Leo Liu

I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Technology, Sydney. My research on innovation and entrepreneurship involves measuring innovation to study firm, industry, and economic outcomes. My recent work also examines corporate disclosure and the impact and determinants of AI innovation.

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Publications

Foundational Processes and Growth JFE

with Elvira Sojli, Wing Wah Tham, and Salomé Baslandze

Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 180, June 2026, 104276

Working Papers

CEO Experience and Value Creation: Evidence from Green Lab Locations R&R Management Science

with Elvira Sojli and Wing Wah Tham

AI Patents R&R Review of Finance

with Sheng Xu, Tianyu Cai, Raphael Park

Does Common Ownership Raise Antitrust Concerns? R&R Journal of Corporate Finance

with Huaizhou Li, Ronald Masulis and Jason Zein

Product Scope and Ownership Structure R&R Journal of Banking and Finance

with Tony Cai, Jinzhao Du and Fariborz Moshirian

AI Innovation Policy and Productivity Reject & Resubmit Management Science

with Fariborz Moshirian, Vikram Nanda and Sheng Xu

Can ESG Performance be attributed to Management Styles?

with Tony Cai, Jason Zein and Hao Zhang

Conferences: AFA 2024, FMA Asia 2022, AFBC 2022