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Dr Yang Zhao (赵阳)
I am an Associate Professor of Finance at the Central University of Finance and Economics. I am also currently serving as the Associate Editor of the Journal of Forecasting and the Guest Editor of Economic Modelling. I received my PhD in Quantitative Finance from the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow. My main research interests are broadly in quantitative finance, risk management, ESG, and FinTech. My research has been published in many ABS 4* and 3* journals, including the Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance, British Journal of Management, International Journal of Forecasting, and Journal of Futures Markets, etc.
Current position:
Associate Professor of Finance
Chinese Academy of Finance and Development (CAFD)
Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE)
Email: yangzhao@cufe.edu.cn
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7833-1657
Professional activities:
February 2022 - present Associate Editor, Journal of Forecasting.
July 2022 - present Guest Editor, Economic Modelling, Special Issue on Fintech and Digital Finance
Education:
PhD in Quantitative Finance, 2011 Sep - 2016 June;
Department of Economics, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, UK;
MSc in Finance, 2009 Sep - 2010 Sep, University of Essex, UK;
Bachelor in Statistics, 2005 Sep - 2009 Sep, JUFE, China;
Bachelor in Finance, 2006 Sep - 2009 Sep, JUFE, China;
Other experience:
Assistant Professor in Finance, CUFE, 2018 - 2021.
Assistant Professor in Finance, JUFE, 2016 - 2018.
Visiting Researcher in the Department of Financial Engineering, Founder Securities Co., Ltd.
