Huasheng Gao

Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University

Beijing West District Baiyun Load 10th

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1.

Stakeholder Orientation and the Cost of Debt: Evidence from State-level Adoption of Constituency Statutes

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 03 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 14 May 2020
Huasheng Gao, Kai Li and Yujing Ma
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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stakeholder orientation; constituency statutes; bank loans; cost of debt; corporate social responsibility; debt overhang; legal risk; takeover deterrence

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Determinants of Corporate Cash Policy: Insights from Private Firms

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2013
Huasheng Gao, Jarrad Harford and Kai Li
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, University of Washington and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business
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cash holdings, financing frictions, agency conflicts, private firms, excess cash, speed of adjustment

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Human Capital Driven Acquisition: Evidence from the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 11 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2020
Deqiu Chen, Huasheng Gao and Yujing Ma
University of International Business and Economics, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Acquisition, Human Capital, Labor Market Friction, Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine

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Born Leaders: The Relative-Age Effect and Managerial Success

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Born Leaders: The Relative-Age Effect and Managerial Success

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2009
Qianqian Du, Huasheng Gao and Maurice D. Levi
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business
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Relative age, CEO birthdate, corporate performance

Born Leaders: The Relative-Age Effect and Managerial Success

AFA 2011 Denver Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2010
Qianqian Du, Huasheng Gao and Maurice D. Levi
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business
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Relative-age, CEO birthdate, corporate performance

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Do Prostitution Laws Turn a John into a Rapist? Evidence from Europe

Journal of Law and Economics forthcoming
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 11 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2022
Huasheng Gao and Vanya Petrova
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and Fudan University
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Prostitution, Rape, Commercial Sex, Sex Crime

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Are CEOs in Public U.S. Firms Overpaid? New Evidence from Private Firms

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 17 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2012
Huasheng Gao, Kai Li and Michael L. Lemmon
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business and University of Utah - Department of Finance
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CEO annual compensation; equity incentives; pay structure; pay-performance sensitivity; private firms; public firms

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A Comparison of CEO Pay-Performance Sensitivity in Privately-Held and Public Firms

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 30 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2015
Huasheng Gao and Kai Li
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business
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CEO pay; ownership concentration; pay-performance sensitivity; privately-held firms

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Determinants of Corporate Cash Policy: A Comparison of Public and Private Firms

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 11 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2012
Huasheng Gao, Jarrad Harford and Kai Li
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, University of Washington and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business
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Cash Holdings, Cash-to-Cash Flow Sensitivity, Agency Conflicts, Financing Frictions, Private Firms

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The Real Effect of Smoking Bans: Evidence from Corporate Innovation

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 13 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2020
Huasheng Gao, Po-Hsuan Hsu, Kai Li and Jin Zhang
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, National Tsing Hua University - Department of Quantitative Finance, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business and Monash University
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Innovation, Smoking Bans, Patent, Patent Citation, Inventor Productivity, Inventor Relocation

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CEO Turnover-Performance Sensitivities in Private Firms

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 11 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2015
Huasheng Gao, Jarrad Harford and Kai Li
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, University of Washington and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business
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agency problems; CEO turnover; CEO turnover-performance sensitivity; investor horizon; investor myopia; private firms

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Backdating Executive Stock Option Grants: An Agency Problem or Just Efficient Contracting?

2008 Western Finance Association Conference Papers
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 06 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2008
Hamed Mahmudi and Huasheng Gao
University of Delaware - Department of Finance and Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University
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Option Timing, Backdating, Executive Compensation

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Effects of Auditing Fee on Auditing Quality: Evidence From a Natural Experiment in China

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 31 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2019
Huasheng Gao, Yunfei Qi, Chenxi Xu and Julie Zhu
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) and Fanhai International School of Finance(FISF), Fudan University
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auditing fee, auditing quality, earnings quality

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Employment Non-Discrimination Acts and Corporate Innovation

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 30 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2016
Huasheng Gao and Wei Zhang
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
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Innovation; Patents; Workplace Discrimination; Anti-discrimination Law; Sexual Orientation

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Innovation Strategy of Private Firms

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 12 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2017
Huasheng Gao, Po-Hsuan Hsu and Kai Li
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, National Tsing Hua University - Department of Quantitative Finance and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business
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innovation strategy; exploratory innovation; exploitative innovation; investment horizons; private firms; public firms

