Haoyi Yang

Ph.D. in Finance, Culverhouse College of Business, University of Alabama, 2019

B.A. in Mathematics, Westminster College, 2013 (Summa Cum Laude)

Assistant Professor of Finance, Wenzhou-Kean University, 2025-present 

Assistant Professor of Finance, Nanjing University, 2019-2025

Dr. Yang received his Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Alabama in 2019. Before joining Wenzhou-Kean University, he served as an Assistant Professor of Finance at the School of Business, Nanjing University. His research interests lie primarily in empirical corporate finance, with focus on topics related to ESG, DEI, and FinTech.

• Empirical Corporate Finance
• Investment
• ESG
• FinTech

• Investment 
• Financial Management 
• Advanced Financial Management 
• Microeconomics 
• Power BI and Financial Report
• Applied Econometrics

1. “Prosocial CEOs and the Cost of Debt: Evidence from Syndicated Loan Contracts.” (With Chunbo Liu, Liang Xu, and Wenqiao Zhang), Journal of Corporate Finance, 2023 (78), 102316. (ABS 4)

2. “Simultaneous Debt-Equity Holdings and Corporate Tax Avoidance.” (With Tian Tang, Liang Xu, and Xinyan Yan), Journal of Corporate Finance, 2022 (72), 102154. (ABS 4)

3. “Prosocial CEOs and Corporate Tax Avoidance.” (With Liang Xu, Xinyan Yan and Wenqiao Zhang), Journal of Business Ethics, forthcoming (FT 50)

4. “A Dark Side to Options Trading? Evidence from Corporate Default Risk.” (With Shikong Luo), Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 2023 (60), 531–564. (ABS 3)

5. “Private Communication and Management Forecasts: Evidence from Corporate Site Visit.” (With Xiaoqi Chen, C.S. Agnes Cheng, and Jing Xie), Corporate Governance: An International Review, 2022 30(4), 482-497. (ABS 3)

6. “Does the Presence of Institutional Dual Holders Affect Audit Pricing?” (With Yingwen Guo, Liang Xu, and Jing Xue), Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, accepted (ABS 3)

7. “Let’s Take a Smooth Break: Stock Return Predictability Revisited.” (With S. Luo and X. Yan), International Review of Economics & Finance, 2021 (75), 300-314. (ABS 2)

8. 毕鹏、单书进、杨昊峄，企业ESG表现缓解了资产误定价吗，《财会月刊》，2024年08期v.45;No.972 122-129页.