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GAN Jie
Professor of Finance

Associate Dean for Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Areas of Expertise:
Asset Pricing, Automation, Banking, China’s Industrial Economy, Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurship, Financial Regulation, Manufacturing, Stock Markets
Teaches:
Chuang, EMBA, EE, Chinese MBA, English MBA, Global Programs
  • BIO
  • TEACHING
  • ACHIEVEMENTS
  • RESEARCH
  • MEDIA
  • PUBLICATIONS

  • Phone: +86 10 8518 8858 ext. 3323
    E-mail: jgan@ckgsb.edu.cn

    Associate Dean, Professor of Finance

    Director of Center on Finance and Economic Growth

    PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Areas of Expertise: Asset Pricing, Automation, Banking, China’s Industrial Economy, Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurship, Financial Regulation, Manufacturing, Stock Markets

    Biography

    Jie GAN is Associate Dean, Professor of Finance and Director of Center on Finance and Economic Growth at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. Prior to joining CKGSB, she served as a professor (with tenure) at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and an assistant professor (tenure track) at Columbia Business School. Professor Gan holds a PhD in Financial Economics from MIT.

    Professor Gan has published extensively on banking and finance issues in top academic journals. In 2011, she was the runner-up for the prestigious Brennan Award for Excellent Papers. Prof Gan’s teaching has been rated highly by both MBA and EMBA students and she has received several teaching awards. Her research and teaching were featured in major media outlets, such as Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and the Economist.

    Professor Gan conducts large-sample survey of industrial firms every quarter. The resulting Business Sentiment Index (BSI) and the unique insights generated from the survey have received worldwide attention and are regularly reported by top media outlets, such as Wall Street Journal, FT. The time series of Professor Gan’s economic indices can be accessed through the Bloomberg terminal.

    Professor Gan’s main industry experience is in technology innovation in hard-ware related areas. She is a board member of a number of high-tech companies, including DJI innovations, and has provided support to these companies in their early stages. These successes led her to be one of the founders of Songshan Lake Robotic Park and Startup Incubator in Dongguan, China. She is also a mentor of Hong Kong X Technology Startup Incubator.

    Professor Gan also has extensive experiences in the finance industry. She worked for CRA International (formerly Charles River Associates), one of the largest finance and economics consulting firms in the US, for two years. Her consulting experience spans company valuation, security fraud, and anti-trust in a range of industries including financial services, consumer goods, and energy. In Hong Kong, she was consulted by banks on how to identify bubbles in the real estate market and how to incorporate real estate properties into investment portfolios.

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    • Chuang
    • EMBA
    • EE
    • Chinese MBA
    • English MBA
    • Global Programs

    Seminars:

    Sloan School of Management at MIT, Columbia Business School, Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, University of Wisconsin Business School, City University of New York, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Polytech, Hong Kong University, HKUST, City University of Hong Kong, University of California at Berkeley; University of Texas at Austin

    Federal Reserve Banks: Chicago, Cleveland, New York; Milken Institute

    Conferences:

    Presenter: Eastern Finance Association Conference 2002; NEBR Corporate Finance Summer Institute 2003; AFA 2004, 2009; Financial Intermediation Research Society Meeting 2004 & 2006; “Accounting, Transparency and Bank Stability” Workshop 2004 at Basle (jointly sponsored by BIS and JFI), WFA 2004, 2006, & 2008, EFA 2004 & 2005, China International Finance Conference 2004 & 2006, City University Finance Symposium 2005, RFS-IU Conference on the Causes and Consequences of Recent Financial Market Bubbles 2005; Summer Real Estate Symposium (2006 & 2008); Indian School of Business Summer Camp (2007); Emerging Market Corporate Finance Conference (2007); NBER China Workshop (2008)

    Discussant: AREUE Conference (2002); WFA Conference (2002); EFA Conference (2002); Financial Intermediation Research Society Meeting (2004 & 2006); China International Conference in Finance (2005, 2008, 2009); Paris Corporate Finance Conference (2009)

    Session Chair: Eastern Finance Association Conference (2002), China International Conference in Finance (2008, 2009).

  • Achievements

    • Runner Up, Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award, The Review of Financial Studies, 2011.
    • Nominated for the Michael Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching 2005, the highest honor awarded to a single faculty in the university.
    • Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence at Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (MBA teaching 2004 and 2008); Nominated for undergraduate teaching 2003 and 2004.
    • Hong Kong RGC Competitive Earmark Research Grant, 2003 (HK$373,000), 2004 (HK$551,000), 2006 (HK$666,000); 2008 (HK$784,000).
    • Faculty Research Award, Columbia University Center for Japanese Economy and Business, 2001-2002.
    • Graduate Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993-1996, 1998-1999.
    • “Best Graduate of the Year” (equivalent to summa cum laude), Nanjing University, 1991.

