Mengchuan Fu

  • Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Finance, Finance

Research Interests

Fintech, Corporate finance, Machine learning

Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions

Journal Articles


  • Fu, M., Meles, A., Salerno, D., Yan, A. (2026). ESG activities and stock liquidity. Journal of Financial Stability, (84) Issue (Link)
  • Bilokha, A., Cheng, M., Fu, M., Hasan, I. (2025). Understanding CSR champions: a machine learning approach. Annals of Operations Research, (347) Issue 1 (Link)
  • Colak, G., Fu, M., Hasan, I. (2025). Predicting IPO first-day returns: Evidence from machine learning analyses*. Journal of Banking and Finance, (178) Issue (Link)
  • Fu, M., Yu, D., Zhou, D. (2023). Secret Recipe of IPO survival: ESG disclosure and performance. Financial markets, institutions & instruments, (32) 1 19-Mar.
  • Colak, G., Fu, M., Hasan, I. (2022). On modeling IPO failure risk. Economic Modelling, (109) Issue (Link)
  • Afzali, M., Ҫolak, G., Fu, M. (2021). Economic uncertainty and corruption: Evidence from public and private firms. Journal of Financial Stability, (57)
  • Meles, A., Salerno, D., Sampagnaro, G., Fu, M. (2021). The going-public decision and firm risk. Journal of Financial Stability, (54) Issue (Link)
  • Colak, G., Fu, M., Hasan, I. (2020). Why are some Chinese firms failing in the US capital markets? A machine learning approach. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal