Education
Bachelor of Accounting and Foreign Literature (Dual Degree), Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2000-2004
Master of Accounting and International Trade (Second Master's Degree), Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2004-2007
PhD in Accounting, The University of New South Wales, 2011-2014
Work Experience
Manager of the Statistical, China Mobile Guangdong Co., Ltd. Shenzhen Branch, 2007-2011
Analysis DepartmentLecturer, The University of New South Wales, 03/2014-09/2014
Tenured Lecturer, The University of Queensland, 2015-12/2019
Tenured Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland, 2020-2022
Courses Taught
Advanced Financial Accounting, Financial Accounting, Empirical Accounting Research, etc.
Representative Research Papers
1.Ru Gao, Lakshmanan Shivakumar, Baljit Sidhu. Exchange-sponsored analyst coverage. Contemporary Accounting Research, 2018, 35(2): 734-766
2.Kathleen Herbohn, Ru Gao, Peter Clarkson. Evidence on whether banks consider carbon risk in their lending decisions. Journal of Business Ethics, 2019, 159: 155-175
3.Ru Gao, Baljit K. Sidhu. Convergence of accounting standards and financial reporting externality: evidence from mandatory IFRS adoption. Accounting and Finance, 2018, 58(3): 817-848
4.Ru Gao, Baljit K. Sidhu. The impact of mandatory international financial reporting standards adoption on investment efficiency: standards, enforcement, and reporting incentives. Abacus, 2018, 54(3): 277-318
5.Ru Gao, Xin Yu. How to measure capital investment efficiency: a literature synthesis. Accounting and Finance, 2020, 60: 299-334
6.Peter Clarkson, Ru Gao, Kathleen Herbohn. The relationship between a firm’s information environment and its cash holdings decision. Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, 2020, 16(2)
Representative Grants and Awards
1.2018 Philip Brown Prize, Securities Industry Research Centre of Asia-Pacific
2.2018 Early Career Researcher Excellence in Research Award, The University of Queensland
3.2014 AAA IAS Grant, The American Accounting Association
4.2010 Guangdong Enterprise Management Modernization Innovation Award (Second Prize), State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the People's Government of Guangdong Province
5.2011-2014 Australian Government First-Class Scholarship (APA scholarship)
