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Texas State University

Dr. Lingna Sun

  • Assistant Professor - Finance & Economics
  • MCOY 504
  • tel:+15122452547
  • yyj21@txstate.edu
  • Grants
  • Scholarly/Creative work
  • Awards
  • Service
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Featured grants

  • Sun, Lingna. Unity3D Grant for Educators, Unity Technologies, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $1000. (Submitted: October 2025, Funded: 2026). Grant.

Featured scholarly/creative works

  • Freund, S., Phan, H., Sun, L., & Vo, H. (2025). The role of stock liquidity in blockholder governance: Evidence from corporate social responsibility. Financial Review, 60(1), 283–312. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12410
  • Sun, L., & Duanmu, J. (2024). Bond Liquidity and Corporate Cash Holdings. Review of Business, 44(1), 1–34. Retrieved from https://www.stjohns.edu/sites/default/files/2024-02/Review-of-Business-44%281%29-Jan-2024.pdf?utm_source
  • Duanmu, J., Huang, Q., Li, Y., & Vo, H. (2022). Litigation Risk and Stock Return Anomaly. Financial Analysts Journal, 78(4), 145–162. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/0015198X.2022.2089008
  • Sun, L., Phan, H., & Simpson, T. (2021). Blockholder Exit Threats and Corporate Cash Holdings. Financial Review, 56(4), 192–213. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12278
  • Nguyen, H., Phan, H., & Sun, L. (2018). Shareholder Litigation and Corporate Cash Holdings: Evidence from Universal Demand Laws. Journal of Corporate Finance, 52, 192–213. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2018.08.002

Featured awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Unity3D Grant for Educators, The Unity Education Grant License ('EGL”). October 20, 2025 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: McCoy College Faculty Development Funds, Texas State University. November 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Argent Innovation in Teaching Awards, Louisiana Tech University. August 30, 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Best Paper Award, Semifinalist, Financial Management Association International Annual Meetings, Financial Management Association International. October 10, 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: AFA Doctoral Student Travel Grant, American Finance Association. January 2, 2017
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Featured service activities

  1. Reviewer / Referee

    Financial Review

    December 2025 - Present
  2. Reviewer / Referee

    Financial Research Open

    August 2025 - Present
  3. Reviewer / Referee

    International Review of Economics and Finance

    January 2022 - Present
  4. Reviewer / Referee

    Managerial Finance

    December 2021 - Present
  5. Reviewer / Referee

    Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

    January 2021 - Present
  6. Reviewer / Referee

    Pacific Accounting Review

    December 2019 - Present