Post-doctoral Fellow at Peking University China Center for Health Development Studies

Education Background

2021-2024，Ph.D,Finance，University of Science Malaysia

2022-2023，Visiting fellowship，National University of Singapore

2019-2020，Master，Business administration, City University of Seattle

2014-2017，Bachelor，Businessdevelopmentandmarketing，ICD Business School, Paris

Research Interest

Health expenditure

Government debt

Selected Peer-reviewed Publications

Cao M, Duan K*, Ibrahim H. Constraining effects of local government debt on bank loan growth[J]. Economic Analysis and Policy, 2025, 85: 371-382.

Duan K, Cao M*, Malim N A K*, et al. Between Prosperity and Preservation: An Empirical Analysis of the Interaction Between Economic Development and Environmental Awareness[J]. Growth and Change, 2024, 55(4): e70006.

Cao M, Duan K*, Ibrahim H. Corporate underinvestment and its effects on environmental, social, and governance performance[J]. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2024: 1-21.

Cao M, Duan K*, Ibrahim H. Green investments and their impact on ESG ratings: An evidence from China[J]. Economics Letters, 2023, 232: 111365.

Cao M, Duan K*, Cao M, et al. Exploring the Interrelationships between Public Health, Fiscal Decentralization, and Local Government Debt in China[J]. Healthcare, 2023, 11(14): 2103.

Cao M, Duan K*, Ibrahim H. Local government debt and its impact on corporate underinvestment and ESG performance: Empirical evidence from China[J]. Sustainability, 2023, 15(14): 11116.

Duan K, Cao M*, Malim N A K, et al. Nonlinear relationship between financial development and CO2 emissions—based on a PSTR model[J]. International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022, 20(1): 661.

Duan K, Cao M, Abdul Kader Malim N. The relationship between trade liberalization, financial development and carbon dioxide emission—An empirical analysis[J]. Sustainability, 2022, 14(16): 10308.