Recently, the paper titled "Nexus Effect: Unraveling the Impact of Political Patronage Connections on Corporate Investment," co-authored by Associate Professor Ping Guo from the School of Accounting, Professor Guifeng Shi from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Professor Gary Gang Tian from Macquarie University in Australia, has been published online in the top international finance journal, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

In the field of finance, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis is internationally recognized as one of the top four journals and enjoys a high academic reputation. This achievement marks the ninth research outcome published by the School of Accounting in top-tier international journals in recent years. It is of great significance for further enhancing the influence of our university and the accounting discipline both domestically and internationally.