Faculty and Staff

Chuanqian Zhang

Professor • Economics, Finance and Global Business

Dr. Zhang joins WPUNJ in 2015. His research focuses on corporate investments and dynamic valuation. In particular he studies structural and empirical estimation of corporate investment decisions under real or financial frictions. His papers have been published in the Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Review of International Economics, etc. He has been invited for reviewing reputable journals such as European Economic Review, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Economic & Dynamics Control, Journal of Business Research, etc. His work has been presented at academic conferences such as FMA, MFA, EFMA, ASSA, etc. He has been a short-term Visiting Scholar to the Graduate School of Economics at Osaka University, Japan during 2017-2018.

Degrees

PhD Finance, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University Hamilton, ON, Canada

Specialization

Corporate Investment, Dynamic structural model

Representative Publications


Investment and Financing Decisions with Learning-Curve Technology; , Journal of Banking and Finance ; Volume 121, 2020


Agency Cost of Debt Overhang with Optimal Investment Timing and Size ; , Journal of Business Finance & Accounting; Volume 46, 2019


Investment policy with time-to-build; , Journal of Banking and Finance; 2015


Implementation lag and the investment decision; Economics Letters; Volume 119, 2013


Regulatory Quality, Financial Integration and Equity Cost of Capital; , Review of International Economics; Volume 27, 2019
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