YAO Tianhao
Full-time Faculty
Assistant Professor of Finance
Lee Kong Chian School of Business
LKCSB
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Education
| 2023 | Ph.D. in Finance, HEC Paris |
| 2017 | M.Sc. in Statistics, University College London |
| 2016 | B.A. in Economics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics |
Current Position(s) Held
| Jul 2023 - Now | Assistant Professor of Finance Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
Research Interests
- Corporate Finance
- Environmental, Social and Governance
- Sustainable Finance
- Asset Management
Research Areas and Areas of Expertise
Strategic Priorities
HighlightsTianhao Yao is an emerging scholar in sustainable finance and ESG investment, recognized for his rigorous research on how ESG education and news impact financial decision-making and firm value.
Bridges empirical finance and sustainability, providing actionable insights for asset management and corporate policy; employs advanced econometric techniques and textual analysis; recognized for methodological rigor and relevance to ESG integration in finance.
Focused research areas include Impact of ESG education on career choices; effects of ESG news on firm value and analyst forecasts; product differentiation and quality in mutual fund industry; sustainable finance mechanisms.
Bridges empirical finance and sustainability, providing actionable insights for asset management and corporate policy; employs advanced econometric techniques and textual analysis; recognized for methodological rigor and relevance to ESG integration in finance.
Focused research areas include Impact of ESG education on career choices; effects of ESG news on firm value and analyst forecasts; product differentiation and quality in mutual fund industry; sustainable finance mechanisms.
Areas of Expertise
ESG investmentsustainable financeasset managementfinancial marketsstatistical analysisproduct differentiation in mutual funds.
Past Awarded Grant
- GREGHEC Research Grant
- HEC Paris Foundation Scholarship
- Prize for the second best MSc student, UCL Department of Statistics (2/79)
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- F Derrien, P Krueger, A Landier, T YaoThe Journal of Finance 80 (6), 3499-3554, 2025
- T Yao, J ZhaoAvailable at SSRN 5757926, 2025
- T YaoAvailable at SSRN 5313509, 2025
- T Duevski, C Rastogi, T YaoSim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics, 2025
- H LIANG, Y SUN, T YAOSingapore Management University, Centre for Management Practice 12 (1), 34, 2025
- T Duevski, C Rastogi, T YaoAvailable at SSRN 4641071, 2023
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Education
| 2023 | Ph.D. in Finance, HEC Paris |
| 2017 | M.Sc. in Statistics, University College London |
| 2016 | B.A. in Economics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics |
Current Position(s) Held
| Jul 2023 - Now | Assistant Professor of Finance Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
Research Interests
- Corporate Finance
- Environmental, Social and Governance
- Sustainable Finance
- Asset Management