Shan Zhao

Associate Professor in Finance at City University of Hong Kong

[Sarrah Bellus @sarrah_bellus]

Only Canadians would make their point in such a special way. So proud of my fellow Canadians and their amazing creativity-

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth” with one half to Mokyr “for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress” and the other half jointly to Aghion and Howitt “for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction.”

#NobelPrize

[Graham Allison @GrahamTAllison]

China Hype. In the current political environment, politicians and commentators alike are competing to demonstrate who can make the most extreme charges against China.

[Tony Cookson @prof_cookson]

🎺🎺 Save the date. The Financial Research Association has opened its submission portal for 2023 conference submissions (https://t.co/HxaUoEerW1). 🎺🎺

New this year: FRA has a dual submission with @J_Fin_Economics. Details in 🧵

Please RT and tell your colleagues!

[Shengwu Li @ShengwuLi]

Reminder that research potential is extremely hard to measure at the PhD admissions stage, and many great researchers come from outside ‘top’ departments.

[Shan Zhao @zhsh333]

@corpgovnet I didn’t realize that age diversity is a big issue

[Shan Zhao @zhsh333]

This is heartbreaking! He was in my PhD thesis committee and was very helpful. He is such a nice person.

[Adrien Matray @AdrienMatray]

Today, I lost a friend, a mentor, and a role model in academia and life in general and the world is a bit colder and less welcoming now that Denis Gromb left us. Denis was a model of generosity, care and attention to others and in particular PhDs ad APs. Even though he was at

[Shan Zhao @zhsh333]

This is nepotism.

[Sylvain Catherine @sc_cath]

Being the child of grads from a top school already gives a huge advantage regardless of legacy preferences. Countries without legacy pref show that it increases chances of admission by an order of magnitude. How can legacy applicants ask for an extra push in the finishing line?

[Toni Whited @toniwhited]

I'm discussing a great paper at the Journal of Accounting and Economics conference tomorrow: https://t.co/4HFeVs43fw on identification and causality

Here is my favorite slide in the discussion:

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[Shan Zhao @zhsh333]

@Unblock_Youku I have wechat pay only. so....

[Shan Zhao @zhsh333]

RIP. Saw him at Toulouse when I was a student.

[Shan Zhao @zhsh333]

Proxy voting on ESG.

[James McRitchie, Shareholder Advocate @corpgovnet]

Jackie Cook of Morningstar is doing some of the most important work in sustainability. #climate #ESG #corpgov

[Shan Zhao @zhsh333]

SEC Lets More Companies Ignore Shareholder Proposals in 2017 https://t.co/BRm64eQwxo

[Shan Zhao @zhsh333]

Two Takes on Gadfly Shareholder Activism https://t.co/ue8OT3ZXO3

[Shan Zhao @zhsh333]

McKesson Shareholders Reject Executive Compensation Packages https://t.co/TH50NNjYoO

[Shan Zhao @zhsh333]

https://t.co/CquqHJw6vj

[Martin Schmalz @martincschmalz]

The world's most powerful investors coordinate on #governance; discuss #executive pay, #activist impact https://t.co/stYsr28IC9

[Shan Zhao @zhsh333]

"Life isn't about surviving in a storm it is about learning how to dance in the rain"

[Shan Zhao @zhsh333]

My paper is featured by Harvard governance blog https://t.co/0SmuY5cdUW