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CEO Pay Cuts and Forced Turnover: Their Causes and Consequences

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2012
Huasheng Gao, Jarrad Harford and Kai Li
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, University of Washington and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business
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CEO turnover, corporate governance, executive compensation, pay cuts, pay-for-performance sensitivity

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Going Public and Innovation Strategy: The Role of Ownership Structure

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 30 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 25 Nov 2020
Guoli Chen, Huasheng Gao, Po-Hsuan Hsu and Kai Li
INSEAD - Singapore, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, National Tsing Hua University - Department of Quantitative Finance and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business
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Innovation strategy; exploration and exploitation; IPO; private versus public ownership; ownership structure

17.

Employee Firing Costs and Accounting Conservatism: Evidence From Wrongful Discharge Laws

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 26 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2019
Huasheng Gao and Jun Huang
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
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firing costs, accounting conservatism, wrongful discharge laws, employee protection

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Institutional Holdings and Seasoned Equity Offerings

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Institutional Holdings and Seasoned Equity Offerings

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 Apr 2008
Huasheng Gao and Hamed Mahmudi
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and University of Delaware - Department of Finance
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Institutional Ownership, Seasoned Equity Offering, Monitoring

Institutional Holdings and Seasoned Equity Offerings

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 Feb 2009
Hamed Mahmudi and Huasheng Gao
University of Delaware - Department of Finance and Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University
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Institutional Ownership, Seasoned Equity Offering, Monitoring

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SOX Section 404 and Corporate Innovation

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 08 Mar 2018
Huasheng Gao and Jin Zhang
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and Monash University
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Innovation; Patents; SOX; Section 404

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Employee Turnover Likelihood and Earnings Management: Evidence from the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 02 May 2018 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2018
Huasheng Gao, Huai Zhang and Jin Zhang
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University and Monash University
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Earnings Management, Employee Turnover Likelihood, Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine

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Pay Transparency and Inventor Productivity: Evidence from State-level Pay Secrecy Laws

Number of pages: 90 Posted: 15 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2023
Huasheng Gao, Po-Hsuan Hsu and Jin Zhang
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, National Tsing Hua University - Department of Quantitative Finance and Monash University
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pay transparency; pay secrecy laws; innovation; inventor productivity; patents

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Effects of Managerial Labor Market on Executive Compensation: Evidence from Job-Hopping

Journal of Accounting and Economics Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 09 May 2013 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2015
Huasheng Gao, Juan Luo and Tilan Tang
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, University of Adelaide - Business School and Wake Forest University
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Managerial Labor Market; Executive Compensation; Job-hopping

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Does Good Luck Make People Overconfident? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in China

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Does Good Luck Make People Overconfident? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in China

31st Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2018
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2019
Huasheng Gao, Donghui Shi and Bin Zhao
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, Shanghai Stock Exchange and Thammasat Business School
Downloads 180 (276,903)
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Good Luck; Turnover Rate; Trading; Overconfidence; IPO Subscription

Does Good Luck Make People Overconfident? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in the Stock Market

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 29 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2021
Huasheng Gao, Donghui Shi and Bin Zhao
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, Shanghai Stock Exchange and Thammasat Business School
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Good Luck; Turnover Rate; Trading; Overconfidence; IPO Subscription

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Nonmonetary Benefits, Quality of Life, and Executive Compensation

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 23 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2021
Xin Deng and Huasheng Gao
Nanyang Technological University and Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University
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Geographic desirability, Quality of life, CEO compensation, Liveability, Corporate location, Nonmonetary benefits

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Sex Discrimination and Female Top Managers: Evidence from China

Journal of Business Ethics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 10 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2015
Huasheng Gao, Yaheng Lin and Yujing Ma
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Sex discrimination, Female, Gender, Sex ratio, Corporate executives, Executive compensation, Turnover, China

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Does Board Voting Efficiency Affect Corporate Performance and Governance? Evidence from the Even-Odd Effects of Corporate Board

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 19 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2021
Xin Deng, Huasheng Gao and Wei-Lin Liu
Nanyang Technological University, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and School of Finance, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE)
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voting efficiency, odd boards, even boards, firm performance, corporate governance, CEO turnover, CEO compensation

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Can Online Annual General Meetings Increase Shareholders’ Participation in Corporate Governance?

