Yao Ma is a Ph.D. student in Finance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has a working paper “Congressional Stock Trades and Economic Policy Uncertainty,” listed in the FEN Finance, Economics & Banking Research Paper Series. This work has been presented at the 63rd Southwestern Finance Association (SWFA) Annual Conference and the 2024 Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting, where it was selected as a semifinalist for the Best Paper Award.

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Referee, Journal of Financial Research, 2025
Discussant, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting (FMA), Atlanta Oct 2022
Discussant, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting (FMA), Dallas Oct 2024