Shu, Tao(舒濤)

BEcon (Zhongnan University); MS, PhD (University of Texas at Austin)

Fung King Hey Memorial Chair Professor of Finance
Chairman of the Department of Finance

Contact

Department of Finance

Room 1202, 12/F
Cheng Yu Tung Building
12 Chak Cheung Street
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong

+852 3943 9988

taoshu@cuhk.edu.hk

Biography

Prof. Tao Shu is the Fung King Hey Memorial Chair Professor of Finance and Chairman of the Department of Finance at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School.  Before he joined CUHK Business School in 2023, Prof. Shu was the Associate Vice President, Presidential Chair Professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; Associate Director of Shenzhen Finance Institute, Director of MSc Programme in Finance, Co-Director of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Finance Research Centre, Director of Capital Markets and Asset Management Research Centre. Prof. Shu received his PhD in Finance from McCombs School of Business, the University of Texas at Austin in 2007. He worked for the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia as an Assistant Professor, an Associate Professor with tenure, and Macfadden Endowed Professor of Personal Financial Management. He was also a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Prof. Shu Tao joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen in 2019. His primary research interests include institutional and individual investors, mergers and acquisitions, empirical asset pricing, behavioural finance, and financial accounting. He has published many papers in top academic journals in finance, accounting and management, served on the committees of top international conferences in finance, and served as reviewers for the top academic journals.

Research Interests

Empirical Asset Pricing
Institutional and Individual Investors
Behavioral Finance
Mergers and Acquisitions
Labour and Finance
Financial Accounting

  • Awards & Honours
    • Mingkang Research Excellence Award, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 2023
    • Emerald Best Paper Award, China Finance Review International Conference (CFRIC), 2019
    • McFadden Professorship of Personal Financial Management, University of Georgia, 2018
    • Semifinalist for the Best Paper in Corporate Finance, FMA International, 2017
    • The Talk of the Town Award, Finance Down Under Conference, 2014
    • Semifinalist for the Best Paper in Corporate Finance, FMA International, 2014
    • Hugh O. Nourse Outstanding MBA Teacher Award, University of Georgia, 2013
    • Terry Sanford Research Award, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, 2013
    • 3rd TCFA Best Paper Award, 2012
    • Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher in Finance, Alpha Kappa Psi, 2012
    • Terry Sanford Research Award, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, 2012
    • Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Georgia, 2012
    • Terry Sanford Research Award, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, 2010, 2011
    • Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Georgia, 2009
    • Houston Endowment President’s Excellence Scholarship, University of Texas at Austin, 2006
    • Dean’s Fellowship, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, 2004, 2005
    • Bonham Fund Fellowship, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, 2005
    • University Pre-emptive Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 2003