Education
· 2004-2008: Ph.D. in Management, University of Edinburgh, UK, School of Economics and Management
· 2002-2004: M.Sc. in Management, Durham University, School of Economics and Management
· 1999-2001: MBA, Jilin University, Faculty of Business and Economics
· 1988-1992: B.A. , Nanjing University, School of foreign languages
Academic Experience
· 07/2015-presnet: Research fellow, the Center of China's Finance Research (CCFR)
· 32/2009-06/2015: assistant professor, University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Business and Economics
· 07/2008-02/2009: Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Business and Economics
Research Interests:
Innovation, Political Economics, Development Economics
Publications
· Guo, Di; Kun, Jiang and Chenggang, Xu. 2015. “Institutions and Managerial Task Allocation: Evidence from Chinese Entrepreneurs”, Journal of Human Capital, 11 (3). 397–422
· Guo, Di; Xinyu, Hua and Kun, Jiang. 2017 “Agency and Strategic Contracts: Theory and Evidence from R&D Agreements”, accepted by International Journal of Industrial Organization.
· Guo, Di; Yan, Guo and Kun, Jiang. 2017 “Funding forms, market conditions and dynamic effects of government R&D subsidies: evidence from China”, Economic Inquiry, 55(2), 825-842.
· Guo, Di; Yan, Guo and Kun, Jiang. 2016. “Government-Subsidized R&D and Firm Innovation: Evidence from China”, Research Policy, 45(6), 1129-1144.
· Guo, Di; Kun, Jiang and Xiaoting, Mai. 2015 “Venture Capital Investment and the Post- IPO Performance of Entrepreneurial Firms: Evidence from People’s Republic of China.” Asian Development Review, v.32 (1), 113-141.
· Guo, Di; Kun, Jiang; Byung-Yeon, Kim and Chenggang, Xu. 2014. “The Political Economy of Private Firms in China”, Journal of Comparative Economics, v. 42 (2), 286- 303.
· Guo, Di and Kun, Jiang. 2013. “Venture Capital Investment and the Performance of Entrepreneurial Firms: Evidence from China”, Journal of Corporate Finance, v. 22, 375- 395.
· Guo, Di. (2004). “An Analysis of Obstacles in Venture Capital Exit in China.” in Heping Cao (edit), Asian Economic Cooperation in the New Millennium: The Position and Influence of China. PKU Press, Beijing.
Working Papers:
· Guo, Di; Yan, Guo and Kun, Jiang. “Governance of Government R&D Program and Its Effects on Firm Productivity: Evidence from China”, 3rd round R&R
· Guo, Di and Kun, Jiang. “Venture Capital and Innovation: Do Experience and Specialization of Venture Capital Firms Matter?” under review.
· Guo, Di; Kun, Jiang; Chenggang, Xu and Xiyi, Yang. “Growth, Inequality and Industrial Clusters in China”, under review.
· Chong, Tai Leung; Di Guo and Danli Wang. “Land Tenure Legacy, Property Institutions and Economic Development: Evidence from China”, under review.
· Guo, Di. “Governance of Venture Capital Firms and VCs’ Stage Financing Strategy: An Empirical Study on China”, under review.
· Guo, Di; Kun, Jiang and Chenggang, Xu. “Political Economy of Making an Authoritarian Constitution: The Case of China”.
· Guo, Di and Waverly, Ding. “A Comparison of Domestic and Foreign Venture Capitalists’ Investment Preferences in China”.
· Guo, Di. “Do institutions matter? An empirical examination on VCs’ project screening in China”.
Work in Progress
· Industrial Clusters and Firm Productivity in China (with Kun Jiang, Chenggang Xu and Xiyi Yang)
· Industrial Clusters and Innovation in China (with Kun Jiang, Chenggang Xu and Xiyi Yang)
· Industrial Clusters and Household Income Inequality in China (with Kun Jiang, Chenggang Xu and Xiyi Yang)
· Social Capital and Agricultural Collectivization in China (with Dali Wang)
· State-managed Irrigation and Civil Society in China (with Danli Wang)
· Land Ownership, Resistance from Grassroots and Agricultural Reform in China (with Danli Wang)
· Government-subsidized R&D program and external financing for firms (with Yan Guo and Kun Jiang)
· Institutional Investors, Monitoring, and Innovation in China (with Kun Jiang)
· Indemnification and Agency Issues (with Xinyu Hua and Kun Jiang)
· Exclusive Contracts and Conversion Rights (with Xinyu Hua and Kun Jiang)
· Patent Allocation in R&D Agreements (with Xinyu Hua and Kun Jiang)
· The Spillover of Joint Ventures in China (with Kun Jiang and Steffan Chi)
Teaching course
Strategic Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Chinese Business Practice and Society, Business policy