EDUCATION

• Ph.D in Economics, 2011, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
• M.Sc in Economics, 2006, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, 2005, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Professor, Lingnan College, Sun Yat-sen University, 11/2025-present
• Professor, Business School, Sun Yat-sen University, 01/2023-10/2025
• Associate Professor, Business School, University of Nottingham, 01/2018-05/2023
• Senior Lecturer, School of Business, University of Roehampton, 09/2014-01/2018 
• Research Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Finance, The University of Hong Kong, 09/2011-08/2014

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Economics of Innovation, Industrial Economics, Chinese Economy

PUBLICATION

• Jiang, K., Song, F. and Zhou, P., “How does the Chinese Communist Party embrace the private sector?”, Journal of Comparative Economics, In Press
• Zhou, P., Li, X., Shi, X. and Jiang, K., 2025. “Spillover of the carbon risk along the supply chain: Evidence from the U.S. corporate bond market”, Journal of Business Research, 201, 115742.
• Li, J., Jin, Y., Sun, Y., Jiang, K. and Fan, L., 2025. “Impacts of AI technology applications on urban low-carbon energy transition under the background of electricity-carbon-green certificate market coupling”, 2025 IEEE International Symposium on the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Electrical Engineering (AAIEE), Beijing, China, pp. 820-829.
• Zhou, P., Zhang, J. and Jiang, K., 2025. “Technological disruption and patent activities: Adoption of robots by Chinese manufacturing firms”, R&D Management, 55(2), pp.303-325.
• Jiang, K., Keller, W., Qiu, L.D. and Ridley, W., 2024. “International joint ventures and internal technology transfer vs. external technology spillovers: Evidence from China”, Journal of International Economics, 150, 103939.
• Jiang, K. and Wang, S., 2024. “Survival tactics for distressed firms in emerging markets”, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 41(2), pp.823-866.
• Le, H., Kibria, I. and Jiang, K., 2023. “Is chief executive officer optimistic belief bad for workers? Evidence from corporate employment decisions”, Human Resource Management Journal, 33(3), pp.748-762.
• Zhou, P., Fracasso, A. and Jiang, K., 2023. “Entrepreneurs’ work experiences and the growth of Chinese private firms during the transition towards a market economy”, China Economic Review, 79, 101980.
• Guo, D., Jiang, K., Xu, C. and Yang, X., 2023. “Geographic clusters, regional productivity and resource reallocation across firms: Evidence from China”, Research Policy, 52(2), 104691.
• Guo, D., Guo, Y. and Jiang, K., 2022. “Government R&D support and firms’ access to external financing: Funding effects, certification effects, or both?”, Technovation, 115, 102469.
• Guo, D., Jiang, K., Xu, C. and Yang, X., 2022. “Industrial clustering, income and inequality in rural China”, World Development, 154, 105878.
• Guo, D., Hua, X. and Jiang, K., 2022. “Indemnification, monitoring, and competition: Evidence from R&D contracts”, American Law and Economics Review, 24(1), pp.203-246.
• Guo, D. and Jiang, K., 2022. “Venture capital investment, intellectual property rights protection and firm innovation: Evidence from China”, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 34(5-6), pp.434-470.
• Jiang, K. and Wang, S., 2022. “Internal labor markets with two types of promotion and two tiers of salary: Theory and evidence from China”, China Economic Review, 72, 101756. 
• Fracasso, A. and Jiang, K., 2022. “The performance of private companies in China before and during the global financial crisis: Firms’ characteristics and entrepreneurs’ attributes”, Economic Change and Restructuring, 55(2), pp.803-836.
• Guo, D., Huang, H., Jiang, K. and Xu, C., 2021. “Disruptive innovation and R&D ownership structures”, Public Choice, 187(1), pp.143-163.
• Zhou, P., Arndt, F., Jiang, K. and Dai, W., 2021. “Looking backward and forward: Political links and environmental corporate social responsibility in China”, Journal of Business Ethics, 169(4), pp.631-649.
• Guo, D., Jiang, K., Xu, C. and Yang, X., 2020. “Clustering, growth and inequality in China”, Journal of Economic Geography, 20(5), pp.1207-1239.
• Guo, D., Guo, Y. and Jiang, K., 2018. “Governance and effects of public R&D subsidies: Evidence from China”, Technovation, 74, pp.18-31.
• Guo, D., Hua, X. and Jiang, K., 2017. “Agency and strategic contracts: Theory and evidence from R&D agreements in the pharmaceutical industry”, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 54, pp.37-64.
• Guo, D., Jiang, K. and Xu, C., 2017. “Institutions and managerial task allocation: Evidence from Chinese entrepreneurs”, Journal of Human Capital, 11(3), pp.397-422.
• Guo, D., Guo, Y. and Jiang, K., 2017. “Funding forms, market conditions, and dynamic effects of government R&D subsidies: Evidence from China”, Economic Inquiry, 55(2), pp.825-842.
• Jiang, K. and Wang, S., 2017. “A contractual analysis of state versus private ownership”, China Economic Review, 43, pp.142-168.
• Guo, D., Guo, Y. and Jiang, K., 2016. “Government-subsidized R&D and firm innovation: Evidence from China” (top 1% highly cited), Research Policy, 45(6), pp.1129-1144.
• Jiang, K. and Wang, S., 2016. “Staged privatization: Transforming SOEs into market-based firms”, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 172(4), pp.694-726.
• Guo, D., Jiang, K. and Mai, X., 2015. “Venture capital investment and the post-IPO performance of entrepreneurial firms: Evidence from the People's Republic of China”, Asian Development Review, 32(1), pp.113-141.
• Guo, D., Jiang, K., Kim, B.Y. and Xu, C., 2014. “Political economy of private firms in China”, Journal of Comparative Economics, 42(2), pp.286-303.
• Guo, D. and Jiang, K., 2013. “Venture capital investment and the performance of entrepreneurial firms: Evidence from China”, Journal of Corporate Finance, 22, pp.375-395.
• Cheung, Y.L., Jiang, K., Mak, B.S. and Tan, W., 2013. “Corporate social performance, firm valuation, and industrial difference: Evidence from Hong Kong”, Journal of Business Ethics, 114(4), pp.625-631.
• Jiang, K. and Wang, S., 2012. “Staged privatization: A market process with multistage lockups”, China Economic Review, 23(4), pp.1051-1070.
• Cheung, Y.L., Jiang, K. and Tan, W., 2012. “‘Doing-good’ and ‘doing-well’ in Chinese publicly listed firms”, China Economic Review, 23(4), pp.776-785.

MEDIA ARTICLES

• Kevin, A., Jiang, K. and Yang, X., 2021. “The keys to China’s quest for innovation”, China Daily, 09 October.
• Jiang, K., Keller, W., Qiu, L. and Ridley, W., 2019. “China’s joint venture policy and the international transfer of technology”, VoxChina, 06 February.
• Jiang, K., Keller, W., Qiu, L. and Ridley, W., 2018. “Is China’s international joint venture policy effective in diffusing technology?”, ProMarket, 18 September.
• Jiang, K., Keller, W., Qiu, L. and Ridley, W., 2018. “Joint ventures and technology transfer: New evidence from China”, VOX CEPR Policy Portal, 15 April.
• Jiang, K. and Lin, T., 2016. “The impact of Brexit on global economy”, Compass, 05 October.