Lu Liu

Lu Liu is an Assistant Professor in Finance at Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, with a focus on climate and sustainable finance, social and economic networks, and household finance. She is affiliated with the Emerging Markets Cross-Cultural Research Group, which studies emerging markets using interdisciplinary methods.

Her research interests include:

• Climate and sustainable finance
• Corporate and social networks
• International finance
• Household finance

Her recent publications analyze trends in:

• Corporate environmental actions driven by competitive pressure (2025)
• Propagation of environmental performance in corporate networks (2024)
• Institutional quality's role in stock market participation (2024)
• Learning channels' impact on financial decisions (2022)
• Cross-border asset holdings' influence on bond markets (2018)

She teaches Advanced Financial Empirical Research in the Master's program. Her methodological approach combines spatial econometrics and network analysis to study financial phenomena.