Yanduo Chen 陈彦多

Welcome

I am a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Accountancy, Singapore Management University (SMU). From January to May 2026, I was a visiting Ph.D. student at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. I am on the 2026-2027 job market.

My research focuses on how political forces (both inside and outside the firms) and macroeconomic forces shape firms’ decisions.

My job market paper examines how populism pressure affects CEO compensation. CEO pay grows about 5 percent less after a state elects a populist governor, even though no pay rules change. Boards also restructure compensation contracts to make them more politically acceptable.

I hold a B.Sc in Mathematics (2020) from Zhejiang University, China. I joined SMU in 2022 and received the Presidential Doctoral Fellowship in 2025.

Email: yanduo.chen.2022@phdacc.smu.edu.sg

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