About
Professor Francis conducts his research on issues in initial public offerings, corporate restructurings, and international asset-pricing. He has published numerous articles in reputed finance and economic journals such as the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of International Money and Finance, and the Journal of Macroeconomics. He is currently on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Financial Stability.
Research
Other Focus Areas
Corporate Finance, International Finance, Quantitative Methods in Finance
Publications
The following is a selection of recent publications in Scopus. Bill Francis has 106 indexed publications in the subjects of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Business, Management and Accounting, Social Sciences.
Bill B. Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Chunxia Jiang, Zenu Sharma, Yun Zhu
British Accounting Review
, 2025
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Bill B. Francis, Ning Ren, Xian Sun, Qiang Wu
Abacus
, 60
, 2024
, pp.539-577
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C. S.Agnes Cheng, Bill B. Francis, Zhi Li, Yinjie Shen, Qiang Wu
Journal of Business Finance and Accounting
, 51
, 2024
, pp.1084-1119
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Huimin (Amy) Chen, Bill B. Francis, Yinjie (Victor) Shen, Qiang Wu
British Accounting Review
, 56
, 2024
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Mikael C. Bergbrant, Bill B. Francis, Delroy M. Hunter
Journal of Corporate Finance
, 84
, 2024
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Bill B. Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Gayane Hovakimian, Zenu Sharma
Journal of Corporate Finance
, 80
, 2023
.
Brian Clark, James Donato, Bill B. Francis, Thomas D. Shohfi
Journal of Banking and Finance
, 151
, 2023
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Huimin (Amy) Chen, Bill B. Francis, Qiang Wu, Yijiang Zhao
British Accounting Review
, 55
, 2023
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Brian Clark, James Donato, Bill B. Francis
Journal of Financial Intermediation
, 54
, 2023
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Bill B. Francis, Gilna Samuel, Qiang Wu
Journal of Financial Stability
, 65
, 2023
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