    Invited Presentations and Professional Activities

    Referee:

    Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Southern Journal of Economics, Japan and the World Economy, Journal of Japanese and International Economy, Japan and the World Economy, Pacific-Basin Journal of Finance; Journal of Real Estate Research, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis, Economics of Transition

    Editorial Positions:

    Journal of Banking and Finance, Associate Editor, 2008-present
    International Review of Finance, Associate Editor, 2008-present
    Quarterly Journal of Finance, Associate Editor, 2010-present
    Journal of Financial Economic Policy, Editorial Advisory Board, 2007-present 

  • Y Combinator: Bootcamp for Startups, 2015

  • Articles

    NON-ACADEMIC WRITINGS

    My View of the Chinese Stock Market (Fall 2007) 
    [English] [Chinese]
    This article is based on a talk given in Beijing’s Financial District on Sept. 26, 2007.

    China Story and Current Market Valuation (Fall 2009) 
    21 Century Herald, Oct. 2009
    [English][Chinese]

    今年中國經濟政策「進退兩難」（信报，2010年2月23日）
    [Chinese]

    确立沽空机制是优化市场运作之本 （信报，2010年4月20日）
    [Chinese]

  • Selected Publications

    In Refereed Journals:

    1. China’s Decentralized Privatization and Change of Control Rights(with Yan Guo and Chenggang Xu), Review of Financial Studies,31, 2018, pp. 3854–3894.
    2. Transparency, Price Informativeness, and Stock Return Synchronicity: Theory and Evidence(with Suditpo Dasgupta and Ning Gao), Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 45, 2010, pp. 1189-1220.
    3. Housing Wealth and Consumption Growth: Evidence from a Large Panel of Households, Review of Financial Studies23, 2010, pp. 2229-2267 (Lead article, RFS Brennan Award).
    4. A Nationwide Survey of Privatized Firms in China (with Guo and Xu), Seoul Journal of Economics21, 2008, pp. 311-331.
    5. Monopoly and Information Advantage in the Market for Residential Mortgages(with Timothy Riddiough), Review of Financial Studies 21, 2008, pp. 2677-2703.
    6. The Real Effects of Asset Market Bubbles: Loan- and Firm-Level Evidence of a Lending Channel, Review of Financial Studies20, 2007, pp. 1941-1973.
    7. Collateral, Debt Capacity, and Corporate Investment: Evidence from a Natural Experiment,Journal of Financial Economics85, 2007, pp. 709-734
    8. Banking Market Structure and Financial Stability: Evidence from the Texas Real Estate Crisis in the 1980s, Journal of Financial Economics73, 2004, pp. 567-601.

    Book Chapters:

    1. “Privatization in China: Experiences and Lessons,” in China’s Emerging Financial Markets: Challenges and Opportunities (J. Barth, J. Tatom, and G. Yago, 2008 eds.), The Milken Institute Series on Financial Innovation and Economic Growth.
    2. “Global Banking Regulation & Supervision: What Are the Issues and What Are the Practices?” (James Barth, Jie Gan, and Dan Nolle), in Focus on Financial Institutions and Services, Nova Science Publisher, 2004.

    Working Papers

    1. “Can Firms Build Capital Market Reputation to Compensate for Poor Investor Protection? Evidence from Dividend Policies“, with Martin Wang.
    2. “Property Market Overvaluation, Toeholds, and the Winners’ Curse: Evidence from Hong Kong Land Auctions“, with Yuk Ying Chang and Sudipto Dasgupta.
    3. “The Dark Side of Concentrated Ownership in Privatization: Evidence from China“, with Jianping Deng, Jie Gan and Jia He, formerly titled “Privatization, Large Shareholders’ Incentives to Expropriate, and Firm Performance”, Top 20 downloads in SSRN Corporate Finance, Management, and AFA Conference.
    4. “What Do Capital Requirements Do When They Are Not Binding.”
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February 19, 2020

Dear all students, staff and members of the CKGSB community,

As the public health emergency caused by COVID-19 is still ongoing, I hope you are all staying safe and healthy. The safety of our staff and students are our top priority at this point, which is why all staff members will work remotely for the time being. In addition, we will offer online learning to our students, in order to continue our curriculum offering, and provide a series of webinars for the wider community on relevant topics.

Fundamental to the core of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business’ (CKGSB) vision is to cultivate transformative business leaders with a strong sense of social responsibility. To this extent, I’m extremely proud to see the CKGSB community coming together in recent weeks to provide support through donations big and small. Meanwhile, our professors are examining the economic and social impact of the virus and will continue to release data and analysis in the coming weeks.

We will continue to support relief efforts and work together with government agencies, private corporations and international organizations in a meaningful way. Our thoughts and wishes are with all of the people affected by the COVID-19.

Sincerely,

XIANG Bing
Founding Dean
Professor of China Business and Globalization
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business