Researcher Profile Claire Liu

Financial Markets Group

Current research interests: financial markets, international finance, institutional investors, corporate finance, geopolitics

Contact: liucl@rba.gov.au

Claire works in the Financial Markets Group and holds a PhD in Banking & Finance from the University of New South Wales. Previously, she was a finance academic at the University of New South Wales, the University of Technology Sydney and the University of Sydney. Her research has been published in leading finance journals, including the Review of Financial Studies and the Journal of Financial Economics. She has also received multiple best paper awards at top-tier international conferences.

Research papers

  • Hines B, C Liu, Y Qiu and P Westerholm (forthcoming) ‘Trading on Tension: Geopolitical Motives and Market Distortions’ Journal of Financial Markets
  • Liu C, A Low and T Putnins (2024) ‘The Real Impacts of Public Short Campaigns: Evidence From Stakeholders’ Journal of Corporate Finance, 88, Article 102624.
  • Liu C, RW Masulis and J Stanfield (2021) ‘Why CEO Option Compensation Can Be a Bad Option for Shareholders: Evidence From Major Customer Relationships’ Journal of Financial Economics, 142(1), pp 453–81.
  • Liu C, A Low, RW Masulis and L Zhang (2020) ‘Monitoring the Monitor: Distracted Institutional Investors and Board Governance’ The Review of Financial Studies, 33(10), pp 4489–531.