Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Liu, Yifan. Faculty Development Fund, Texas State University, $400. (Funded: 2025 - 2026). Grant.
- Liu, Yifan. Dean’s Summer Research Stipend, Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: 2025). Grant.
- Liu, Yifan. Faculty Development Fund, Texas State University, $1000. (Funded: 2024 - 2025). Grant.
- Liu, Yifan. Dean’s Summer Research Stipend, McCoy College of Business, Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: 2023). Grant.
- Fox, Corey J (Co-Principal), Liu, Yifan (Co-Principal), You, Leyuan (Co-Principal). McCoy Faculty Development Research Grant, McCoy College of Business, Texas State University, $3000. (Funded: 2021 - 2022). Grant.

Featured scholarly/creative works
- Flynn, M. J., Popova, I. T., & Liu, Y. (n.d.). Do Retail Traders Gamble on Stock Options? Journal of Financial Markets.
- Liu, Y., Popova, I. T., & Yi, H. C. (2025). Anchoring on Safe Haven: Russia-Ukraine War Effects on the Cryptocurrency Market. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance.
- Liu, Y., & Piccotti, L. (2024). Synthetic Long Stock and Option Trading: Evidence from Stock Splits. Journal of Financial Research.
- Liu, Y., Boubaker, S., & Eshraghi, A. (2024). Stock Liquidity Sidedness and Share Repurchase. International Review of Financial Analysis.
- Flynn, M. J., & Liu, Y. (2026). Gambling on Bitcoin Options? Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: College Scholarly Award. 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Excellence Award. 2022
- Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award. 2019
- Award / Honor Nominee: Financial Management Association Best Paper Award. 2019
- Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Research Scholarship. 2014

Featured service activities
- Member
Finance Curriculum Committee
- Member
Texas Farm Bureau
- Graduate Advisor
MS Finance and Economics Society
- Member
Library Partners Committee
- Reviewer / Referee
International Journal of Finance and Economics
- Reviewer / Referee
The Engineering Economist
