Faculty & Research

Professor Guo Ran is currently an Assistant Professor of Finance at Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Professor Guo Ran has previously served as a Lecturer in Finance at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and as an Assistant Professor at Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University. He also served as a visiting teacher at Stockholm School of Economics.

Professor Guo Ran's research areas encompass corporate finance, corporate governance, political economics, and industrial organization.  His papers have been selected for presentation at first-tier finance conferences, including the American Finance Association (AFA) Annual Meeting, the European Finance Association (EFA) Annual Meeting, the Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS) conference, the China International Conference in Finance (CICF), etc.

At SAIF, Professor Guo offers courses on “Financial Reporting & Analysis”.

Working Papers

1. Sudipto Dasgupta, Ran Guo, Tao Shu, and Ren Xiao, 2025, Similarity Breeds Trust: Political Homophily and CEO-Board Communication..

2. Alvin Chin-Te Chen, Ran Guo, Haohang Wu, and Dong Yan, 2025, The Economics of Financial and Operational Hedging: Insights from U.S. Power Plants..

3. Li He, Toni M. Whited, and Ran Guo, 2025, Relative Performance Evaluation and Strategic Competition.