Kayla Freeman
- Assistant Professor, Department of Finance
B326 Amos Hall
Education
- PhD, Finance, Indiana University, 2019
- MS, Finance, Indiana University, 2016
- BS, Finance, Indiana University, 2014
Research Interests
- Empirical corporate finance
- Supply chain finance and trade credit
- Institutional ownership
- Financial intermediation
Publications
Working Papers
- “(Don’t) Feed the Mouth that Bites: Trade Credit Strategies Among Rival Customers Sharing Suppliers” with Jie (Jack) He, Han Xia, and Liyan Yang (SSRN link)
- “Social Capital and Interfirm Cooperation: The Impact of a Religious Scandal on Trade Credit” with Quentin Dupont (SSRN Link)
- “One Sows and Another Reaps: Outsourcing Innovation to Suppliers.” (SSRN link)
- “When Push Comes to Shove: Selective Trade Credit Generosity in a Global Pandemic” (SSRN link)
- “The Hidden Risk of a Safe Customer: Regulatory Fragmentation and Government Contracting,” with Jon Kalodimos (SSRN link)
Journal Articles
- Freeman, K. M. (2025). Overlapping ownership along the supply chain. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 60(1), 105-134. (Link to online publication)
- Freeman, K. M. (2025). The lender’s lender: Trade credit and the monitoring role of banks. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 60(6), 2649-2677. (Link to online publication)
- Billett, M., Freeman, K., & Gao, J. (2025). Access to debt and the provision of trade credit. Management Science. (Link to online publication)
