Janet Gao

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 770 citations indexed

About

Janet Gao is a scholar working on Accounting, Economics and Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Janet Gao has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 770 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Accounting, 21 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 14 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Janet Gao's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (21 papers), Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (11 papers) and Firm Innovation and Growth (7 papers). Janet Gao is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (21 papers), Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (11 papers) and Firm Innovation and Growth (7 papers). Janet Gao collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Singapore. Janet Gao's co-authors include Murillo Campello, Qiping Xu, Ran Duchin, Joseph Pacelli, Yue Zhang, Jiaping Qiu, Xiumin Martin, Robert M. Bushman, Wenyu Wang and Yaniv Grinstein and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and Management Science.

In The Last Decade

Janet Gao

34 papers receiving 748 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Customer concentration and loan contract terms

2016 354 citations Murillo Campello, Janet Gao Journal of Financial Economics profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Janet Gao United States	12	539	287	267	213	94	37	770
Matt Pinnuck Australia	14	794 1.5×	244 0.9×	334 1.3×	353 1.7×	74 0.8×	40	1.0k
Jean‐Marc Suret Canada	12	517 1.0×	287 1.0×	268 1.0×	170 0.8×	66 0.7×	65	720
J. Scott Judd United States	6	515 1.0×	188 0.7×	153 0.6×	328 1.5×	93 1.0×	11	737
Jeff L. McMullin United States	10	646 1.2×	222 0.8×	231 0.9×	252 1.2×	93 1.0×	15	823
Mustafa Ciftci United Arab Emirates	15	552 1.0×	225 0.8×	207 0.8×	380 1.8×	44 0.5×	26	733
Tomas Jandik United States	11	743 1.4×	236 0.8×	237 0.9×	282 1.3×	47 0.5×	41	899
Lars Helge Haß United Kingdom	14	535 1.0×	188 0.7×	235 0.9×	195 0.9×	28 0.3×	42	698
Bryce Schonberger United States	9	557 1.0×	182 0.6×	200 0.7×	226 1.1×	35 0.4×	23	691
Marie Dutordoir United Kingdom	17	586 1.1×	126 0.4×	495 1.9×	362 1.7×	75 0.8×	58	844
Christo Karuna Australia	8	613 1.1×	169 0.6×	179 0.7×	259 1.2×	38 0.4×	21	727

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Janet Gao

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Billett, Matthew T., et al.. (2025). Access to Debt and the Provision of Trade Credit. Management Science.

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Gao, Janet, Yong‐Seok Kim, & Merih Sevilir. (2025). Private equity in the hospital industry. Journal of Financial Economics. 171. 104107–104107. 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Janet, Wenyu Wang, & Yufeng Wu. (2024). Human Capital Portability and Careers in Finance. Review of Financial Studies. 37(9). 2732–2778. 3 indexed citations

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Duchin, Ran, Janet Gao, & Qiping Xu. (2024). Sustainability or Greenwashing: Evidence from the Asset Market for Industrial Pollution. The Journal of Finance. 80(2). 699–754. 28 indexed citations

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Gao, Janet, et al.. (2023). How Do Health Insurance Costs Affect Firm Labor Composition and Technology Investment?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Gao, Janet, et al.. (2023). Access to Financing and Racial Pay Gap Inside Firms. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Gao, Janet, et al.. (2023). Decentralized Banking in Mortgage Market: Evidence from Branch Manager's Past Experience. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Carvalho, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Loan spreads and credit cycles: The role of lenders’ personal economic experiences. Journal of Financial Economics. 148(2). 118–149. 11 indexed citations

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Gao, Janet, et al.. (2023). Partisanship in loan pricing. Journal of Financial Economics. 150(3). 103717–103717. 22 indexed citations

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Gao, Janet, Kenneth J. Merkley, Joseph Pacelli, & Joseph H. Schroeder. (2022). Do Internal Control Weaknesses Affect Firms’ Demand for Accounting Skills? Evidence from U.S. Job Postings. The Accounting Review. 98(3). 203–228. 24 indexed citations

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Duchin, Ran, Janet Gao, & Qiping Xu. (2022). Sustainability or Greenwashing: Evidence from the Asset Market for Industrial Pollution. SSRN Electronic Journal. 46 indexed citations

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Bushman, Robert M., Janet Gao, Xiumin Martin, & Joseph Pacelli. (2020). The influence of loan officers on loan contract design and performance. Journal of Accounting and Economics. 71(2-3). 101384–101384. 44 indexed citations

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Gao, Janet. (2020). Managing Liquidity in Production Networks: The Role of Central Firms. European Finance Review. 25(3). 819–861. 19 indexed citations

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Gao, Janet, Joseph Pacelli, Jan Schneemeier, & Yufeng Wu. (2020). Dirty Money: How Banks Influence Financial Crime. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Janet, Wenyu Wang, & Xiaoyun Yu. (2019). Big Fish in Small Ponds: Human Capital Mobility and the Rise of Boutique Banks. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Janet, et al.. (2017). Shocks to Lenders' Monitoring Incentives and Firms' Financial Reporting Choices. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Campello, Murillo, Janet Gao, Jiaping Qiu, & Yue Zhang. (2017). Bankruptcy and the Cost of Organized Labor: Evidence from Union Elections. Review of Financial Studies. 31(3). 980–1013. 49 indexed citations

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Campello, Murillo & Janet Gao. (2016). Customer concentration and loan contract terms. Journal of Financial Economics. 123(1). 108–136. 354 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gao, Janet. (2014). Business Networks, Firm Connectivity, and Firm Policies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations

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Gao, Janet. (2013). Business Networks, Firm Connectivity and Firm Policies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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