 2020.

Yang Wei, Feng Lu, Song Min, Li Chuntao. Can the Reference Point Ratio Measure  Stock  Price   Overvaluation?  Evidence  from  Stock  Crash  Risk, Management World(管理世界), Issue 1, 2020. 

Yang Wei, Zhao Zhongkuang, Song Min. Diversified M&As: Premium and Corporate Transformation, Journal of Financial Research(金融研究), Issue 5, 2019.

Song  Min,  Gan  Xu,  Lin  Wanfa.  Bond  Credit  Rating  Inflation:  Causes, Effects and Countermeasures, Economic Perspectives(经济学动态), Issue 3, 2019.

Yang Wei, Song Min, Feng Ke. M&A Goodwill, Investor Overreaction, and Stock Price Bubbles and Crashes, China Industrial Economics(中国工业经济), Issue 6, 2018.

Song Min. Reflection on the  10th Anniversary of Global Financial Crisis Based  on Perspective  of Comparative Analysis between China and USA,

Journal of Beijing Technology and Business University(Social Science Edition) (北京工商大学学报(社会科学版)), Issue 5, 2018.

Published Books

Finance General Knowledge, May 2020, China Machinery Industry Press.

Blockchain  + Fintech  Case Analysis,  November  2020, Wuhan University Press.

Green Finance, November 2020, Wuhan University Press.

New Urbanization Blue Book and New Urbanization Development Report, March 2018, Social Science Literature Press.

RESEARCH GRANTS (Selected)

Hubei Province Science and Technology Innovation Talent Service Special Soft Science Research Project: Study on   Several Key Issues in the Construction of Wuhan Science and Technology Innovation Center with National Influence and  Hubei Donghu Comprehensive National Science Center, RMB 300,000, 2021-2023

A major project of the National Social Science Fund: Research on the Evolution of Global Innovation Networks and Risk Governance in the New Situation, RMB 800,000, 2020-2023

The National Natural Science Foundation of China Emergency Project: Research on Preventing and Resolving the Financial Risks That May be Caused by the Sino-US Trade War, RMB 1.97 million, 2019-2021

Shenzhen Qianhai Free Trade Zone: Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay  Area  Economic   and  Legal  System  Construction, RMB 1 million, 2019-2021

National Development and Reform Commission, China International Economic Exchange Center, Wuhan Municipal Government Project:

Research on Strategic Services for Transformation and Upgrading of Hannan District in Wuhan Development Zone in the New Era, RMB 500,000

EDITORIAL BOARDS

Reform

Economic Perspectives

China Finance Review International

Securities Market Herald

Journal of Financial Economic Policy