Song Ma is a Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at Yale School of Management (SOM) 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. Professor Ma’s main areas of expertise are innovation economics, financial economics, AI, and big data. His research also spans corporate strategy, industrial organization, antitrust, labor, and business law. His research has been featured in top academic journals such as the Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies, and won numerous research awards. His research has also been referenced by legislators and policymakers around the world, including the Federal Trade Commission, the EU Competition Commission, and the UK Competition and Markets Authority. Professor Ma has been quoted or interviewed by numerous media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The New York Times, and Forbes. Professor Ma was recognized as Poets & Quants 40 under 40 Best Business School Professor in 2021. Professor Ma received his PhD in Finance from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business in 2016, and was awarded the 2016 Top Finance Graduate Award. He obtained his BA in Economics from Zhejiang University in 2010.