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, bank regulation and lending decision

Bachelor: financial accounting, thesis writing

Master and PHD: accounting research and statistical software application

Selected Academic Articles

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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

2022.1-2024.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Business groups' investment in the media: reporting quality, economic consequences and oversight mechanisms (No. 72102224).

Honors and Awards

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