TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS

Teaching courses: Financial Market; International Financial Management

Research Areas: Household Finance; Corporate Finance;

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor of Finance, Wuhan University, December 2022–present

Assistant Professor of Finance, Wuhan University, July 2014–November 2022

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Niu, G., Wang, W., Zhou, Y. & Gan, X. (2024). Family ties and corporate tax avoidance. Journal of International Business Studies, 55, 976-996.

Gan, X., Song, F. M. & Zhou, Y. (2022). Language skills and stock market participation: Evidence from immigrants. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 57(8), 3281-3312.

Lei, L., Lu, W., Niu, G., & Zhou, Y. (2024). Religiosity and financial distress of the young. Journal of Banking & Finance, 168, 107276.

Zhou, Y., Lu, W., Niu, G., & Xi, Z. (2024). Individualism and stock market participation. The European Journal of Finance, 1-29.

Wang, Q., Niu, G., Zhou, Y., & Gan, X. (2024). Education and FinTech adoption: evidence from China. China Finance Review International, Forthcoming.

Zhou, Y., Lu, W., Liu, C., & Gan, H. (2023). The gender gap in financial distress. Applied Economics, 1-16.

Lei, L., Yu, D., & Zhou, Y. (2023). Better educated children, better Internet-connected elderly parents. Research Policy, 52(4), 104743.

Gan, H., Lu, S., Lu, W., Niu, G., & Zhou, Y. (2023). Beauty and stock market participation. Journal of Banking & Finance, 155, 106994.

Zhou, Y., Yang, M., & Gan, X. (2023). Education and financial literacy: Evidence from compulsory schooling law in China. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 89, 335-346.

Wang, Y., Niu, G., Zhou, Y., & Lu, W. (2023). Broadband internet and stock market participation. International Review of Financial Analysis, 85, 102473.

Niu, G., Zhou, Y., Lu, W., & Gan, H. (2022). Religiosity and corruption in bank lending. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 49(9-10), 1957-1983.

Niu, G., Jin, X., Wang, Q., & Zhou, Y. (2022). Broadband infrastructure and digital financial inclusion in rural China. China Economic Review, 76, 101853.

Awan, T. M., Zhang, X., Zhou, Y., & Zhou, Z. (2022). Does media usage affect pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors? Evidence from China. International Review of Economics & Finance, 82, 307-317.

Lu, W., Niu, G., & Zhou, Y. (2021). Individualism and financial inclusion. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 183, 268-288.

Li, B., Sun, C., & Zhou, Y. (2021). The cross section of Chinese commodity futures return. Journal of Management Science and Engineering, 6(2), 146-164.

Niu, G., Wang, Q., Li, H., & Zhou, Y. (2020). Number of brothers, risk sharing, and stock market participation. Journal of Banking & Finance, 113, 105757.

Niu, G., Zhou, Y., & Gan, H. (2020). Financial literacy and retirement preparation in China. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 59, 101262.

Niu, G., & Zhou, Y. (2018). Financial literacy and retirement planning: evidence from China. Applied Economics Letters, 25(9), 619-623.

Li, B., Zhang, D., & Zhou, Y. (2017). Do trend following strategies work in Chinese futures markets?. Journal of Futures Markets, 37(12), 1226-1254.

MEMBERSHIPS, CERTIFICATIONS

Member of American Finance Association

RESEARCH GRANTS

Government-funded grants

Climate Change and Household Asset Allocation: Mechanisms, Effects, and Simulations of Policies, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2022-2026.

The Study on the Effects of Financial Literacy on Wealth Inequality in China: From the Perspective of Portfolio Choice, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2018-2020.

The Study on the Effects of Collectivist Culture on Peasants’ Financial Decisions: Based on “Rice Farming Theory”, Humanities and Social Science Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China, 2021-2023.

AWARDS AND HONORS

Outstanding Case Study Award in the 8th National Contest of Case Study for Finance Master Teaching

Outstanding Case Study Award in the 4th National Contest of Case Study for Finance Master Teaching

Outstanding Case Study Award in the 2nd National Contest of Case Study for Finance Master Teaching

Outstanding Case Study Award in the 1st National Contest of Case Study for Finance Master Teaching