Huijuan Cao
Assistant professor
Email: huijuancao@bit.edu.cn
I welcome motivated and positive students with strong teamwork and communication skills to contact me for graduate study opportunities. Applicants are expected to have solid training in econometrics and be proficient in using programming tools such as Python for data analysis. Students who are interested in exploring frontier research topics are encouraged to contact me.
Education
Ph.D. in Accounting 2015 - 2021 Sun Yat-sen University
B.A. in Accounting 2011 - 2015 Beijing Institute of Technology
Research experience
Post-doctoral Fellow 2021 -2022 The Hongkong Polytechnic University
Research interest
Corporate innovation, Supplier-customer relationship, ESG/CSR, Accounting and macro-economy
Grants
[1] National Natural Science Foundation of China: “Chain chief system” industrial chain policy and corporate financial behavior: A perspective from conflicts of interest and coordination, 2024–2026, Principal Investigator.
Selected publications
[1] The Fear of Divorce: The Unintended Consequence of Unilateral Divorce Laws on Corporate Innovation,” Journal of Law and Economics, 2026, accepted, with Xiaohui (Fiona) Li, Qiang (John) Wu, and Cheng (Colin) Zeng.
[2] “Changing Priorities in Financial Archival Research: Evidence from Three Decades of Accounting Publications,” Journal of Accounting Literature, 2026, with Albert Tsang, Chengyun Liu, and Zihua Liu.
[3] “Creditor Rights, Conflict of Interest among Creditors, and Borrowers’ Accounting Conservatism: Evidence from Anti-Recharacterization Laws,” Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, 2026, with C. S. Agnes Cheng, Xiaohui (Fiona) Li, and Janus Jian Zhang.
[4] “Can Industrial Chain Policy Promote Corporate Innovation? Evidence from the Implementation of the ‘Chain Chief System’,” Nankai Business Review, 2025, with Zeyu Zhao, Yan Tong, and Xin Li. In Chinese.
[5] “Through the Eyes of the Leader: CEO Big Five Personality Traits and Financial Reporting Quality,” Journal of Business Research, 2025, with Shiqiang Chen, Yun Liu, and Albert Tsang.
[6] “Corporate Social Responsibility and Economic Stability: International Evidence,” Accounting Horizons, 2025, with Xianting Kong and Albert Tsang.
[7] “Environmental, Social, and Governance Research: A Literature Review,” The British Accounting Review, 2023, with Albert Tsang and Tracie Frost.
[8] “The Evolution of Accounting Research on Big Data Technology and Green Innovation-Led High-Quality Development: A Review of the 22nd China Empirical Accounting Conference,” China Accounting Review, 2024, with Songsheng Chen, Yujia Cui, and Hui Tian. In Chinese.
[9] “Circuit Court and Cross-Region Capital Flows: From the Perspective of Central-Local Judicial Relations,” China Economic Quarterly, 2023, with Xiaoning Song and Guangrong Ma. In Chinese.
[10] “Coordinated Development of Metropolitan Areas and Firms’ Cross-Regional Investment: A Comparative Advantage Perspective,” Statistical Research, 2023, with Xiaoning Song and Mengning Liu. In Chinese.
[11] “Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance and the Cost of Equity Capital: Evidence from the Information Quality Channel,” Accounting Research, 2017, with Laiqiang Feng and Xianting Kong. In Chinese.
Academic honors & Awards
[1] Second Prize, the 17th Young Scholars Academic Symposium, School of Management, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2026
[2] Second Prize, the 16th Young Scholars Academic Symposium, School of Management, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2025
[3] Best Review Paper Award from The British Accounting Review, 2024
[4] The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management Best Paper, 2022
[5] Alan M. Rugman Most Promising Scholar(s) Award Nomination, 2022
[6] Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, Sun Yat-sen University, 2021
