Zheng Zhang

Zheng Zhang is a Professor of Finance at the Guanghua School of Management, Peking University. He teaches PEVC, Investment, Derivatives and Empirical Finance courses for MSFin and MBA. His research interests are mainly in Empirical Asset Pricing, Behavioral Finance, Risk Management, Wealth Management, Private Equity and Venture Capital. Zheng holds a PhD in Finance from Peking University and a Masters in Mathematics from Nankai University.

Research Areas

• Empirical Asset Pricing
• Behavioral Finance
• Risk Management
• Wealth Management
• Private Equity and Venture Capital

Education Background

• 2005 Peking university Finance
• 1998 Nankai University, Tianjin Mathematics
• 1995 Nankai University, Tianjin Mathematics

Career Experience

• 2016-Present Professor of Finance, Guanghua School of Management
• 2009-2016 Associate Professor of Finance, Guanghua School of Management
• 2006-2009 Assistant Professor of Finance, Guanghua School of Management
• 2000-2005 Research Assistant, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University
• 1998-2000 Research Assistant, Research Center for Financial Engineering, Peking University

Selected Publications

• Cheung, Y. L., W. Tan, H. Ahn and Z. Zhang, 2010, Does corporate social responsibility matter in Asian emerging markets? Journal of Business Ethics, 92, 401-413.
• Zhang, Z., J. Cai and Y. Cheung, 2009, Explaining country and cross-border liquidity commonality in international equity markets, Journal of Futures Markets, 29 (7), 630-652.