Educational Qualifications

2017                    
PhD (Finance), Nanyang Technological University

 

2011                    
BSc (1st Class Honors, Electrical and Electronic Engineering), Nanyang Technological University 

Academic and Professional Experience

2026 -                  
Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2021- 2026           
Associate Professor of Finance (Tenure-track), Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2017 – 2021         
Assistant Professor of Finance (Tenure-track), Shanghai Jiao Tong University                 

Awards and Honours

2025-2027            
National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant (Grant number: 72402130), PI

2024                    
KB Securities Co. Ltd. Best Paper Award

2024                    
CCFSF 2024 Best Paper Award

2023-2026            
National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant (Grant number: 72271157), Co-PI

2021-2024            
National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant (Grant number: 72073097), Co-PI

2021                    
3rd Prize, The 6th SJTU Young Faculty Teaching Competition (Social Sciences Division)

2021                    
1st Prize, The 3rd ACEM Teaching Competition

2020-2023            
National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant (Grant number: 71972131), Co-PI

2017-2023            
SJTU, ACEM Start-up Reseach Fund, PI

2016                    
AFA Student Travel Grant

2011-2015            
NTU, Nanyang President’s Graduate Scholarship

Selected Publications

  • Gao H., Hsu P., Wang Y. “Second-Tier Stock Exchanges and Growth of Entrepreneurship.” Management Science, forthcoming (UTD24; FT50; ABDC A*)
    • Featured in Boston University’s Technology & Policy Research Initiative Newsletter 2025 (weblink)
    • 19th Annual Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets (CAFM) 2024 KB Securities Co. Ltd. Best Paper Award
    • China Corporate Finance Summer Forum (CCFSF) 2024 Best Paper Award
    • Presented at AFA 2024
  • Gao H., Wang Y. (2026) “The Spillover Effect of US Stock Market Regulation on Global Entrepreneurship: Evidence from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.” Finance Research Letters 102 (2026), 110051 (ABDC A)
  • Gao H.,Wang Y. (2025) “Tariff Uncertainty and Cost of Debt: Evidence from United States-China Permanent Normal Trade Relations.” Journal of Banking and Finance.178: 107515. (ABDC A*)
  • Chen T., Gao H., Wang Y. (2021) “Tariff Uncertainty and Firm Innovation: Evidence from the US-China Permanent Normal Trade Relation.” Journal of Empirical Finance, 62(6): 12-27. (ABDC A)
    • Presented at CICF 2018
  • Hwang C., Titman S.,Wang Y. (2018) “Is it Who You Know or What You Know? Evidence from IPO Allocations and Mutual Fund Performance.” Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 53(6): 2491-2813. (FT50; ABDC A*)
    • Presented at CICF 2015
    • Presented at AFA 2014

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