2024–present
Postdoctoral Researcher
School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Scholars Program
Ruting Wang
Postdoctoral Researcher in Finance
City University of Hong Kong · Sun Yat-sen University
My work lies at the intersection of finance, sustainability economics, and digital assets. I have applied machine learning and modern causal inference methods to analyze how risks propagate through markets and institutions, and how institutional shocks reshape resource allocation.
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About me
I received my Ph.D. in Finance from Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) in 2022. In 2021, I was a visiting Ph.D. researcher with the Ladislaus von Bortkiewicz Chair of Statistics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HUB).
I am currently affiliated with the Laboratory of Energy Economics and Environmental Management (E3M) at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and the Business School of Sun Yat-sen University. I am also a member of the IDA Institute of Digital Assets and the MSCA Digital Finance research network.
Affiliation & education
Affiliation
2023–present
Postdoctoral Researcher
Business School, Sun Yat-sen University
2023–present
Research Fellow
IDA Institute for Digital Assets, Bucharest University of Economic Studies
2025–present
Member
MSCA Digital Finance
Education
2018–2022
PhD in Finance
Sun Yat-sen University, School of Business
Dissertation: “Rigid Payment, Debt Financing, and Capital Misallocation: An Application of Machine Learning Causal Inference Method”
2021–2022
Visiting PhD
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, IRTG 1792
2014–2017
MSc in Financial Management
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
2010–2014
BSc in Financial Management
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
Contact
Research collaboration and academic enquiries
For questions about current work in financial risk, digital assets, climate finance or machine learning.