Faculty Profiles

Dr. Yifan Liu

PhD in Business Administration

Oklahoma State University, 2020

MBA in Business Administration

Eastern Illinois University, 2015

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.

Flynn, M. J., Popova, I. T., & Liu, Y. (2026). Do Retail Traders Gamble on Stock Options? Journal of Financial Markets. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.finmar.2026.101062
Liu, Y., & Piccotti, L. (2025). Synthetic Long Stock and Option Trading: Evidence from Stock Splits. Journal of Financial Research.
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., Boubaker, S., & Eshraghi, A. (2024). Stock Liquidity Sidedness and Share Repurchase. International Review of Financial Analysis.
Popova, I. T., & Liu, Y. (2023). Threats to Central Bank Independence and Exchange Rate Volatility: High-Frequency Identification with Trump’s Fed Tweets. Finance Research Letters.