Shuting (Sophia) Hu

Professional Summary

Shuting (Sophia) Hu is an assistant professor in the Department of Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate in the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University. She holds a PhD in Business Administration with a specialty in Finance from the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University.

Hu’s main research area is empirical corporate finance. Her work covers various topics, including corporate policies related to legislative and regulatory changes, executive compensation and characteristics, fintech disruption, firm innovation, financial intermediation, and more.

Education

• 2018 – PhD, Business Administration – Finance, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
• 2011 – Bachelor of Economics – Majored in Finance, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Courses

• FIN 4365 – Investment Analysis (Spring 2019-current)

Research Interests

• Empirical Corporate Finance
• Legislation, Regulation, and Corporate Policies
• Bridging Sub-fields in Finance Research

Selected Publications

• Bindal, S., Bouwman, C. H., Hu, S. & Johnson, S. A. (2020). Bank regulatory size thresholds, merger and acquisition behavior, and small business lending. Journal of Corporate Finance, 62, 101519.
• Bouwman, C. H., Hu, S. & Johnson, S. A. (2018). Differential bank behaviors around the Dodd–Frank Act size thresholds. Journal of Financial Intermediation, 34, 47-57.