Working Papers:

• Social Media Activities and Seasoned Equity Offerings (with Henry Leung and Buhui Qiu) | SSRN 

• Information Spillovers and Firm Geographic Dispersion: Evidence from Local Stock Return Comovement (with R. Jared DeLisle and Andrew Grant)

• Social Connectedness and Local Stock Return Comovement  (with R. Jared DeLisle and Andrew Grant) | SSRN

• Alternative Stars: Do Key Opinion Leaders on Social Media Move the Market? (with Henry Leung and Tse-Chun Lin )| SSRN

Publication:

• DeLisle, R. J., Grant, A. & Mao. R. (2024). Does Environmental and Social Performance Affect Pricing Efficiency?  Evidence from Earnings Conference Call Tones. Journal of Corporate Finance, 86, 102585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2024.102585

• Mao, R., Segara, R., & Westerholm, J. (2019). Analyst tipping: Evidence on Finnish stocks. International Review of Financial Analysis, 66, 101350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2019.05.001 

Scholarships and Awards:

• The University of Sydney

Enhanced Business Research Scholarship (2019 - 2023 )

Westbrook & Jessie Anstice International Travel Scholarship (2022)

Research Travel Support Scheme (2021)

Publication Award (2019)

University Honours Scholarship (2016)

Finance Honours Scholarship (2016)

Academic Merit Prize (2014, 2016)

Conferences and Seminars:

• Does Environmental and Social Performance Affect Pricing Efficiency?  Evidence from Earnings Conference Call Tones (with R. Jared DeLisle and  Andrew Grant )：

2021 37th International Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI 2021)*; 2021 FMA Virtual European Conference*; 2021 University of Massachusetts Boston (UMASS) – EM Normandie (EMN) Business School Research Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility*;  European Financial Management Association (EFMA) 2021 Annual Meeting*; 2021 American Accounting Association (AAA) Virtual Annual Meeting*; 2021 Financial Management  Association (FMA) Annual Meeting*;2022 Eastern Finance Association (EFA)  Annual Meeting*.

• Social Media Management and Seasoned Equity Offerings  (with Henry Leung and Buhui Qiu)：

European Financial Management Association (EFMA) 2021 Annual Meeting; University of Sydney Discipline of Finance Brown Bag Seminar; 34th Ph.D. Conference in Economics and Business;2022 FMA Annual Meeting; 2022 5th FIRN Ph.D. Symposium; 2022 FMA Asia/Pacific Conference.

• Local Return Comovement and Geographic Dispersion (with R. Jared DeLisle and Andrew Grant)

2021 34th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference (AFBC); 2022 Behavioural Finance Working Group 15th Annual Conference*; 2022 European Financial Management Association Annual Meeting*; 2022 FMA European Conference*; 2022 Research in Behavioral Finance Conference (RBFC)*.

• Social Connectedness and Local Stock Return Comovement  (with R. Jared DeLisle and Andrew Grant) 

2022 AFBC*.

*denotes the conferences presented by the co-authors.