Lucia Gao
Department:
College of Management
Title:
Associate Dean, Faculty & Research
Location:
McCormack Hall Floor 02
Area of Expertise
Corporate Finance; Corporate Governance; Sustainable Finance
Degrees
DBA in Finance, Boston University
MS in Actuarial Science, University of Lisbon
BS in Management, University of the Azores
Professional Publications & Contributions
Recent selected works:
- Dang, R.., Gao, L.S., Houanti, L., Qiu, H. and Vo, L. 2025. Director fit matters: evidence from board gender quota in France. M@n@gement.
- Martinez, F., Figge, F., Castellano, S., Chakraborty, A., and Silva-Gao, L., 2023. How did corporate responses to the Covid-19 pandemic correspond with CSR? Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, 32, 161-166 (editorial).
- Chakraborty, A., Gao, L.S., Kim, S. and Liu, R., 2023. Does corporate social responsibility play a moderating role in trading silence prior to bad news earnings announcements? Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance, 34(3), pp.282-301.
- Ai, L. and Gao, L.S., 2023. Firm-level risk of climate change: Evidence from climate disasters. Global Finance Journal, 55, p.100805.
- Chakraborty, A., Gao, L.S. and Musa, P., 2023. Corporate social responsibility and litigation risk: Evidence from securities class action lawsuits. Accounting & Finance, 63(2), pp.1785-1819.
- Gao, L., Sheikh, S. and Zhou, H., 2023. Executive compensation linked to corporate social responsibility and firm risk. International Journal of Managerial Finance, 19(2), pp.269-290.
- Bardos, K.S., Ertugrul, M. and Gao, L.S., 2020. Corporate social responsibility, product market perception, and firm value. Journal of Corporate Finance, 62, p.101588.
- Feng, S. and Gao, L.S., 2020. The verbal tone in mandatory environmental disclosures: evidence from changes in disclosures following SEC guidance. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 40(2), pp.116-139.
- Chakraborty, A., Gao, L.S. and Sheikh, S., 2019. Does size affect the relation between option compensation and managerial risk taking? Evidence from Canadian listed companies. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 24(1), pp.20-32.
- Chakraborty, A., Gao, L. and Sheikh, S., 2019. Corporate governance and risk in cross-listed and Canadian only companies. Management Decision, 57(10), pp.2740-2757.
- Chakraborty, A., Gao, L.S. and Sheikh, S., 2019. Managerial risk taking incentives, corporate social responsibility and firm risk. Journal of Economics and Business, 101, pp.58-72.
- Zhong, M. and Gao, L., 2017. Does corporate social responsibility disclosure improve firm investment efficiency? Evidence from China. Review of Accounting and Finance, 16(3), pp. 348-365.