Meet the Economists

Bo Sun
bo.sun@frb.gov
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, University of Virginia, 2009
- M.A., Economics, University of Virginia, 2006
- B.A., Finance (Mathematics), Peking University, 2004
- Contracting and asset pricing implications of
- information frictions
Senior Economist, Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2014 - presentAssistant Professor
Peking University
2011 - 2014Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2009 - 2011
- Husted, Lucas, John Rogers, and Bo Sun (2017). "Uncertainty, Currency Excess Returns, and Risk Reversals," International Finance Discussion Papers 1196. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Liu, Qi, Lei Lu, and Bo Sun (2017). "Incentive Contracting Under Ambiguity Aversion," International Finance Discussion Papers 1195. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Husted, Lucas F., John Harold Rogers, and Bo Sun (2016). "Measuring Monetary Policy Uncertainty: The Federal Reserve, January 1985-January 2016," IFDP Notes 2016-04-11. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Husted, Lucas, John Rogers, and Bo Sun (2016). "Measuring Cross Country Monetary Policy Uncertainty," IFDP Notes 2016-11-23. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Liu, Qi, and Bo Sun (2016). "Managerial Compensation under Privately-Observed Hedging," International Finance Discussion Papers 1160. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Liu, Qi, and Bo Sun (2016). "Relative Wealth Concerns, Executive Compensation, and Systemic Risk-Taking," International Finance Discussion Papers 1164. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Liu, Qi, and Bo Sun (2015). "Managerial Compensation under Privately-Observed Hedging and Earnings Management," Economics Letters, vol. 137, pp. 1-4.
- Cull, Robert, Wei Li, Bo Sun, and Lixin Colin Xu (2015). "Government Connections and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Large Representative Sample of Chinese Firms," Journal of Corporate Finance, vol. 32, pp. 271-294.
- Cull, Robert, Wei Li, Bo Sun, and Lixin Colin Xu (2015). "Government Connections and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Large Representative Sample of Chinese Firms," International Finance Discussion Papers 1129. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Lin, Tse-Chun, Qi Liu, and Bo Sun (2015). "Contracting with Feedback," International Finance Discussion Papers 1143. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Sun, Bo (2015). "Do Financial Market Frictions Affect Executive Compensation?" IFDP Notes 2015-07-20. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Cull, Robert, Wei Li, Bo Sun, and Lixin Colin Xu (2013). "Government Connections and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Large Representative Sample of Chinese Firms," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6352. The World Bank.
- Carey, Mark S., and Bo Sun (2015). "Risk Choices and Compensation Design," International Finance Discussion Papers 1130. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Liu, Qi, Lei Lu, Bo Sun, and Hongjun Yan (2015). "A Model of Anomaly Discovery," International Finance Discussion Papers 1128. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Sun, Bo (2014). "Asset Returns Under Periodic Revelations of Earnings Management," International Economic Review, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 255-282.
- Sun, Bo (2014). "Executive Compensation and Earnings Management Under Moral Hazard," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. 41, pp. 276-290.
- Sun, Bo (2013). "The Optimal Shape of Compensation Contracts with Earnings Management," Applied Economics, vol. 45, no. 19-21, pp. 3102-3109.
- Chen, Qingqing, Chor-Ching Goh, Bo Sun, and Lixin Colin Xu (2011). "Market Integration in China," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5630. The World Bank.
- Sun, Bo (2009). "Asset Returns with Earnings Management," International Finance Discussion Papers 988. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Sun, Bo (2009). "Executive Compensation and Earnings Management Under Moral Hazard," International Finance Discussion Papers 985. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Chen, Qingqing, Chor-Ching Goh, Bo Sun, and Lixin Colin Xu (2011). "Market Integration in the People's Republic of China," Asian Development Review, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 72-93.
conference
2016WFA
Contracting with Feedback
seminar
2015Carnegie Mellon University, Baruch College, Cornell University, Federal Reserve Board
Contracting with Feedback
conference
2015NBER Summer Institute, UVA-Richmond Fed Research Conference, Junior Theory Conference (Kellogg)
Contracting with Feedback
conference
2015EFA
A Model of Anomaly Discovery
conference
2013LAEF Conference in "Accounting for Accounting in Economics"
Regulatory Intensity, Crash Risk, and the Business Cycle
seminar
2013Carnegie Mellon University, Federal Reserve Board, Tsinghua PBC School of Finance, Peking University
Regulatory Intensity, Crash Risk, and the Business Cycle
conference
2011American Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting (Columbia Law School), Financial Management Association annual meeting
Risk Choices and Compensation Design
seminar
2011Federal Reserve Board, Peking University, Midwest Theory Conference (Wisconsin-Madison), Royal Economic Society Annual Meeting
Managerial Manipulation, Stock Prices, and Limited Market Participation
conference
2010SED Annual Meeting, Econometric Society World Congress, Midwest Macro Conference, Journal of Accounting Research Annual Conference (U. Chicago)
Asset Returns Under Earnings Management
seminar
2010Georgetown University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong,
Asset Returns Under Earnings Management
seminar
2009Wharton, Chicago Booth, INSEAD, University of Maryland, Boston University, Cornell University, Carnegie Mellon University
Asset Returns Under Earnings Management
seminar
2009Federal Reserve Board, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, World Bank, Tsinghua University, Peking University
Asset Returns Under Earnings Management
seminar
2008Wharton School of Business, Darden School of Business, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, University of Virginia, Federal Reserve Board
Asset Returns Under Earnings Management
conference
2008Midwest Theory Conference (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Asset Returns Under Earnings Management
Conference Organization
November 2013 | University of Santa Barbara
Laboratory for Aggregate Economics and Finance - Accounting for Accounting in Economics
Co-organizer