Xintong Zhan

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 890 citations indexed

About

Xintong Zhan is a scholar working on Finance, Accounting and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Xintong Zhan has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 890 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Finance, 23 papers in Accounting and 14 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Xintong Zhan's work include Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (27 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (22 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (12 papers). Xintong Zhan is often cited by papers focused on Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (27 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (22 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (12 papers). Xintong Zhan collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Xintong Zhan's co-authors include Jie Cao, Hao Liang, Si Li, Weiming Elaine Zhang, Sheridan Titman, Chen-Ta Lin, Xu Li, Bing Han, Qing Tong and Amit Goyal and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science and Review of Financial Studies.

In The Last Decade

Xintong Zhan

32 papers receiving 872 citations

Hit Papers

Peer Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Peer Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility
    2019 344 citations Jie Cao, Xintong Zhan et al. Management Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xintong Zhan Hong Kong 12 481 400 392 302 161 36 890
Andrea Tarelli Italy 7 309 0.6× 406 1.0× 364 0.9× 388 1.3× 177 1.1× 18 823
Reza Houston United States 12 395 0.8× 356 0.9× 273 0.7× 258 0.9× 120 0.7× 30 724
Lily Nguyen Australia 13 669 1.4× 260 0.7× 344 0.9× 295 1.0× 77 0.5× 28 890
Udomsak Wongchoti New Zealand 15 386 0.8× 255 0.6× 279 0.7× 315 1.0× 102 0.6× 40 769
Jungwon Suh South Korea 12 740 1.5× 556 1.4× 354 0.9× 267 0.9× 173 1.1× 32 1.1k
Wajahat Azmi Malaysia 13 348 0.7× 256 0.6× 296 0.8× 358 1.2× 136 0.8× 31 719
Antonio Meles Italy 14 426 0.9× 526 1.3× 186 0.5× 294 1.0× 190 1.2× 33 899
Rongli Yuan China 10 801 1.7× 350 0.9× 287 0.7× 308 1.0× 118 0.7× 31 1.0k
Iraj Fooladi Canada 11 313 0.7× 362 0.9× 239 0.6× 244 0.8× 188 1.2× 32 716
Ian Appel United States 10 859 1.8× 314 0.8× 568 1.4× 373 1.2× 66 0.4× 18 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Xintong Zhan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xintong Zhan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Xintong Zhan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Xintong Zhan. The network helps show where Xintong Zhan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xintong Zhan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xintong Zhan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xintong Zhan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Xintong Zhan. Xintong Zhan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cao, Jie, et al.. (2025). Smart beta, “smarter” flows. Journal of Empirical Finance. 81. 101580–101580.
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Cao, Jie, et al.. (2025). Carbon Emissions, Mutual Fund Trading, and the Liquidity of Corporate Bonds. Management Science. 72(3). 1959–1986. 2 indexed citations
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Zhan, Xintong, et al.. (2025). Beyond Green: Impacts of Green Bond Issuance on Conventional Bonds in China. Asian Economic Policy Review. 21(1). 72–82. 4 indexed citations
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Cao, Jie, Michael G. Hertzel, Jie Xu, & Xintong Zhan. (2024). Options trading and corporate debt structure. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. 49. 107274–107274.
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Cao, Jie, et al.. (2023). Options Trading and Stock Price Informativeness. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 59(4). 1516–1540. 14 indexed citations
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Cao, Jie, et al.. (2023). The return predictability of carbon emissions: Evidence from Hong Kong and Singapore. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. 82. 102177–102177. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Yong, et al.. (2023). Socially Responsible Investors and Stock Price Informativeness. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Jie, et al.. (2022). Implied Volatility Changes and Corporate Bond Returns. Management Science. 69(3). 1375–1397. 15 indexed citations
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Cao, Jie, Sheridan Titman, Xintong Zhan, & Weiming Elaine Zhang. (2022). ESG Preference, Institutional Trading, and Stock Return Patterns. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 58(5). 1843–1877. 72 indexed citations
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Cao, Jie, Gang Li, Xintong Zhan, & Guofu Zhou. (2022). Betting Against the Crowd: Option Trading and Market Risk Premium. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Cao, Jie, et al.. (2021). Carbon Emissions, Institutional Trading, and the Liquidity of Corporate Bonds. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations
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Cao, Jie, Tarun Chordia, & Xintong Zhan. (2021). The Calendar Effects of the Idiosyncratic Volatility Puzzle: A Tale of Two Days?. Management Science. 67(12). 7866–7887. 3 indexed citations
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Cao, Jie, Michael G. Hertzel, Jie Xu, & Xintong Zhan. (2020). Options Trading and Corporate Debt Structure. SSRN Electronic Journal. 10 indexed citations
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Cao, Jie, et al.. (2019). Option Trading and Stock Price Informativeness. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Xu, Chen-Ta Lin, & Xintong Zhan. (2018). Does Change in the Information Environment Affect Financing Choices?. Management Science. 65(12). 5676–5696. 56 indexed citations
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Cao, Jie, et al.. (2018). Volatility Uncertainty and the Cross-Section of Option Returns. SSRN Electronic Journal. 12 indexed citations
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Cao, Jie, et al.. (2017). How Do Smart Beta ETFs Affect the Asset Management Industry? Evidence from Mutual Fund Flows. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Dong, Hui, Chen-Ta Lin, & Xintong Zhan. (2015). Do Analysts Matter for Corporate Social Responsibility? Evidence from Natural Experiments. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Officer, Micah S., et al.. (2013). Does Competition Affect Earnings Management? Evidence from a Natural Experiment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 17 indexed citations
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Officer, Micah S., et al.. (2013). Does Competition Affect Earnings Management? Evidence from a Natural Experiment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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