Financial Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 12 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2019
Huasheng Gao, Jun Huang and Tianshu Zhang
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Shanghai University of International Business and Economics
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Online annual general meetings; Shareholder participation; Corporate governance

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Discontinuous Distribution of Test Statistics Around Significance Thresholds in Empirical Accounting Studies

Nanyang Business School Research Paper No. 21-01
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 12 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2023
Xin Chang, Huasheng Gao and Wei Li
Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
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p-value discontinuity; Experimental accounting; Archival accounting; Researcher degrees of freedom

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The Even-Odd Nature of Audit Committees and Corporate Earnings Quality

Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 06 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2015
Huasheng Gao and Jun Huang
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
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Voting Efficiency, Audit Committee, Financial Restatement, Earnings Quality, Even, Odd

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Tariff Uncertainty and Firm Innovation: Evidence from the U.S.-China Permanent Normal Trade Relation

Journal of Empirical Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2021
Tao Chen, Huasheng Gao and Yuxi Wang
Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Antai College of Economics and Management
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Permanent Normal Trade Relations, Innovation, Patents, Imports, China

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The Effects of Rural-Urban Migration on Corporate Innovation: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in China

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 24 Apr 2019
Deqiu Chen, Huasheng Gao, Jiang Luo and Yujing Ma
University of International Business and Economics, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Downloads 205 (246,579)
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Innovation, Patents; Migration, Low-Skilled Worker, Household Registration, Hukou

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Board Structure and Role of Outside Directors in Private Firms

European Financial Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 28 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2018
Huasheng Gao and Zhongda He
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) - Chinese Academy of Finance and Development
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Private firms, Public firms, Outside director, Monitoring role, Advisory role, Earnings quality, External governance, Information environment

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Patent Pledgeability, Trade Secrecy, and Corporate Patenting

Downloads 106 (420,089)
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Patent Pledgeability, Trade Secrecy, and Corporate Patenting

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 14 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 03 May 2023
Yanke Dai, Ting Du, Huasheng Gao and Yan Gu
Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) - China Academy of Public Finance and Public Policy (CAPFPP), Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and Fudan University - Fanhai International School of Finance (FISF)
Downloads 98 (446,795)
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Innovation; Patent collateral; Pledgeability; Secrecy; Intangible assets

Patent Pledgeability, Trade Secrecy, and Corporate Patenting

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 Sep 2023
Yanke Dai, Ting Du, Huasheng Gao and Yan Gu
Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) - China Academy of Public Finance and Public Policy (CAPFPP), Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and Fudan University - Fanhai International School of Finance (FISF)
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innovation, patent collateral, Pledgeability, Secrecy, Intangible assets

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Earnings Predictability, Tariff Uncertainty, and Cost of Debt: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 15 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2023
Huasheng Gao and Yuxi Wang
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Antai College of Economics and Management
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earnings predictability, cost of debt, bank loans, tariff uncertainty, Permanent Normal Trade Relation

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Prostitution or Marriage? Evidence from the Nordic Model

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 17 Apr 2023
Huasheng Gao, Vanya Petrova and Mengfan Yin
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, Fudan University and Fudan University - Fanhai International School of Finance (FISF)
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Prostitution, Commercial Sex, Marriage, Divorce, Nordic model

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Census Overreports China's Population: A Novel Detection Approach

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Sep 2023
Huasheng Gao, Kehui Leng and Yaheng Lin
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Economics and Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
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China Population, demographics, aging, fertility rate, data manipulation

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Secondary Stock Exchanges and Growth of High-Tech Entrepreneurs

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 16 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2023
Huasheng Gao, Po-Hsuan Hsu and Yuxi Wang
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, National Tsing Hua University - Department of Quantitative Finance and Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Antai College of Economics and Management
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entrepreneurship, secondary stock exchanges, inventors, innovation, intellectual property

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Individual Investors’ Trading Behavior and Gender Difference in Tolerance of Sex Crimes: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 22 Jan 2023
Huasheng Gao, Zhengkai Liu and Chloe (Chunliu) Yang
Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University, Fudan University and Fudan University - Fanhai International School of Finance (FISF)
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household finance, stock trading, individual investors, tolerance of sex crimes, gender difference