Educational Background

2019.09-2020.09  Visiting Scholar in Finance, City University of New York,

2015.09-2021.06 Ph.D. in Finance, Sun Yat-sen University,

2011.09-2015.06 B.A. in Finance, Hunan University

Work Experience

2021.07-present   Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Guangxi University

Granted Projects

（1）2023.06-2026.05  Lead in a Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province, China

（2）2023GXNSFBA026220, Capital Structure and Environmental Performance of Enterprises under China’s "Dual Carbon" Goals, RMB 80,000

（3）2023.02-2025.01  Lead in an Elevated Project for Junior Scholars of Guangxi Province, China

（4）2023KY0011, Research on the Internationalization Trend, Motivation and Impact of Executive Compensation in Chinese Companies, RMB 20,000

（5）2024.01-2027.12  Participate in a National Natural Science Foundation of China

（6）No.72372038, Research on the Microeconomic Effects of Insurance Market Development: From the Perspective of Enterprise Innovation, RMB 410,000

（7）2022.01-2025.12  Participate in a National Natural Science Foundation of China

（8）No. 72172039, Research on the Mechanism and Risk Control of Capital Expansion in China's Super Large Asset Scale Enterprise Groups, RMB 500,000

（0）2020.01-2023.12  Participate in a National Natural Science Foundation of China

（10）No. 71972187, Research on the Impact Mechanism and Economic Consequences of Environmental Regulations on Corporate Finance and Accounting Behavior - Based on the Perspective of Environmental Legislation and Supervision, RMB 480,000

Publications

[1] Warren Bailey, Xiaping Cao, Zhenyi Yang*, Sili Zhou. Who Leads and Who Follows? The Cross-Border Peer Effect in Investment by US and Chinese Firms，Journal of International Economics, 2024, 147: 103875. （ABS-4，field top）

[2] 柳建华,杨祯奕*,孙亮.强环境规制与重污染企业的环境治理行为——基于实施新《环保法》与开展中央环保督察的检验，《会计研究》,2023,(07):178-192.（CSSCI）

[3] Zhenyi Yang*, Xiaping Cao, Wenlian Lin, Jianhua Liu. The gatekeeping role of regulators and intermediaries: Evidence from regulatory reforms in China’s IPO market. Economic Modelling, 2023:106117. （SSCI Q1）

[4] Zhenyi Yang, Tiecheng Leng*, Luyao Pan*, Xiaoming Wang. Paying for pollution: Air quality and executive compensation. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2022: 101823. （SSCI Q1）

[5] 柳建华, 徐婷婷*, 杨祯奕. 管理层能力、长期激励与商誉减值, 《会计研究》, 2021, (05): 41-54. （CSSCI）

[6] Zhenyi Yang, Yiwei Yu, Yubing Zhang*, Sili Zhou. Policy uncertainty exposure and market value: Evidence from China, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2019, 57：101178. （SSCI Q1）

[7] 杨海生, 杨祯奕*. 把握“脱虚向实”力度——房地产与实体经济的风险传染机制研究, 《中山大学学报(社会科学版)》, 2019, (04): 184-196. （CSSCI）

Honors and Awards

2021.11 Global Chinese Accounting Association, Best Paper Award - Second Prize Award

Teaching Courses

Undergraduate:

Political Economics (Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023)

Social Science Research and Innovation (Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023)

Accounting Principle (Spring 2024)

Graduate:    

Financial Institutions and Markets (Autumn 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024)

Financial Statement Analysis (Autumn 2023, MF)