Office: RBC 407C  Phone: 610-758-2919 Email: yym209@lehigh.edu

Perella Department of Finance:  Assistant Professor

Education
-  Williams College, B.A.
-  University of Utah, Ph.D.

Yung-Yu Ma joined the Perella Department of Finance in 2009.  Prior to joining academia, Professor Ma worked in the Greater China Strategic Services Group of Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), and also served as a country manager in Asia for a U.S. multinational manufacturing company. 

He has presented research papers at the Western Finance Association and Financial Management Association conferences, and his research on bankruptcy restructuring has been featured in both Maclean’s and the Wall Street Journal.

Research Interests

• Financial distress and bankruptcy restructuring
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Corporate finance
• Investments

Publications and Working Papers

• Survival of the fittest?  Financial and economic distress and restructuring outcomes in Chapter 11
• Firm unionization and bankruptcy restructuring
• The road to ruin

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