【讲座时间】2026年4月14日 14:00
【讲座地点】会计学院108室
【讲座主题】
The Value of Government Data Collection:Evidence from Central Bank Digital Currency and Corporate Patenting
【嘉宾介绍】陈锦全，上海商学院会计与金融学特聘教授
Johnny Chan is a distinguished professor of accounting and finance and discipline leader at Shanghai Business School in Shanghai, China. He was previously the Leon Page Endowed Chair of Finance and a University Distinguished Professor (tenured) at Western Kentucky University in the USA. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a Fulbright Scholar Award from the US Department of State to teach a semester at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in China (Fall, 2017).
He received his B.Soc.S degree in Economics at Chinese University of Hong Kong, M.A. in Economics, M.A. in Finance, and Ph.D. in Finance at the University of Alabama. His research interests include green finance, IPOs, corporate governance, analyst behaviour, internal control, financial education, journal ranking, and measurement of intellectual contributions. He was globally ranked as top scholar in financial education in the Danielson and Heck study in Managerial Finance in 2011.
He has published more than 300 journal articles in leading accounting, finance and management journals such as Management Science, Journal of International Business Studies, Accounting, Organizations, and Society, Contemporary Accounting Research, European Accounting Review, Financial Management, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Financial Markets, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Futures Markets, Journal of Corporate Finance (18 articles), among others. He is currently associate editors of Finance Research Letters, International Review of Economics and Finance, and Journal of Economic Surveys and review articles more than 500 times for various journals. He was included as one of the “Highly Cited Chinese Researchers” in the applied economics category in 2024 and 2025.
【内容提要】
This study demonstrates the economic value of expanding government data collection through central bank digital currency (CBDC) adoption, as reflected in corporate patenting responses. Exploiting the staggered rollout of the electronic Chinese yuan (e-CNY), we find that firms in pilot cities substantially increase their patent filings than firms not in pilot cities. Finer-grained data generated by the e-CNY enable policymakers to target subsidies, tax incentives, and credit with greater precision, thereby promoting patenting. Consistent with this mechanism, the effects are stronger among firms that leave richer digital footprints for governments. The resulting patents translate into greater product differentiation, productivity, sales growth, and profitability, signaling improved firm competitiveness. Our findings illustrate how fintech-sharpened “visible hands” can stimulate the real economy, while underscoring the imperative for robust administrative and legal frameworks to govern public data collection and responsible use.
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