Education
Ph.D. (Majored in Finance), Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2023
Courses Taught
Undergraduate：Corporate Strategy and Rish Management, Financial Statement Analysis
Work Experiences
August 2023 - Present: School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)
Research Interests
Corporate finance, Corporate governance
Representative Research Projects
1. Major Project of the National Social Science Fund (Approval No. 21ZDA010), 2021-2023, Participant.
2. General Project of the National Natural Science Foundation, 2020, Participant.
3. Inclusive Finance Research Project of China Construction Bank, 2020, Participant.
4. Research Project of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, 2022, Participant.
Representative Research Papers
1. Kong, D., Liu, J., Wang, Y., and Zhu ling. (2023). Employee Stock Ownership Plans and Corporate Environmental Engagement. Journal of Business Ethics. Forthcoming.
2. Kong, D., & Zhu, Ling. (2022). Governments’ fiscal squeeze and firm pollute on emissions: Evidence from a natural experiment in China. Environmental and Resource Economics, 81(4), 833-866.
3. Xiang, J., Zhu, Ling, & Kong, D. (2023). Labor cost and corporate tax avoidance. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 205, 338-358.
4. Kong, D., Kong, G., Liu, S., & Zhu, Ling. (2022). Does competition cause government decentralization? The case of state-owned enterprises. Journal of Comparative Economics, 50(4), 1103-1122.
5. Zhu, Ling, Kong, D., & Liu S. (2023). Do governments centralize state-owned enterprises in hard times? International Review of Financial Analysis, Forthcoming.
6. Wang, X., & Zhu, Ling*. (2023). How does Export VAT Rebates policy affect corporate investment efficiency? Evidence from corporate tax stickiness. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Forthcoming.
7. Xiong, M., & Zhu, Ling*. (2023). Mandatory pollution abatement and firm export product quality. Economic Analysis and Policy. Forthcoming.
8. Kong, G., Huang, J., Kong, D., & Zhu, Ling*. (2023). Female executives, industrial robots, and stock price crash risk. Finance Research Letters, 57, 104253.
9. Zhu, Ling, & Kong, D. (2022). Does government transparency shape firm decentralization? Evidence from a natural experiment in China. Emerging Markets Review, 53, 100915.
10. Zhu, Ling, & Kong, D. (2023). Corruption and privatization: Evidence from a natural experiment in China. Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 31(1), 217-239.
11. Kong, X., Jiang, F., & Zhu, Ling*. (2022). Business strategy, corporate social responsibility, and within-firm pay gap. Economic Modelling, 106, 105703.
12. Kong, D., Zhu, Ling, & Yang, Z. (2020). Effects of foreign investors on energy firms' innovation: Evidence from a natural experiment in China. Energy Economics, 92, 105011.
13. Kong, D., Zhu, Ling, & Qin, N. (2022). Does corruption shape firm centralization? Evidence from state‐owned enterprises in China. Accounting & Finance, 62(3), 3365-3395.
Representative Grants and Awards
1. Academic Rising Star for Doctoral Graduates (one of 9 nationwide), China Economic Society, 2022.
