Zhiguo He

11.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
109 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Zhiguo He is a scholar working on Finance, Accounting and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhiguo He has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Finance, 39 papers in Accounting and 35 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Zhiguo He's work include Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (57 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (34 papers) and Credit Risk and Financial Regulations (23 papers). Zhiguo He is often cited by papers focused on Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (57 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (34 papers) and Credit Risk and Financial Regulations (23 papers). Zhiguo He collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Zhiguo He's co-authors include Arvind Krishnamurthy, Wei Xiong, Lin William Cong, Asaf Manela, Bryan Kelly, Douglas W. Diamond, Zhuo Chen, Chun Liu, Konstantin Milbradt and Jiasun Li and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and American Economic Review.

In The Last Decade

Zhiguo He

99 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Intermediary Asset Pricing 2012 2026 2016 2021 2013 2019 2017 2012 2020 250 500 750
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. Intermediary Asset Pricing
    2013 773 citations Zhiguo He, Arvind Krishnamurthy profile →
  2. Blockchain Disruption and Smart Contracts
    2019 638 citations Zhiguo He et al. profile →
  3. Intermediary asset pricing: New evidence from many asset classes
    2017 446 citations Zhiguo He et al. Journal of Financial Economics profile →
  4. Rollover Risk and Credit Risk
    2012 409 citations Zhiguo He et al. profile →
  5. The financing of local government in China: Stimulus loan wanes and shadow banking waxes
    2020 348 citations Zhiguo He et al. Journal of Financial Economics profile →
  6. A Theory of Debt Maturity: The Long and Short of Debt Overhang
    2013 201 citations Zhiguo He et al. profile →
  7. Decentralized Mining in Centralized Pools
    2020 172 citations Zhiguo He, Jiasun Li et al. profile →

Peers

Zhiguo He
Doojin Ryu South Korea
Gur Huberman United States
Itay Goldstein United States
James W. Kolari United States
Leonid Kogan United States
Ahmet Şensoy Türkiye
John H. Boyd United States
Terrence Hendershott United States
Charles M. Kahn United States
Larisa Yarovaya United Kingdom
Doojin Ryu South Korea
Zhiguo He
Citations per year, relative to Zhiguo He Zhiguo He (= 1×) peers Doojin Ryu

Countries citing papers authored by Zhiguo He

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhiguo He

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhiguo He

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhiguo He. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhiguo He 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 Zhiguo He. Zhiguo He is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Blickle, Kristian, Zhiguo He, Jing Huang, & Cecilia Parlatore. (2025). Information-based pricing in specialized lending. Journal of Financial Economics. 172. 104135–104135.
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Wang, Yuhuan, Wenwen Gao, Zhiguo He, et al.. (2025). Heterogeneous photo-Fenton processes using carbon coating ZnFe2O4 spheres for phenol degradation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1038. 182708–182708.
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He, Zhiguo, et al.. (2025). Local government debt and commercial bank liquidity creation. Finance research letters. 80. 107317–107317. 3 indexed citations
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Gao, Wenwen, Zhiguo He, Yuhuan Wang, et al.. (2024). Enhanced persulfate-assisted photocatalytic degradation of phenol by Ag/ZnFe2O4 composite. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1010. 177578–177578. 14 indexed citations
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Blickle, Kristian, et al.. (2024). Information-Based Pricing in Specialized Lending. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Lu, Xiaomeng, et al.. (2024). Post-compulsory education of children and household asset allocation. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. 89. 102593–102593. 3 indexed citations
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He, Zhiguo, et al.. (2023). The Stock Connect to China. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 113. 125–130. 6 indexed citations
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He, Zhiguo, Jing Huang, & Cecilia Parlatore. (2023). Multi-Dimensional Information with Specialized Lenders. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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He, Zhiguo, et al.. (2023). Banks and financial crises: contributions of Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond, and Philip Dybvig*. Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 125(3). 553–583. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Jian, et al.. (2023). Development and characterization of thermo-sensitive biomass-based smart foam drainage gas recovery treatment agent. Geoenergy Science and Engineering. 230. 212263–212263. 6 indexed citations
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He, Zhiguo, et al.. (2023). Don't Trust, Verify: The Case of Slashing from an Ethereum Explorer. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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He, Zhiguo, et al.. (2023). Homemade Foreign Trading. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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He, Zhiguo & Arvind Krishnamurthy. (2019). A Macroeconomic Framework for Quantifying Systemic Risk. American Economic Journal Macroeconomics. 11(4). 1–37. 71 indexed citations
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Chen, Hui, et al.. (2018). Pledgeability and Asset Prices: Evidence from the Chinese Corporate Bond Markets. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations
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He, Zhiguo, Bin Wei, Jianfeng Yu, & Feng Gao. (2014). Optimal Long-term Contracting with Learning. 39 indexed citations
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He, Zhiguo & Gregor Matvos. (2012). Debt and Creative Destruction: Why Could Subsidizing Corporate Debt Be Optimal?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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He, Zhiguo. (2011). A model of dynamic compensation and capital structure☆. Journal of Financial Economics. 100(2). 351–366. 83 indexed citations
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He, Zhiguo, et al.. (2010). Balance Sheet Adjustments during the 2008 Crisis. IMF Economic Review. 58(1). 118–156. 106 indexed citations

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