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Song Ma is a Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at Yale School of Management and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). He is also an affiliated faculty member at Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law and Yale SOM Program on Entrepreneurship, having joined Yale SOM Faculty in 2016.
His educational background includes:
- PhD in Finance from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business (2016)
- BA in Economics from Zhejiang University (2010)
Professor Ma's research primarily focuses on innovation economics, entrepreneurship, financial economics, AI, and big data. His work extends to corporate strategy, industrial organization, antitrust, labor, and business law. He has made significant contributions to understanding how innovation interacts with financial markets, corporate strategy, and competition policy, particularly through his influential 'Killer Acquisitions' paper which has been cited in Congressional antitrust reports and lawsuits against major tech companies.
His recent publications demonstrate an interdisciplinary approach combining finance, economics, and data science methodologies. Many papers examine the intersection of innovation and corporate finance, with increasing incorporation of AI and big data techniques as seen in his video analysis research. His work shows evolution from traditional finance topics toward more policy-relevant research with real-world impact on antitrust regulation and innovation policy.
Professor Ma has received numerous prestigious awards:
- 2023 Best Paper Award, China International Conference in Finance
- 2022 Best Paper on Competition Economics, Association of Competition Economics
- 2022 Jerry S. Cohen Award for Antitrust Scholarship
- 2021 GARP Best Paper in Risk Management Award
- 40 Under 40 Best Business School Professors by Poets & Quants (2021)
- Robert F. Lanzillotti Prize for Antitrust Economics (2020)
- Jensen Prize for Best Paper on Corporate Finance (2019)
In teaching, Professor Ma delivers popular courses including 'Entrepreneurial Finance,' 'Venture Capital and Private Equity,' and 'Finance and the Society.' He co-organizes WEFI (Workshop on Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation), a bi-weekly virtual research forum. His research has been referenced by major regulatory bodies worldwide including the FTC, EU Competition Commission, and UK Competition and Markets Authority, and featured in leading media outlets like Wall Street Journal and New York Times. Professor Ma actively incorporates new data science technologies into his empirical economic research, focusing on unstructured data analysis and machine learning applications.
