ZHANG，Yimeng　(チャン　イメン)

Education

2026 Kyoto University, Ph.D. in Econ

2023 Kyoto University, M.A.  in Econ

2021 Renmin University of China & Kyushu University, M.A.  in Econ

2018 Renmin University of China, B.A. in Econ

Publications

"The impact of judicial independence on the corporate debt financing cost − Empirical evidence from China",with Yufei Zhang, Yijun Yu and Tengjiao He (2026) Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, 22.

"Listing, economic policy uncertainty, and risk-taking behavior in private-sector firms in China: Strategic growth versus political connections", with Go Yano, Maho Shiraishi, Xiao Zhang (2026) The Developing Economies, 1–19.

Working Papers

"Be social, be innovative: CEO network centrality and firm innovation" (first author, with Maho Shiraishi, Go Yano)

"Loosen the ties that bind: interprovincial circuit tribunals and politically biased court outcomes" (first author, with Go Yano, Maho Shiraishi, Gang Xu)

"Non-politically connected firms: insights from China" (with Go Yano, Maho Shiraishi)

"Less is more: media regulation, news coverage quality and corporate governance" (first author)

Presentations

2026 Royal Economic Society Annual Conference (Newcastle)

2026 APL seminar of IDE-JETRO (Chiba) [Invited]

2026 Japanese Economic Association Spring Meeting (Osaka)

2026 NTU-KU-NCCU Joint Workshop (Taipei)

2025 7th China International Forum on Finance and Policy (Beijing) [the Outstanding Paper]

2025 China Economics Annual Conference (Shanghai)

2025 20th International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association (Manila)

2025 Scottish Economic Society Annual Conference (Glasgow)

Teaching

2024, 2025, 2026 Spring Statistics II TA (Undergraduate), Kyoto University

2024, 2025 Autumn Sustainable Industrial Development TA (Graduate), Kyoto University

Grants & Awards

2023–2026 Japan Science and Technology Agency SPRING Fellow

2023 SMBC Scholarship

2023 Best Master Dissertation Award

2021 JASSO Scholarship

Research & Technical Skills

Statistical Analysis & Visualization: Stata, R, Tableau, Microsoft Office

Programming & Data Processing: Python, LaTeX

Network & Spatial Analysis: UCINET, ArcGIS

Languages: Mandarin Chinese (Native), English (Fluent, TOEFL 102), Japanese (Business, JLPT N1)