Dr Yang Gao

About me:

Yang Gao joined the University of Exeter Business School as a Lecturer in Finance in September 2023. He received his PhD in Finance from the University of Birmingham in July 2023. 

His research focuses on empirical corporate finance, corporate governance, and sustainability. He examines how regulatory shocks, information environments, and stakeholder pressures shape corporate behaviour and economic outcomes.

His research has been published in leading academic journals, including The Accounting Review, and presented at major international conferences, such as the American Finance Association (AFA) Annual Meeting and the China International Conference in Finance (CICF).

Selected Working Papers:

1. “Inequality Grows in Silence: The Impact of Newspaper Closures on CEO-Worker Pay Disparity”, with Jie Chen and Cheng (Colin) Zeng, The Accounting Review, forthcoming.

• On the 2024 CICF program

2. “Do Consumers Care about Pay Inequality? Evidence from Household Purchasing”, with Konstantinos Bozos, Jie Chen, Xuan Tian, and Jiayi Yuan 

• On the 2025 CICF and 2026 AFA program