Huijuan Cao

Assistant professor

Email: huijuancao@bit.edu.cn

Students interested in corporate innovation, supply chain relationships, ESG/CSR, and the application of machine learning in accounting are welcome to contact me for academic graduate studies!

 

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

 

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China: “Chain chief system” industrial chain policy and corporate financial behavior: A perspective from conflicts of interest and coordination

 

Selected publications                                                    

[1] Cao, H. Cheng, C. A. Li, X. F. & Zhang, J. J. (2025) Creditor Rights, Conflict of Interest Among Creditors, and Borrowers’ Accounting Conservatism: Evidence from Anti-recharacterization Laws. Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, Forthcoming.

[2] Chen, S. Liu, Y. Cao, H. & Tsang, A. (2025) Through the Eyes of the Leader: CEO Big Five Personality Traits and Financial Reporting Quality. Journal of Business Research, 200, 115653.

[3] Cao, H. Kong, X. & Tsang, A. (2025) Corporate Social Responsibility and Economic Stability: International Evidence. Accounting Horizons, 39(2): 77-99.

[4] Song, X. Cao, H. & Ma, G. (2023) Circuit Court and Cross-Region Capital Flows：From the Perspective of Central and Local Judicial Relations. China Economic Quarterly, 23(05):1793-1809. (in Chinese)

[5] Song, X. Cao, H. & Liu, M. (2023) Coordinated Development of Metropolitan Areas and Cross-regional Investment: From the Perspective of Comparative Advantage. Statistical Research, 40(8):86-95. (in Chinese)

[6] Tsang, A., Frost, T., & Cao, H. (2023). Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Disclosure: A Literature Review. British Accounting Review, 101149.

[7] Xu, W., Cao, H., Qin, S., & Kong, X. (2021). Board Secretary and Market Information Efficiency: Evidence from Corporate Site Visits. China Journal of Accounting Research, 14(3), 275-293.

[8] Tan, J., Cao, H., & Kong, X. (2019). Do Major Customers Promote Firms’ Innovation?. China Journal of Accounting Research, 12(2), 209-229.

[9] Feng, L., Kong, X., & Cao, H. (2017). Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance and Cost of Equity Capital - Empirical Evidence from Information Quality Channel. Accounting Research, (11):65-71+97. (in Chinese)

[10] Tan, J., Cao, H., Yi, Y. & Kong, X., (2017). Corporate Life Cycle and Board Structure: The Perspective of Resource Dependence Theory. Accounting and Economic Research, 31(06):3-24. (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