Dr. Jiaquan YAO (姚加权), Professor of Finance
Office Address: School of Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou,   Guangdong, China 510632
Research Interests:  Corporate Finance, FinTech, Labor and Finance, Empirical Asset Pricing, Textual Analysis, Machine Learning
Email: YAOJ0002[AT]e.ntu.edu.sg
 Academic Experience
  • School of Management, Jinan University
             Professor of Finance, 2017.07 to present
  • Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics, Xiamen University 
             Assistant Professor of Finance, 2014.09 to 2017.06
  • Department of Finance, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
​             Visiting PhD Student, 04-05/2014

Education
  • Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
             Ph.D. in Finance
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
             M.A. in Economics (Econometrics)
             B.Eng. in Information Engineering (with distinction)

Awards      
  • 2020           Excellent Paper Award at Conference on Financial Systems Engineering and Risk Management (2 papers)
  • 2019           Champion Team at Amazon Deep Learning Hackathon, Beijing
  • 2017           Supervisor for National Excellent Master Thesis in Finance (18 theses selected countrywide)
  • 2016           Excellent Teaching Award, Xiamen University
  • 2013           Best Paper Award at the National Forum for PhD Students in Quantitative Economics
  • 2012           Doctoral Student Travel Grant Award sponsored by the American Finance Association
  • 2011           Best Paper Award at 19th Conference on the Theories and Practices of Securities and Financial Markets

Services
  • Referee：
             Review of Finance, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Business, Finance & Accounting, China  
             Economic Review, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies, China Finance Review
             International, Management World (In Chinese), Journal of Management Sciences in China (In Chinese)
  • Committee Member：
             Guangzhou Digital Finance Association