Dr Jinsha Zhao
Faculties, deparments and locations
- Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
- Department of Accounting, Finance and Informatics
- Kingston Business School
- Kingston Hill
Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance
- Email:
- j.zhao@kingston.ac.uk
About
Dr Jinsha Zhao is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the Kingston Business School.
His research interests lie primarily in the fields of executive compensation, pension tax, financial derivatives, and cryptocurrencies. He currently works on a variety of topics including the implications of compensation regulations, the association between financial crises and Bitcoin. In 2022, he secured a grant from British Academy and Leverhulme Trust for project titled "Technology evolution and the pay gap between top managers and employees", worth £6,609.
He received his PhD in Accounting and Finance from Lancaster University. He also holds an MSc in Finance from Lancaster University, and a BSc in Accounting and Finance from University of Bradford.
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance
- MSc Finance
- PhD Accounting and Finance
- HEA fellow
- Financial Risk Manager
- Certified Management & Business Educator
Domains
Course director
Courses taught
Specialisms
- Corporate Finance
- Derivatives
- Executive compensation
- Pension
- Tax
Course Director
2021 - now: MSc Accounting and Finance
2021 - 2021: MSc Business and Financial Management
2019 - 2020: BSc Real Estate Management
2014 - 2018: BSc Business Studies
2014 - 2018: BSc Business with Law
External Examiner:
2021 - now: London South Bank
2021 - now: Cardiff Metropolitan University (partner programme examiner)
2019 - now: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Publications
Is Bitcoin used to evade financial sanction?
Zhao, Jinsha and Miao, Jia, 2023, Finance Research Letters
Do economic crises cause trading in Bitcoin?
Zhao, Jinsha, 2022, Review of Behavioral Finance
Pay me a single figure! Assessing the impact of single figure regulation on CEO pay
Ibrahim, Salma, Li, Hao, Yan, Yan and Zhao, Jinsha, 2021, International Review of Financial Analysis (73), pp 101647
Inside debt and firm risk-taking : evidence from the UK pension reform
Li, Hao and Zhao, Jinsha, 2020, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (47), 9-10, pp 1316-1364
American Option Valuation Methods
Zhao, Jinsha, 2018, International Journal of Economics and Finance (10), 5
A model of equity based compensation with tax
Widdicks, Martin and Zhao, Jinsha, 2014, (41), 7-8, pp 1002-1041
Beyond the pay ratio : relative pay structure and employee productivity
Zhao, Jinsha, Ibrahim, Salma and Li, Hao(2024). In: 46th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association (EAA), 15-17 May 2024 :Bucharest, Romania
Reading between the lines of the compensation report : does excessive CEO pay matter?
N'guessan, Kevin, Ibrahim, Salma, Elmarzouky, Mahmoud and Zhao, Jinsha(2023). In: 45th European Accounting Association Annual Congress, 24 - 26 May 2023 :Helsinki / Espop, Finland
Do economic crises cause trading in Bitcoin?
Zhao, Jinsha(2022). 11-13 Apr 2022 : Nottingham, U.K.
Risk management in real estate finance : insight from alternative mortgage designs
Rim, Jongseok, Nurullah, Mohamed and Zhao, Jinsha(2022). 11-13 Apr 2022 : Nottingham, U.K.
Do economic crises cause trading in Bitcoin?
Zhao, Jinsha(2021). In: Finance and Accounting 2021 Annual Symposium : Data Analytics in the Digital Age, 17-18 Jun 2021 :London, U.K.
Is Bitcoin a safe haven asset? Evidence from an economic crisis
Zhao, Jinsha(2020). In: 11th Annual Faculty Research Conference: Contemporary Issues in Business and Social Science Research, 22 Jun 2020 :Kingston upon Thames, U.K.
Exploring fundamental value of Bitcoin
Zhao, Jinsha(2019). In: 10th Annual Faculty Research Conference: Contemporary Issues in Business and Social Sciences in a period of uncertainty, 03 - 04 Jun 2019 :Kingston upon Thames, U.K.
Inside debt and firm cash holdings: evidence from the UK pension reform
Li, Hao and Zhao, Jinsha(2017). In: International Finance and Banking Society (IFABS) Conference 2017: Towards an Integrated View of Financial Regulation: Key Lessons from the Crisis and Future Challenges, 15-17 Jul 2017 :Oxford, U.K.
Inside debt and firm cash holdings: evidence from the UK pension reform
Li, Hao and Zhao, Jinsha(2017). In: European Financial Management Association (EFMA) 26th Annual Meeting, 28 Jun - 01 Jul 2017 :Athens, Greece
Inside debt and firm cash holdings: evidence from the UK pension reform
Li, Hao and Zhao, Jinsha(2017). In: 4th Young Finance Scholars' Conference, 12-13 Jun 2017 :Falmer, U.K.