Liping Qiu

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Finance, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Isenberg School of Management, Amherst, MA (September 2014)
• MBA with a concentration in Finance, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Isenberg School of Management, Amherst, MA (May 2008)
• Ph.D. in Management, Renmin University of China, School of Business, Beijing, China (2000)
• M.S. in Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China (1995)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Hedge Funds, Risk Management, Investment, Corporate Finance, Mutual Funds, Mergers and Acquisitions

PUBLISHED PAPERS

• "Predicting the daily NAV for closed end funds," with Ben Branch, Business Quest, 2015 Issue
• "Explaining Market-to-Book: The relative impact of firm performance, growth, and risk," with Ben Branch, Anurag Sharma, and Chetan Chawla. Business Quest, 2013 Issue
• "Exploring the pros and cons of target date funds,” with Ben Branch. Financial Services Review, 20 (2), 95-111 (2011)

WORKING PAPERS

• "Hedge fund returns: believe it or not," with Bing Liang. Presented at the 2015 China International Conference in Finance (CICF)
• "Performance of emerging market hedge funds," with Bing Liang and Hyuna Park, 2013
• "Hedge fund leverage 2002-2011," with Bing Liang. Presented at the 2013 Annual Financial Meeting of the Management Association International (FMA)
• "Mergers and acquisitions and the universal investor," with Ben Branch, Anurag Sharma, Ning Pu, and Chetan Chawla. Presented at the 2012 Meeting of the Eastern Finance Association
• "A different way of exploring value verses growth," with Ben Branch. Presented at the 2011 Meeting of the Eastern Finance Association