Janet Gao

McDonough School of Business

Janet Gao's research focuses on the area of empirical corporate finance. Specifically, she is interested in topics related to Financial Intermediation, Labor and Finance, and firms' supply-chain relationships. Her research has been published in leading academic journals such as the Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Review of Finance, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review.

She holds a Ph.D. degree in Finance from Cornell University, and graduated from Peking University with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Mathematics.