Dr. Yurong Hong is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF) at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Professor Hong's research focuses on empirical asset pricing, insider trading, and asset management. She has published papers in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), and Management Science. Her research program received support from the National Natural Science Foundation Youth Science Fund in 2021.
At SAIF, Professor Hong teaches the course "Fixed Income Securities" for MBA and MF students.
Journal Publications
1. Hong, Claire Yurong, Xiaomeng Lu, and Jun Pan, 2024, FinTech Platforms and Mutual Fund Distribution, Management Science.
2. Mark J. Flannery, Claire Yurong Hong, and Baolian Wang, 2023, The Effect of a Government Reference Bond on Corporate Borrowing Costs: Evidence from a Natural Experiment, Management Science.
3. Hong, Claire Yurong, and Frank Weikai Li, 2019, The Information Content of Sudden Insider Silence, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
Working Papers
1. Claire Yurong Hong, Jun Pan, Shiwen Tian, 2024, Macro-Active Bond Mutual Funds.2. Claire Yurong Hong, Jun Pan, and Shiwen Tian, 2024, Inflation Forecasting from Cross-Sectional Stocks.
3. Claire Yurong Hong, Kewei Hou, Thien T. Nguyen, 2024, Debt Maturity Structure and Corporate Investment.
4. Claire Yurong Hong, Frank Weikai Li, and Avanidhar Subrahmanyam, 2024, Financial Intermediaries and Contagion in Market Efficiency: The Case of ETFs.
5. Hong, Claire Yurong, Xiaomeng Lu, and Jun Pan, 2024, FinTech Adoption and Household Risk Taking – From Digital Payments to Platform Investments.
6. Hong, Claire Yurong, Xiaomeng Lu, and Jun Pan, 2022, FinTech Platform and Mutual Fund Distribution.
7. Hong, Claire Yurong, and Jialin Yu, 2021, Month-End Reporting, Cash-Flow News, and Asset Pricing.
8. Hong, Claire Yurong, Weikai Li, and Qifei Zhu, 2020, Monitoring from Afar: Do Foreign Institutional Investors Deter Insider Trading?.
9. Hong, Claire Yurong, 2020, Freedom of Choice in Pension Plans: Evidence From a Quasi Natural Experiment.
10. Hong, Claire Yurong, 2019, Inferring Manager Skill from Discretionary Portfolio Adjustment.