Xiaodan Gao

Education

• 2007-2013 University of British Columbia, PhD in Economics
• 2006-2007 University of British Columbia, MA in Economics
• 2002-2006 Zhejiang University, Chu Kochen Honors College, BA in Finance

Working Experiences

• 2019 - present Renmin University of China, Assistant Professor
• 2013-2019 National University of Singapore, Assistant Professor

Research Interests

Corporate Finance, Macroeconomics

Publications

Selected Academic Articles:

1. Limited Participation in International Business Cycle Models: A Formal Evaluation (with Viktoria Hnatkovska and Vadim Marmer), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 39, 2014
2. Corporate Cash Hoarding: The Role of Just-in-Time Adoption, Management Science, Vol. 64, No. 10, 2018
3. Corporate Money Demand (with Toni Whited and Na Zhang), forthcoming, Review of Financial Studies
4. R&D Dynamics and Corporate Cash Saving (with Jake Zhao), Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 43, January 2022, 263-285
5. Corporate Money Demand (with Toni Whited and Na Zhang), Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 34, No. 4, April 2021, 1834-1866

Presentations at Academic Meetings:

• 2019: CICF
• 2018: AFA
• 2017: EFA
• 2015: AFA, EFA
• 2014: AFA
• 2013: CICF, EEA

Services & Awards

Key community services

• American Accounting Association (AAA), Member

Honors and Awards

• Doctoral Student Award, 17th Annual Symposium on Ethics Research in Accounting, 2012
• Department Scholarship, Washington State University, 2010
• PricewaterhouseCoopers Scholarship, Michigan State University, 2008
• Becker CPA Review Scholarship, Michigan State University, 2008