Yue Zhao
Assistant Professor in Accounting
City University of Hong Kong
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I am Yue (Michael) Zhao. I joined City University of Hong Kong as Assistant Professor in Accounting in July 2026.
My research focuses on empirical financial accounting. My recent work aims to understand the economic consequences of Generative AI adoption in corporate and market settings. My research has been accepted by Journal of Accounting and Economics and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
I have been studying accounting since 2014, earning my B.A. (2018), M.A. (2020), and Ph.D. (2023) in Accounting from Renmin University of China (RUC), where I received the Wu Yuzhang Scholarship and the National Scholarship. In 2021, I moved to Singapore to pursue my second Ph.D. in Accounting at Singapore Management University (SMU), where I was awarded the Presidential Fellowship in 2023 and 2024. I earned my Ph.D. in Accounting from SMU in 2026.
Email: yzhao875@cityu.edu.hk
Research Updates
Research Updates
[Jan. 2026] I presented the paper "Pollution Information Program, Public Awareness, and Corporate Environmental Investments " at FARS Midyear Meeting 2026.
[Nov. 2025] I presented my job market paper "Open-source Generative AI and Firm Value: Evidence from the Release of DeepSeek" at City University of Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, and EAA Talent Workshop.
[Oct. 2025] I presented my job market paper "Open-source Generative AI and Firm Value: Evidence from the Release of DeepSeek" at SMU-LKCSB (Finance) Brown Bag Seminar.
[Aug. 2025] The paper "Does Generative AI Facilitate Investor Trading? Early Evidence from ChatGPT Outages" with Qiang Cheng and Pengkai Lin was accepted by Journal of Accounting and Economics.
[Jul. 2025] I presented my job market paper "Open-source Generative AI and Firm Value: Evidence from the Release of DeepSeek" at SMU-SOAR Brown Bag Seminar.
[Apr. 2025] The paper "Institutional Cross-Ownership of Peer Firms and Revelatory Price Efficiency" with Young Jun Cho and Holly Yang was accepted by Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
Recent Conference Participation
Recent Conference Participation
(P: presentation, D: discussion, M: moderator)
[Jan. 2026] FARS Midyear Meeting (P)
[Nov. 2025] EAA Talent Workshop (P)
[Aug. 2025] AAA Annual Meeting (P, D, M)
[Jul. 2025] China International Conference in Finance (P); HKU Accounting Summer Conference; SMU-SOAR Brown Bag (P)
[Jun. 2025] CUHK-Shenzhen Forum of Asian Accounting Scholars
[May 2025] Singapore Rising Scholars Conference (P) (Best Paper); Inaugural HKU Governance and Sustainability PhD Workshop
[Jan. 2025] FARS Midyear Meeting (P)
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