Education

2015.9-2020.6,   Tsinghua University, Ph.D in Management

2018.8-2019.8,   Columbia University, Joint-Ph.D program sponsored by China Scholarship 

                           Council

2012. 8-2015.6,   University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, M.A in Management

2008. 9-2012.7,   Shandong University, B.A in Management

Work Experience

2020.9-present,   Department of Accounting, Business School, Renmin University of China

Information intermediary in the capital market, externalities of information disclosure, capital market regulation

Bachelor: financial accounting, thesis writing

Master and PHD: accounting research and statistical software application

Selected Academic Articles

1. Yi Ru, Ronghuo Zheng, Yuan Zou. Public Disclosure of Private Meetings: Does Observing Peers’ Information Acquisition Affect Analysts’ Attention Allocation? Journal of Accounting Research, 2025, published online.

2. Yi Ru, Jian Xue, Yuan Zhang, Xin Zhou. Social connections between media and firm executives and the properties of media reporting, Review of Accounting Studies, 2020, 25(3), 963-1001.

3. Yi Ru, Jian Xue, Qian Zhang. Managing conflicts of interest in the financial media: Evidence from a natural experiment in China, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy,2024, 48.

4. Yi Ru, Wei Zhao. Zihao Su. Faithful or fearless: directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and management discussion and analysis tone manipulation, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, 2023, 1-24. 

5. Yi Ru, Yongliang Wu, Min Zhang. Is the Differentiated Information Disclosure System Effective?- Evidence from Earnings Management Behaviors under Hierarchical System of National Equities Exchange and Quotations, Accounting Research (In Chinese会计研究), 2024(1), 33-46.

6. Yi Ru, Haojing Guo, Jian Xue. Does Communication Between Media Journalists and Firm Executives Improve the Quality of News Reports? An Empirical Study Based on Company Visits. Journal of Financial Research (In Chinese 金融研究), 2022(2), 189-206.

7. Jian Xue, Yi Ru. Business Relationship of Information Disclosure and Quality of News Reports, Management World (In Chinese管理世界), 2020(10),224-240.

8. Yi Ru, Jian Xue, Qian Zhang. The Reputational Spillover Effect of Media News Reports, Journal of Financial Research (In Chinese金融研究), 2019(8), 189-206.

9. Jian Xue, Yi Ru, and Chao Dou. Punishing One Threatens a Hundred？—The Deterrent Effect of Exposure Mechanism on Top-executive Corruption Behavior, Accounting Research (In Chinese会计研究), 2017(3), 60-67.

10. Yi Ru, Chenxi Guo, Ping Lv. Executive Compensation, Internal & External Institutional Environment and FDI Pace. Journal of Finance and Economics (In Chinese财经研究), 2016(3), 4-15.

Selected Research Grants

1. General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: " Research on the Impact of Financial Media Convergence and Transformation on Information Quality and Capital Market Efficiency", January, 2025 - December, 2028, Principal Investigator, Ongoing.

2. Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: " Business Groups' Investment in the Media: Reporting Quality, Economic Consequences and Oversight Mechanisms ", January, 2022 - December, 2024, Principal Investigator, Completed.

3. Renmin University of China Scientific Research Foundation for Youth: "The Impact of Financial Media Paywalls on Information Quality and Efficiency in Capital Markets", August 2024 - July 2027, Principal Investigator, Ongoing.

4. General Program of the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation: "Exploring the Mitigation Mechanisms of Media Reporting Bias in Capital Markets", December 2020 - July 2022, Principal Investigator, Completed.

Honors and Awards

2024.1, Outstanding Teaching Team, School of Business, Renmin University of China

2024.1, Advanced Individual in Social Service, School of Business, Renmin University of China

2022.10, Distinguished Young Scholar, Renmin University of China

2021.4, Outstanding Scholar in Research, School of Business, Renmin University of China

2020.6,   Beijing Outstanding Graduates, Tsinghua University

2020.6,   Excellent Doctoral Dissertation, Tsinghua University

2020.5,   Wei Jie Outstanding Paper of Economics Scholarship, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

2019.12,  Xiao Lin Shi China Economic Research Scholarship, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

2019.12,  The Second Prize Postgraduate Scholarship, Tsinghua University

2018.12,  The First Prize Postgraduate Scholarship, Tsinghua University

2018.6,    Wei Jie Outstanding Paper of Economics Scholarship, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

2018.3,    The Overseas Exchange Scholarship, Chiang Chen Industrial Charity Foundation

2017.12,  The First Prize Postgraduate Scholarship, Tsinghua University

2016.12,  Advanced Individual in postgraduate Class Construction, Tsinghua University

Other Appointments

a peer reviewer for Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting, Accounting Research (In Chinese会计研究), and Financial Research (In Chinese金融研究).