Dr Jerry CAO

Associate Director(Administration and Knowledge Transfer) of Research Centre for ESG
Associate Professor
Department of Economics and Finance

Academic & Professional Qualifications

PhD in Finance (Boston College)
MA in Economics (Western University)
BA in Economics (HUST, China)

Biography

Dr. Jerry Cao is an Associate Professor of Finance in the Department of Economics and Finance at The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. He graduated from Boston College with a PhD in Finance, under the supervision of Professor Josh Lerner from Harvard Business School. Dr. Cao is an expert in finance, innovation, and entrepreneurship, and has developed a growing interest in Fintech and quantitative trading.Dr. Jerry Cao currently serves as an associate editor for Economic Modelling and is on the editorial board for Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. Additionally, he regularly acts as a guest editor for the Pacific Basin Finance Journal. His publication record includes over 20 papers in prestigious journals such as JFE, MS, JFQA, JCF and JBF.Dr. Cao has received numerous awards, including Best Paper in FMA and various academic conferences. He was also a recipient of the Lee Foundation Fellowship in Singapore and MAS Appreciation Award for being a regular speaker at Finance Literacy Education events for the Singapore government.

Intellectual Contributions (Publications, Conferences, Books, Book Chapters, etc.)

  • Li Yong, Jerry Cao, Wenlian Lin, Sili Zhou, Political Affinity, Multilateralism and Foreign Direct Investment Worldwide. Journal of International Financial Market, Institution and Money, Vol 94, 2024. (ABDC: A)
  • Jerry Cao, William Megginson, Yong Li, Xiaojuan Liu, Foreign Institutional Investors’ Certification and Domestic Minority Shareholders’ Mistrust, Financial Management, March 2024. (ABDC: A)
  • Warren Bailey, Jerry Cao, Ivy Yang, Alex Zhou, Who Leads and Who Follows? The Cross-Border Peer Effect in Investment by Chinese and U.S. Firms, Journal of International Economics, Vol 147, 2024. (ABDC: A*)
  • Ivy Yang, Jianhua Liu, Xiaping Cao, Wenlian Lin. The Gatekeeping Role of Regulator and Intermediaries: Evidence from Regulatory Reforms in Chinese IPO Market, Economic Modelling, 2023, Vol 120, Pages 1-25. (ABDC: A)
  • Yuchen Wang, Xiaoming Wang, Jerry Cao. Does Price Limit Improve Price Discovery, Evidence from A Quasi-natural Experiment in Chinese IPO Market. Pacific Basin Finance Journal, 2023, Vol 82. (ABDC: A)
  • Jerry Cao, Hanyang Wang, Alex Zhou, Corporate site visit and Dividend Payout, Evidence from China, Journal of Corporate Finance, 2022, Vol 75, Pages 697-716. (ABDC: A*)