Yuan Tao

Education Background

• Ph.D. in Finance, City University of Hong Kong, 2015-2019
• M.Phil. in Finance, Lingnan University, 2013-2015
• B.A. in Energy and Power Engineering and Finance (Minor), Xi'an Jiaotong University, 2008-2012

Research Interests

• Empirical corporate finance; Accountancy

Teaching

• Financial Management (Undergraduate Level)
• Applied Econometrics (Ph.D Level)

Publications

1. “Does Political Corruption Impede Firm Innovation? Evidence From the United States” (with Qianqian Huang), Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2021,56(1),213-248.
2. "Trademark and IPO Underpricing" (With Bin Yang) Financial Management, 2022, 51: 271– 296.
3. "Green Credit Policy and Corporate Cash Holdings: Evidence From China" (With Weiping Li and Xiaoqi Chen), Accounting and Finance, Accepted

Working Papers

1. Political corruption and accounting Conservatism (with Lingmin Xie and Jeong Bon Kim)
2. Trademark and IPO underpricing (With Bin Yang)
3. Board interlock and contagion effect of financial misreporting: Evidence from bank loans
   

Research Grant

• Strategic Research Grant, City University of Hong Kong, 2016-2018
• Start-up Research Grant, Nanjing University, 2019-2022

Awards

• NanjingU Research New Star award, 2019
• CityU Ph.D. Research Excellence Award, 2019
• CFA Charterholder, 2018
  
• AFA Ph.D. Student Travel Grant, 2018
  
• CityU Best Summer Paper Award to Junior Ph.D. Students, 2017
  
• CFA Student Scholarship, 2016
  

Conference Participation

• FMA Asia/Pacific Conference, 2019
• AFA Ph.D. Poster Session, 2018
  
• 30th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference and Ph.D. Forum, 2017
• 2nd Entrepreneurial Finance Conference, 2017

Professional Affiliation

• Charted Financial AnalystⓇ, Charter holder
  
• Member of AFA, WFA, FMA, Beta Gamma Sigma.