Yabo Zhao

Working Papers

• The Power Behind the Pen: Institutional Investors’ Influence on Media during Corporate Litigation

with Jie (Jack) He, Han Xia, and Luo Zuo  

(Minor Revision at Journal of Accounting Research)

Selected conferences: AFA 2022*, CICF 2021, SFS Cavalcade 2020 virtual*, EFA (European) 2020 virtual*, NFA 2020 virtual, FMA 2020 virtual

• Feedback on Emerging Corporate Policies

with Sean Cao, Itay Goldstein, and Jie (Jack) He

Selected conferences: SFS Cavalcade 2025, ABFER 2024, FIRS 2024, University of Washington 6th Summer Finance Conference*, MFA 2024*, CAPANA 2024*, Cornell ESG Investing Research Conference 2023*, Columbia Burton Accounting Conference 2023*, JAAF Symposium 2023

• Can Disclosure Affect Employee Careers? Evidence from Mandatory Patent Disclosure and Inventor Mobility

previously circulated under the title “Asymmetric Information, Patent Publication, and Inventor Human Capital Reallocation” (JMP)

Selected conferences: AFA 2022 Poster Session, MFA 2022, NFA 2021 PhD Symposium, FMA 2021 Doctoral Student Consortium Job Market Paper Presentation, WEFI Student Workshop, 2nd Rising Scholars Conference

• Herd on Stars in CEO Compensation

with Swaminathan Kalpathy and Vikram Nanda  

(Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Corporate Finance)

Selected conferences: Research in Behavior Finance Conference*, MFA 2020 virtual*, CICF 2019, FMA Asia/Pacific*, IFABS-Angers 2019*