Prof. Jiaheng YU
Finance
Assistant Professor
3917 0018
KK 1017
Academic & Professional Qualification
- Ph.D. in Finance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023
- B.A. in Economics, B.S. in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Tsinghua University, 2018
Biography
Jiaheng Yu joined The University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor of Finance in 2023. He received his degrees from MIT and Tsinghua University. He is interested in the research areas of corporate finance, financial markets, financial intermediation, and regulations.
Teaching
- FINA 2322 Derivatives (HKU, Fall 2023)
Research Interest
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Markets
Selected Publications
- “Subsidizing Failing Firms: Evidence from Chinese Restaurants”, with Yinglu Deng, Fangzhou Lu and Hao Zheng, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming.
- “Capital Spillover, House Prices, and Consumer Spending: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from House Purchase Restrictions“, with Yinglu Deng, Li Liao and Yu Zhang, The Review of Financial Studies 35(6), June 2022, pp.3060-3099.