Renping Li

Finance PhD from WashU. Research in AI & FinTech, financial intermediation, and corporate governance.

[Ben Golub @ben_golub]

The great Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham did a series of videos with Markus Brunnermeier on Claude Code (more to come)

[Tania Babina 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @TaniaBabina]

I am hiring a full-time pre-doctoral research assistant to work on studying the economic impact of AI: how AI affects firms, workers, and financial markets.

Apply by March 31: https://t.co/nuXO13hh29
Learn about my work: https://t.co/fLgBa8CzjB

[Asaf Manela @AsafManela]

Join us tomorrow if you're interested in using LLMs for measurement or prediction

[Manish Jha @mjha91]

Thank you so much for featuring our research work :)

[Tim de Silva @timdesilva]

Thanks @StanfordGSB for covering my job market paper. While the paper is about student loan contract design, there’s lots of room to apply these ideas to creative other more state-contingent household finance contracts!

https://t.co/ps8mTDdfdO

[Renping Li @RenpingLi]

Be sure to check out other great work by Cédric! He’s also presenting in the “Value Creation by Mergers and Acquisitions” session at AFA Philadelphia.

[Renping Li @RenpingLi]

Ever wonder which bank your employer borrows from? Cédric Huylebroek (KU Leuven) finds that when your bank and your employer’s bank face credit shocks, your income and spending fall the most—showing how banking concentration amplifies shock transmission.

[Cédric Huylebroek @HuylebroekC]

I’m on the #EconJobMarket! 👋

Economists have long debated if credit shocks to firms or to households have the largest impact on the economy.

But prior research couldn’t separate shocks affecting
(i) only firms
(ii) only households
(iii) both

𝐌𝐲 𝐉𝐌𝐏 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐩.
A JMP 🧵 (1/10)

[Tim de Silva @timdesilva]

Great paper! Keep an eye out for Chris!

[Tim de Silva @timdesilva]

New (short) paper with @TahaChoukhmane + Sudipto Banerjee & Louisa Schafer from @TRowePrice! Very fun academic-industry collaboration.

Main takeaway: preferences become more diverse with age, which introduces scope for more personalized retirement solutions.

Links below!

[Asaf Manela @AsafManela]

🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨
Submit to the 21st Annual Olin Finance Conference @WashUOlin, Oct 16–17, 2025.
Topics: asset pricing, corp finance, behavioral, more.
Deadline: July 13
Details: https://t.co/SCO5WxEfCW

#econtwitter

[Cédric Huylebroek @HuylebroekC]

🥁🥁🥁 NEW PAPER: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐁𝐮𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬

A short thread 🧵

[Tania Babina 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @TaniaBabina]

Excited to share the program for my second AI in Finance research conference on June 10 at the University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business!
https://t.co/2RrcH3qDaC

The research focus is on the economic impact of AI in financial markets and applications.

[Dan Garrett @DangGarrett]

The Virtual Municipal Finance Workshop meets TOMORROW, 4/30, at 11am EDT!

Our presentations will be by Hala Moussawi (Stanford) and Renping Li (WUSTL) covering topics in municipal finance and taxation and competition.

Papers and Zoom link: https://t.co/QJJ9tvFz8x

[Tania Babina 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @TaniaBabina]

I agree!

[Kristoph Kleiner @KleinerKristoph]

Last Day to Submit to the IU Holden Conference!

[Margarita Tsoutsoura @M_Tsoutsoura]

In our latest paper, co-authored with Elisabeth Kempf and Mancy Luo, we examine how the political ideology of corporate leaders influences cross-border firm relationships. We demonstrate that U.S. firms are more likely to terminate trade relationships with countries led by governments whose ideologies become increasingly distant from those of their CEOs. Our findings highlight the significant role of CEO ideology in shaping the formation and persistence of international firm networks. 1/n

[John M Barrios🇨🇺🇺🇦 @Barrios_Econ]

New Working Paper: Perfect time to discuss conflict of interest and research credibility 👍🏻

[Manish Jha @mjha91]

Thank you for covering our research! In this paper, we utilize generative AI to extract and aggregate managerial expectations about the economy 🔮

[Songrun He @hesongrun]

🚀 Introducing ChronoBERT: A Chronologically Consistent Language Model ⏳📜

Excited to share ChronoBERT, a joint work with @LinyingLyu , @AsafManela , and @jimmywucm ! Our new pre-trained language model ensures no lookahead bias and strong language understanding! 🧠✨

[Anya Nakhmurina @Annut]

📈🏙️ In a new paper with Ramona Dagostino, we find that cities governed by the same party as a governor not only borrow cheaper on the muni bond market but also experience real effects. Yale Insights did a nice summary of the paper: https://t.co/teHkYQYLU8