Rui Ge is a Professor of Accounting at the WeBank Institute of FinTech, Shenzhen University. Prior to joining Shenzhen University, he held academic positions at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Sun Yat-sen University. His primary research interests include financial information and corporate governance. His research has been published in leading academic journals such as The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies, Accounting Horizons, and Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. His research has received several awards, including the Distinguished Social Science Research Award (Second Prize) of Guangdong Province in 2024 and the Distinguished Social Science Research Award (First Prize) of Shenzhen in 2023. He has also secured several competitive external research grants as principal investigator, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the General Research Fund (GRF) of the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, with total research funding exceeding RMB 2 million.
Selected Publications in International Journals
Rui Ge, Junqiang Ke, Zhiming Ma and Lufei Ruan, “CEO tax effect on corporate misconduct: Evidence from CEOs’ capital gains taxes”, Review of Accounting Studies, 2026, Vol. 31, 944–980.
Rui Ge, Yuan Ji and Henock Louis, “Accounting quality and alliance contract provisions”, The Accounting Review, 2021, Vol. 96, 261–287.
Yangyang Chen, Rui Ge, Henock Louis and Leon Zolotoy, “Stock liquidity and corporate tax avoidance”, Review of Accounting Studies, 2019, Vol. 24, 309–340.
Rui Ge and Clive Lennox, “Do acquirers disclose good news or withhold bad news when they finance their acquisitions using equity?”, Review of Accounting Studies, 2011, Vol. 16, 183–217.
Guilong Cai, Rui Ge, Jeffrey Pittman and Leon Zolotoy, “The spillover effects of accounting scandals in business groups”, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 2025, Vol. 51, 107315.
Selected External Competitive Research GrantsReceived as Principal Investigator
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2022–2025, PI, RMB480,000.
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2017–2020, PI, RMB480,000.
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2013–2015, PI, RMB220,000.
General Research Fund (GRF) of Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2017–2018, PI, HK$237,700.
