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    ![](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/uploaded_images/photos_academ/3341-tao-ran.jpg?itok=1_9mH6tF)TAO Ran

 Associate Professor

  

 <Ran.TAO@neoma-bs.fr> 

 

 

 

 - About
 - Academic publications
 
  

 

    [Finance](https://preprod.neoma-bs.com/departements/finance) 

    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.

 

 ###  Areas of research 



- Applied Microeconomics
- Public Goods
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Value of A Statistical Life
 
  

 

##   Recent academic contributions  

 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 2025  DOI : [ http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CG-05-2024-0310 ](https://dx.doi.org/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. 102998  DOI : [ 10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102998 ](https://dx.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 - 712  DOI : [ 10.1007/s10551-022-05171-5 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-022-05171-5)

  

 

 

 

 

##   Publications  

 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 2025  DOI : [ http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CG-05-2024-0310 ](https://dx.doi.org/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. 102998  DOI : [ 10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102998 ](https://dx.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 - 712  DOI : [ 10.1007/s10551-022-05171-5 ](https://dx.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. 101737  DOI : [ 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2020.101737 ](https://dx.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. 61-78  DOI : [ 10.1111/corg.12251 ](https://dx.doi.org/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  DOI : [ 10.1080/00036846.2019.1593314 ](https://dx.doi.org/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 

 

 

 

##   Conference invitations  

 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