Dr. Chelsea Yao
My name is Chelsea Yao. I am Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Finance at Lancaster University Management School and Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business. I am also Visiting Scholar from 9/2021 to 8/2023 and was Visiting Research Professor from 8/2019-7/2021 and 3/2015-8/2015 at New York University's Stern School of Business. I received my PhD in Finance from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Master in Finance from Durham University, United Kingdom. My research interests lie in ESG ratings, green investments, machine learning, and fund management.
Organized conferences:
Selected Publications
What Drives a
Firm's ES Performance? Evidence From Stock Returns, with Mark Shackleton and Jiali
Yan , forthcoming at Journal of Banking and Finance. SSRN version
AFA Annual Meeting PhD Poster Session, Philadelphia, January 2018
Time-Series Momentum in Nearly 100 Years of Stock Returns, with Bryan Lim, and
George Wang, 2018,
Journal of Banking and Finance, 97, 283-296. SSRN early
version
Semifinalist for Best Paper Award, Financial Management Association, Las
Vegas, 2016
Macroeconomic Risk and
Seasonality in Momentum Profits, with Spencer
Martin, and Xiuqing Ji, 2017,Journal
of Financial
Markets, 36, 76-90. SSRN version
Best Track Award, Academy of Finance, United States, 2017
Starting on the Wrong
Foot: Seasonality in Mutual Fund Performance, with Stephen Brown, Juan Sotes-Paladino, and
George
Wang, 2017, Journal of Banking and Finance, 82, 133-150. SSRN version
Semifinalist for Best Paper Award, Financial Management Association, Las
Vegas, 2016
Semifinalist for Best Paper Award, 24th Annual Conference on the Theories
and Practices of Securities and Financial Markets at National Sun Yat-Sen University, 2016
Momentum, Contrarian and
the January Seasonality, single author, 2012, Journal of Banking and Finance, 36, 2757-2769. SSRN version
Ongoing Research
SFS Cavalcade Asia Pacific, December 2019
Northern Finance Association, September 2020
Semifinalist for Best Paper Award, Financial Management Association, New York, 2020
European Finance Association, August 2021
Corporate social responsibility and insider horizion, with Mark Shackleton and Ziran Zuo.
CAFR 2021 - Environmental, Social and Governance Reporting and Investing, September 2021(scheduled)
The Value of
Growth: Changes in Profitability and Future Stock Returns, with Bryan Lim
, Juan
Sotes-Paladino ,
and George
Wang, 3rd Round RR at Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
Semifinalist for Best Paper Award, FMA Annual Meeting, Boston, 2017
Understanding
Stock Price Behavior around External Financing, with Spencer Martin
and
Min Cao, submitted.
Presented at Carnegie Mellon University, Rutgers Business School, Singapore
Management University, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology
Exchange Traded Funds and Stock Returns with George Wang and Adina Yelekenova
The 28th Finance Forum, Nova, virtual conference, June 2021
Honours and Awards
Semifinalist for Best Paper Award, Financial Management Association, New York, 2020
Most Promising Project Award, ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership Workshop,
Liverpool, 2019
Best Track Award, Academy of Finance, United States, 2017
Semifinalist for Best Paper Award, Financial Management Association, Las Vegas,
2016 (x2 papers)
Semifinalist for Best Paper Award, 24th Annual Conference on the Theories and
Practices of Securities and Financial Markets at National Sun Yat-Sen University, 2016
Pump-Priming Research Grant, Lancaster University, UK, 2014
Dean's Award for Research Excellence, University of Melbourne, Australia, 2013
American Finance Association Doctoral Travel Award, United States, 2012
Overseas Travel Scholarship for Visiting NYU Stern, University of Melbourne, Australia, 2012
Finance Research Scholarship, University of Melbourne, Australia, 2009-2013
Ormond College Scholarship, University of Melbourne, Australia, 2010-2013
Conferences & Invited Seminars
2021
CAFR 2021 - Environmental, Social and Governance Reporting and Investing, virtual conference, September 2021(scheduled)
EFA Annual Meeting, Bocconi, virtual conference, August 2021
7th International Young Finance Scholars' Conference, Oxford, virtual conference, July 2021
The 28th Finance Forum, Nova, virtual conference, June 2021
37th International Conference of the French Finance Association, virtual conference, May 2021
2020
Iowa University, virtual seminar, October 2020
FMA Annual Meeting, New York, virtual conference, October 2020
NFA Annual Meeting, virtual conference, September 2020
Green and Ethical Finance Conference, SMU, virtual conference,
September 2020
Environmental, Social and Governance Risks, Venice, virtual conference,
September 2020
2019
SFS Cavalcade Asia-Pacific, December, Hong Kong, December 2019
9th Annual SKBI Conference Asia, Singapore, November 2019
International Workshop on Green Finance and ESG Analysis, Tsinghua University,
October 2019
The Third CSR, the Economy and Financial Market Conference, WHU, October 2019
University of Amsterdam, September 2019
GRASFI Conference, Oxford University, September 2019
The 16th Corporate Finance Day, University of Groningen, September 2019
The European Financial Management Annual Meeting, June 2019
Strategy and Tactics for Effective Engagement, Cambridge Judge, May 2019
Mutual Funds, Hedge Funds and Factor Investing Conference, LancasterUniversity,
April 2019
2018
30th Australian Finance and Banking Conference, Sydney, December 2018
Aston University, November 2018
The Second Conference on CSR, the Economy and Financial Markets, Chicago,
November 2018
East China Normal University, November 2018
AFA 2018 Annual Meeting PhD Poster Session, Philadelphia, January 2018
2017
FMA Annual Meeting, Boston, October 2017
INFINITI Conference in International Finance, June 2017
Loughbough University, June 2017
2016
29th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, December 2016
24th Conference on the Theories and Practices of Securities and Financial
Markets, December 2016
11th International CAFM, December 2016
6th FIRN Conference, November 2016
FMA Annual Meeting, October 2016(x2 papers)
Capital University of Economics and Business, September 2016
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, July 2016
Asian Finance Association Annual Meeting, June 2016(x2 papers)