Updated in March 2025

Yong Huang

School of Accountancy, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

182, Nanhu Road, East Lake High-tech Development Zone, Wuhan, Hubei 430073, China

E-mail: huangyong@zuel.edu.cn; nick.huang.yong@outlook.com 

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

School of Accountancy, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Associate Professor, 2021 - present

Assistant Professor, 2016 - 2020

Renmin Business School, Renmin University of China

Postdoctoral Researcher, 2024 - present

Hubei Aulice Tyre Co., LTD.

Independent Director, 2023 - 2024

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Economics, Kyushu University, 2016

MS in Management, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), 2009 - 2012

B.A. in Management (Accounting), China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), 2009

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Corporate Finance, Behavioral Finance, Climate Finance, Accounting & Auditing

PUBLISHED PAPERS

1. Chen,Y., Huang,Y.*,Chen,M., 2025, Multiple Large Shareholders and Cash Holdings: Evidence from China. International Review of Financial Analysis 103, 104180.

2. Huang,Y., Chan,K., Zhao,C., 2025, Tax-related human capital: Evidence from financial reporting aggressiveness with tax officers on boards in China. China Journal of Accounting Research 18, 100404.

3. Zhao,C., Yang,Y.,Huang,Y.*, 2025, Political Incentives and Corporate Income Tax: Evidence from China. Accounting and Finance 65, 429-456.

4. Zhao,J., Zhe,S.,Huang,Y.*, 2023. IPO suspension and pricing: Evidence from China. Accounting and Finance 63, 5143-5182.

5. Wang,J., Cheng,R., Huang, Y., Yan, C.*, 2023. The pre-IPO dividend and IPO underpricing: Evidence from China. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal 82, 102195.

6. Huang,Y.,Yan,C.,Chan,K., 2022. Does the truth rest with the minority? Divergent views on nonfinancial firms' financial investments from the private equity market. International Review of Financial Analysis 83, 102264.

7. Huang,Y.,Uchida,K.,Yu,X.,Zha,D., 2021. Market timing in private equity placements: Empirical evidence from China. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal 69, 101642.

8. Huang,Y.,Yan,C.,Chan,K., 2021. Does aggressiveness help? Evidence from IPO corruption and pricing in China. Journal of Corporate Finance 67, 101901.

9. Lan,Y.,Huang,Y.*,Yan,C., 2021. Investor sentiment and stock price: Empirical evidence from Chinese SEOs. Economic Modelling 94, 703-714.

10. Liu,J.,Yan,C.,Huang,Y.*, 2021. Equity misvaluation and SEO initiation in China. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade 57, 4054-4069.

11. Huang,Y.,Yan,C., 2020. Global accounting standards, financial statement comparability, and the cost of capital. International Review of Economics & Finance 69, 301-318.

12. Huang,Y.,Uchida,K.,Zha,D., 2016. Market timing of seasoned equity offerings with long regulative process. Journal of Corporate Finance 39, 278-294.

WORKING PAPERS

1. Climate Risk Perception and Corporate Nonlocal Investments: Evidence from a Quasi-natural Experiment (with Nianhang Xu and Xuanying Yu).

2. Urban riparian exposure, climate change, and public financing costs in China (with Haoyu Gao, Johnson Mo, Marti G. Subrahmanyam and Xuanying Yu).

3. Is flood risk priced in China? Evidence from municipal corporate bonds (with Haoyu Gao and Ying Xuan).

4. Brain drain or brain gain? Non-Big 4 audit quality after Big 4’s entry to local audit markets (with Zhifeng Yang, Like Jiang, and Junkun Zhao).

5. Drawing attention to attention: Celebrity endorsements and stock mispricing (with Xiaoran Ni, Ying Xuan and Jing Shi).

6. Credit supply and corporate innovation: Evidence for a quasi-natural experiment (with Xuanying Yu and Xiaoran Ni).

7. The spillover effect of dishonesty across markets: PEP fund reallocation and bond rating (with Yinghui Chen and Yifang Lu).

8. Manipulation of R&D human capital and IPO underpricing: Evidence from China’s STAR market (with Liyun Deng and Chao Yan).

9. Political cycle and corporate environment engagement (with Yinghui Chen and Zhe Zhang).

10. Trust and fund performance: Evidence from fund managers (with Kejing Chen and Xiaolin Li).

RESEARCH AWARDS

1. 2023, Wenlan Major Research Award, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, “Does the truth rest with the minority? Divergent views on nonfinancial firms' financial investments from the private equity market.”

2. 2022, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal Best Paper Award, Asian Finance Association Annual Conference, “Retail investor attention and equity mispricing: Evidence from celebrity endorsements.”

BOOKS CHAPTERS

1. 2022, Accounting Research Methods, Economic Science Press

2. 2019, Market Timing of Equity Issues in China, Economic Science Press

3. 2019, Financial Management, China Financial and Economic Publishing House

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

1. 2024, The 5th China Accounting Scholars Forum, Wuhan, China.

2. 2023, The 7th China Finance and Accounting Academic Annual Conference, Beijing, China.

3. 2023, The 35th Asian Finance Association Annual Conference, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

4. 2023, Annual Meeting of the Foreign Academic Exchange Committee of the Accounting Society of China & CJAS Symposium, Bengbu, China.

5. 2021, The 1st Big Data Accounting Forum, Chengdu, China.

6. 2019, Global and China Management Accounting Conference, Wuhan, China.

7. 2017, Blue Moon Luojia Accounting Forum, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Wuhan, China.

8. 2017, Australasian Finance & Banking Conference, Sydney, Australia.

9. 2016, The 28th Asian Finance Association Annual Conference, Bangkok, Thailand.

10. 2016, Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, U.S.

11. 2015, International Conference on Asian Finance and Economic Development, Nagasaki, Japan.

12. 2015, Japan Finance Association Annual Conference, Fukuoka, Japan.

RESEARCH GRANTS

1. 2023/09–2026/04, “Celebrity Endorsements, Corporate Behavior, and Capital Market Effects: Theoretical Mechanisms and Empirical Analysis,” General Project, National Social Science Foundation of China (23BGL112), Principal Investigator.

2. 2022/12–2023/12, “The Economic Consequences of IPO Market Shutdowns: Theory and Evidence,” Young Scholars Innovation Team Project, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2722023BY015), Principal Investigator.

3. 2019/03–2021/12, “The Signaling Behavior and Spillover Effects of Environmental Management System Certification,” Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Research Planning Fund (19YJA630086), Co-Investigator.

4. 2018/01–2020/12, “Stock Mispricing and Seasoned Equity Issuance Timing: Behavioral Mechanisms and Economic Consequences,” Young Scientists Fund, National Natural Science Foundation of China (71702191, rated Excellent upon completion), Principal Investigator.

5. 2018/01–2018/12, “Formation and Correction Mechanisms of Stock Mispricing in Seasoned Equity Offerings,” Innovation Project for Young Faculty, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Principal Investigator.

6. 2018/01–2020/12, “Peer Effects in Corporate Social Responsibility: A Geographical Distance Perspective,” Young Scientists Fund, National Natural Science Foundation of China (71702193), Co-Investigator.

7. 2018/01–2020/12, “Paternalistic Regulation and Bond Credit Rating Distortion: Governance Mechanisms, Theory, and Evidence,” Young Scientists Fund, National Natural Science Foundation of China (71702192), Co-Investigator.

8. 2018/01–2021/12, “Credit Spreads, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Behavior: A Perspective from Government Implicit Guarantees,” General Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China (71772179), Co-Investigator.