Charter Financial Analyst (CFA®), CFA Institute. (June 2006 – Present).
Financial Management Association. (2013 – Present).
Multinational Finance Society. (2009 – Present).
CFA Institute. (2006 – Present).
Southwest University of Finance and Economics, Investment, Summer 2019.
Southwest University of Finance and Economics, Investment, Summer 2018.
Southwest University of Finance and Economics, Investment, 2017.
Dissertation Committee Chair,"The Real Equity Premium Puzzle," Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (December 15, 2021 – Present).
Dissertation Committee Co-Chair,"Essays on Investment," Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (December 1, 2021 – Present).
Dissertation Committee Chair,"Essays on Short Sale," Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (May 1, 2021 – Present).
Dissertation Committee Chair,"The profitability puzzle of cross-sectional stock returns," Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (December 1, 2020 – Present).
Dissertation Committee Member,"industry momentum and market state," Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (September 2014 – Present).
Dissertation Committee Co-Chair,"The Small size puzzle and acquisition premium," Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (December 15, 2020 – July 15, 2022).
Dissertation Committee Member,"Determinants of portfolio manager ownership," Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (September 1, 2019 – March 21, 2022).
Dissertation Committee Member,"Impacts of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) on firm performance," Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (December 1, 2018 – 2021).
Dissertation Committee Chair,"Analysts forecast, implied cost of capital and value premium puzzle," Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (September 1, 2018 – July 6, 2020).
Dissertation Committee Chair,"Penny stock, risk and return," Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (September 1, 2018 – May 22, 2020).
Dissertation Committee Chair,"Impact of Market State on Momentum Portfolio Risk and Performance: A Risk-based Explanation," Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (September 2016 – October 25, 2019).
Dissertation Committee Member,"Relationship between Lines of Credit and firm value," Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (December 1, 2018 – August 30, 2019).
Dissertation Committee Member,"An Investigation of the Value of Bank Capital in the Context of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Banking Industry," Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (September 1, 2016 – June 1, 2018).
Dissertation Committee Co-Chair,"Is 100 Percent Debt Optimal? A Study of Aggressive Capital Structure and Myth of Negative Book Equity Firms," Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (September 2013 – April 2016).
Dissertation Committee Member, Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (September 2013 – May 2015).
Dissertation Committee Member, Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (January 2013 – December 2014).
Dissertation Committee Member,"the impact of Fed Funds rate on equity valuation," Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (January 2012 – April 2013).
Liu, Y. (Author), 2016 China Meeting of the Econometric Society, Is 100 percent debt optimal? Revisiting the capital structure puzzle, the Econometric Society, ChengDu, China. (2016).
Liu, Y. (Author), 2015 Annual Conference of Financial Management Association, Is Competitive Advantage an Advantage for Stock Investors, Financial Management Association, Orlando, United States of America. (2015).
Liu, Y. (Author & Presenter), World Finance Conference, Impact of Market State on Momentum Portfolio Risk and Performance: A Risk-based Explanation., Turin, Italy, Italy. (2022 – 2022).
Liu, Y. (Author & Presenter), Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance, Impact of Market State on Momentum Portfolio Risk and Performance: A Risk-based Explanation., Singapore, Singapore. (2019 – 2019).
Liu, Y. (Author), The 30th Asian Finance Association Annual Meeting, Is 100 Percent Debt Optimal? A Study of the Aggressive Capital Structure and Myth of Negative Book Equity Firms, Asian Finance Associatio, Tokyo, Japan, Japan. (2018 – 2018).
Liu, Y. (Author), 2017 Multinational Finance Society Annual Meeting, Is 100 percent debt optimal? A study of aggressive capital structure and myth of negative book equity firms, Multinational Finance Society, Bucharest, Romania, Romania. (2017 – 2017).
Liu, Y. (Author), China Meeting of the Econometric Society, Is 100 percent debt optimal? A study of aggressive capital structure and myth of negative book equity firms, Econometric Society, WuHa, China, China. (2017 – 2017).
2019 Summer Research Grant Award, G. Brint Ryan College of Business, UNT. (May 17, 2019 – November 15, 2019).
Member, RCoB Doctoral Program Committee. (September 2020 – Present).
Member, Faculty Search Committee. (September 2017 – Present).
Program Coordinator, Finance PhD Program Committee. (September 2017 – Present).
Faculty Advisor, UNT Chinese Student and Scholar Association (CSSA). (2015 – Present).
Member, Faculty Advisory Council forᅠᅠᅠUNT Student Investment Group (SIG). (2013 – Present).
Faculty Advisor, Faculty Advisor for Ascend-Pan Asian Professional Leaders, UNT Student Chapter. (2011 – Present).
Committee Member, CFA student Scholarship. (2008 – Present).
Member, Library Liaison. (September 2017 – 2019).
Faculty Advisor, CFA Investment Research Challenge. (2011 – 2019).
Faculty Advisor, Faculty Advisor for UNT Student Investment Group. (September 2015 – September 2019).
Member, Journal Committee. (2017 – 2017).
Member, Finance Doctoral Program Committee. (2011 – 2017).
Personal Affairs Committee. (2012 – 2013).
Other Institutional Service Activities, Professional Leadership Program, FIREL Liaison. (2011 – 2013).
Assessment Committee. (2011 – 2012).
Faculty Advisory Council forᅠᅠᅠUNT Student Investment Group (SIG). (2009 – 2011).
Texas Investment Portfolio Symposium-Competition of Student Managed Funds. (2010 – 2010).
New UNT Students Mentoring Program. (2009 – 2009).
UNT Chinese Student and Scholar Association (CSSA) faculty advisor. (2009 – 2009).
Reviewer, Journal Article, American Business Review. (2021 – Present).
Reviewer, Journal Article, International Journal of Bank Marketing. (2021 – Present).
Reviewer, Journal Article, International Review of Economics and Finance. (2019 – Present).
Reviewer, Journal Article, MULTINATIONAL FINANCE JOURNAL. (2017 – Present).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Review of Accounting and Finance. (2017 – Present).
Member, Financial Management Association. (2009 – Present).
Member, Chartered Financial Analysts Association. (2005 – Present).