YANG Jialun

PERSONAL PROFILE:

Sex: Female

Assistant professor, Shanghai National Accounting Institute

CFA（Chartered Financial Analysis）

 

EDUCATION:

2010-2014 Shanghai Jiao Tong University: B.A. (Finance )

2014-2016 Tsinghua University: M.A. (Finance )

2018-2020 Dartmouth College, USA：Visiting Scholar (Finance )

2016-2021 Tsinghua University: Ph.D (Finance )

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS & SPECIALITY:

Empirical Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Policy Impact Assessment, Firm Innovation, Venture Capital and IPO

 

Courses:

Financial Theory and Policy, Financial Derivatives, Fixed Income Securities, Private Equity and Alternative Investments

 

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Hong X, Yang, Jialun, Li D,Chen X, Yang C, Wu T. 2024. CEOs’ Poverty Experience and Corporate Digitalization. Management and Organization Review. 20(6):968-987.doi:10.1017/mor.2024.34
2. Yang, Jialun, & Wang, Y.2023. Financial Distress and Innovation: Evidence from the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law. Journal of Tsinghua University (Science and Technology),1452–1466.
3. Yang, Jialun, & Hong, X.2026. Comprehensively Strengthening Scientific Fiscal Management: Interpretation Based on the 2025 Central Economic Work Conference. Internal Auditing in China, (1).
4. Yang, Jialun, Ye, X., & Zhu, Q. 2026. The Advancement Path of Specialized, Refined, Differential and Innovative Enterprises to Become “Single Champion”: Evidence from MicroPort Endovascular. Finance Research, (4).
5. Yang, Jialun, & Zhu, Y. 2020. Salary Regulation, Intra-firm Pay Gap and Innovation: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms. China Journal of Economics, 2020(4). (CSSCI)
6. Yang, Jialun, Zhu, Y., & Sheng, D. 2020. Universities, Corporate Innovation and Geographic Distance: Evidence from China. Investment Research, Lead Article, 39(1): 19–38. (CSSCI)
7. Yang Jialun, Wang Y. Analysis of Margin Trading Effects on Stock’s Volatility and Skewness, Boletín Técnico, 2017, 55(6): 101-111.（EI）
8. Yang Jialun, Feng Y.. Engineer CEOs and Corporate Innovation, Journal of Applied Finance & Banking, 2020,10: 99-115.

 

Working Papers：

1. Education and Innovation: Evidence from China, with Phillips G. (National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, w27107)
2. Active Technological Similarity and Fund Performance, with Wang Y.
3. Analyst Stock Coverage: Forward-looking Insight or False Advertising? — Evidence from China’s A-share Market, with Zhang Y.
4. Smarter VCs or more Innovative firms: the Chance of IPO，with Shen T.（European Finance Association Annual Meeting 2025，Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society 2023）
5. Green Bonds and Firms' Exploratory Green Innovation: An Agency Risk Perspective, with Hong X & Gao Y.

 

Awards:

1. Politecnico di Milano, Italy. 12th International Doctoral Forum in Accounting and Finance, 2019, Best Paper Award.

 

Conferences:

1. Ronald Coase Workshop on Institutional Economics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, 2019
2. Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society (AMES), Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, 2019
3. China Financial Research Conference (CFRC), PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2019
4. New Zealand Finance Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand, 2019
5. American Finance Association (AFA) Annual Meeting, Ph.D. Student Poster Session, San Diego, USA, 2020
6. Tuck School of Business Seminar, Dartmouth College, USA, 2020
7. Florida State University Seminar, USA, 2020
8. University of Illinois Seminar, USA, 2020
9. Zooming in China: A Webinar Series, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2020
10. Five-Star Finance Forum, Shanghai, China, 2020