Faculty

Zhen Liu

Assistant Professor of Economics
Office: 201 Fronczak Hall
Phone: (716) 645-8691

E-mail: zl24@buffalo.edu

Website: Professor Liu's Personal Webpage
Spring 2013 classes: ECO 467/567; ECO 666
Spring 2013 office hours: Mon & Wed: 4:40PM-5:30PM

ECO 467/567 Spring 13 Syllabus

ECO 666 Spring 13 Syllabus

 

Education

  • B.A. Economics, Tsinghua University
  • M.A., Stony Brook University
  • Ph.D., Stony Brook University

 

Research Interests

  • Information Economics
  • Behavioral Economics
  • Financial Markets

 

Papers and Research in Progress

  • "Fair disclosure and investor asymmetric awareness in stock markets,"
  • "The dirty face problem with unawareness," The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, forthcoming.
  • "Social security literacy and retirement well-being," with Hugo Benitez-silva and Berna Demiralp, in progress.
  • "What do you care what others do? The herding of comparable firms on earnings management," with Weihao Xu, in progress.
  • "Justifying cursed equilibrium via partial awareness," in progress.

 

Other Contributions and Distinctions

  • Research grant from Michigan Retirement Research Center. 2008-2009.
  • Seed Grant for Survey Research. V.P. for Research at SUNY-Stony Brook, and Center for
    Survey Research. 2007
  • Outstanding Doctoral Student Paper Award. The 2007 American Accounting Association
    Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting. 2006-2007