TAO Ran

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TAO Ran

PhD, Economics

Ran Tao is an Associate Professor of Economics at NEOMA Business School.  She graduated summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.A. in Economics in 2011 and earned her PhD in Economics from Arizona State University in 2017.  Her research interests fall under the broad label of applied economics, with a specific focus on public good provision. Ran has published articles on topics including charitable giving, the value of a statistical life, and gender equality in journals such as Applied Economics and International Business Review.  She is currently working on projects regarding corporate social responsibility and is teaching courses in microeconomics.

TAO, R., H.ZHAO, "“Passing the Baton”: The Effects of CEO Succession Planning on Firm Performance and Volatility", Corporate Governance: An International Review, January 2019, no. 27, pp. 61-78

10.1111/corg.12251

TAO, R., "Fundraising under Two-Dimensional Asymmetric Information: The Case of Mindless Donations", Applied Economics, July 2019, vol. 51, no. 40, pp. 4438-4454

10.1080/00036846.2019.1593314

TAO, R., H.ZHAO, "Crime Rate, Housing Price, and Value of A Statistical Case of Homicide", Economics Bulletin, September 2019, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 1727-1739

ZHAO, H., R. TAO, S. BELAOUNIA - "Director Foreign Experience: Geographic Specificity and Value Implication" - 2022, Turin, Italy
ZHAO, H., R. TAO, J. WU - "CSR of Multinational Enterprises: The Inuence of Host Country's Sustainability Development Consciousness" - 2022, Miami, United States
ZHAO, H., J. WU, R. TAO - "Do Corporate Customers Prefer Socially Responsible Suppliers?" - 2021, Budapest, Hungary
ZHAO, H., R. TAO, J. WU - "Inter-firm Spread of Corporate Social Responsibility" - 2021, Online, France

TAO, R., J. WU, H. ZHAO, "Interfirm spread of corporate social responsibility: the role of overlapping directors", Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, March 2025DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CG-05-2024-0310
BELAOUNIA, S., R. TAO, H. ZHAO, "Director foreign experience: Geographic specificity and value implication", International Review of Financial Analysis, October 2024, vol. 91, no. 102998DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102998
TAO, R., H. ZHAO, J. WU, "Do Corporate Customers Prefer Socially Responsible Suppliers? An Instrumental Stakeholder Theory Perspective", Journal of Business Ethics, July 2023, vol. 185, no. 3, pp. 689 - 712DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-022-05171-5
BELAOUNIA, S., R. TAO, H. ZHAO, "Gender equality's impact on female directors’ efficacy: A multi-country study", International Business Review, October 2020, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 101737DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2020.101737
BELAOUNIA, S., H. ZHAO, R. TAO, "Femmes dans les conseils d’administration : le contexte socio-culturel compte plus que les quotas", The Conversation, November 2020
BELAOUNIA, S., R.TAO, H.ZHAO, "Women Improve Boards", BizEd, December 2020
TAO, R., H.ZHAO, "“Passing the Baton”: The Effects of CEO Succession Planning on Firm Performance and Volatility", Corporate Governance: An International Review, January 2019, no. 27, pp. 61-78DOI : 10.1111/corg.12251
TAO, R., "Fundraising under Two-Dimensional Asymmetric Information: The Case of Mindless Donations", Applied Economics, July 2019, vol. 51, no. 40, pp. 4438-4454DOI : 10.1080/00036846.2019.1593314
TAO, R., H.ZHAO, "Crime Rate, Housing Price, and Value of A Statistical Case of Homicide", Economics Bulletin, September 2019, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 1727-1739