Gao, Yu
Accounting
University of Saint Thomas Saint Paul
United States of America
Biography
Yu Gao received her Ph.D. in Accounting and Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Before she joined the University of St Thomas, she was on faculty at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management. Her research interests lie in the broad area of financial accounting. Her work has been published or will appear in Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Banking and Finance, and International Review of Economics and Finance. She has been an ad hoc reviewer for several leading accounting and finance journals, including Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, Annals of Finance, Journal of Multinational Financial Management, and Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. She has served as a reviewer for Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. She loves sharing her thoughts and experience with students who are eager to gain a good understanding of accounting.
Research Interest
Disclosure and transparency in capital markets, credit ratings, auditing, regulation and governance.