Dr. Jiaquan YAO (姚加权), Professor of Finance
Email: YAOJ0002[AT]e.ntu.edu.sg
Github: https://github.com/jqyaoxjtu/
WeChat Subscription Account: 经金数智实验室
Research Interests: FinTech, Digital Economics, Unstructured Big Data
Econometrics, Natural Language Processing
Academic Experience
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School of Management, Jinan University
Professor of Finance, 2017.07 to present -
Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics, Xiamen University
Assistant Professor of Finance, 2014.09 to 2017.06
Education
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Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Ph.D. in Finance -
Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
M.A. in Economics (Econometrics)
B.Eng. in Information Engineering (with distinction)
Awards
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2023 Third-class Prize of the Fifteenth Outstanding Achievements in Social Sciences of Fujian Province
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2023 CNKI Academic Digest (May-June 2003): High PCSI Papers, Highly Cited Papers
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2023 Excellent Paper Award at the Conference on Financial Systems Engineering and Risk Management
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2023 Third Prize of Guangdong Provincial Excellent Financial Research Achievements in Paper Category
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2023 JFQA Most Downloaded Articles in 2022
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2022 First Prize Award at the 10th China Conference on Investment
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2021 Best Paper Award at the 1st Workshop on Audit and Modernization of National Governance System
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2021 Excellent Paper Award at Lingnan Economic Workshop Hosted by Guangdong Economic Society
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2020 Excellent Paper Award at the Conference on Financial Systems Engineering and Risk Management (2 papers)
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2019 World Economic Statistics Best English Papers TOP 10 by World Economic Yearbook
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2019 Champion Team at Amazon Deep Learning Hackathon, Beijing
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2017 Supervisor for National Excellent Master Thesis in Finance (18 theses selected countrywide)
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2016 Best Teaching Award, WISE at Xiamen University
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2013 Best Paper Award at the National Forum for PhD Students in Quantitative Economics
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2012 Doctoral Student Travel Grant Award sponsored by the American Finance Association
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2011 Best Paper Award at 19th Conference on the Theories and Practices of Securities and Financial Markets
Services
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Editorial Membership：
Associate Editor, International Journal of Finance and Economics (ABS 3), 2022 to present -
Referee：
Review of Finance, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, China Economic Review, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies, China Finance Review International, Management World (In Chinese), Journal of Management Sciences in China (In Chinese), Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) -
Committee Member：
Guangzhou Digital Finance Association