Chao Gao

Chao Gao is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at the Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies & Statistics, Australian National University. His research focuses on empirical corporate finance, institutional investors, derivatives markets, and market efficiency, with an emphasis on the role of institutional investors in capital markets.

Current projects include analyzing hedge fund activists' governance and investment implications, hedge fund fee structures' performance impacts, and uncertainty's influence on security prices and investor behavior. His work has been published in top-tier journals such as Financial Management, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and Journal of Fixed Income.

Selected publications explore monthly option price cycles, environmental preferences in green municipal bonds, information asymmetry in SPACs, term structures of market exposure, mutual fund portfolio skewness, geographic remoteness effects on stock returns, and information revelation before corporate events. These studies highlight his expertise in market dynamics, risk analysis, and behavioral finance.

Chao Gao is registered to supervise research students and contributes to the academic community through his work on financial institutions, market efficiency, and regulatory impacts. His office is located at Room 4.07, CBE Building, Australian National University.