Chuanqian Zhang Professor • Economics, Finance and Global Business Website Dr. Zhang joined WPUNJ in 2015. His research focuses on dynamic valuation of corporate securities. In particular he studies structural and empirical estimation of corporate investment decisions and debt risk. 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.Dr. Zhang's secondary research area is computational finance. For example, he has won the 2024's Best paper award from the Journal of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, a flagship journal of New Jersey Big Data Alliance (NJBDA). His paper provides a large-scale simulation/search algorithm for firm valuation with optimally designed inventory to hedge real demand uncertainty.His work has been presented at academic conferences such as FMA, MFA, AsianFA, ASSA, etc. He was a short-term Visiting Scholar to the Graduate School of Economics at Osaka University, Japan. Degrees PhD Finance, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University Hamilton, ON, Canada Specialization Corporate valuation, Dynamic structural model Representative Publications The effects of labor choice on investment and output dynamics; Journal of Corporate Finance; Volume 83, 2023 https://pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/271687/1-s2.0-S0929119923X00066/1-s2.0-S0929119923001463/main.pdf?X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEKn%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJHMEUCIFg4DlP6iaZxsIyRARQo2B2rkZF3UzHh92ZAWdp6D8HwAiEA5%2FVP3QCrF6LpsUSOwD7q1dxbHRepGX6PUN0hxQAzv6UqswUIYhAFGgwwNTkwMDM1NDY4NjUiDOR%2BgIO24B8ILTurmiqQBVTaq1XiDVKvAmjUhrWeRHwv7mT4IRO1sQEvKINyILoDjBauq7wz8Tbnw02CWNn9uEfMVSl%2BQudkl9hKJNGZa1Rll47HiIy%2B2PzNrVzUqwMhXdMZPm2qpQaMedg9rFUUt3ECmpr8UNS4DyR51NYep7aF62p7C3T49nI7LA6sgq8D0Mn6JrTAg5QTJGQdLiLSW8vL5kewKVPPN2v2jwxJuFnziyk35wTX2tGWpTxexP1b1fy5gnA2YSygSilKO64OTd1aEa2x1KJmbw1VPM%2FJIriA41TIlzXoxVrgTf9TjMFxYPIanmBn8iwhUTXX0dvX6dPj45A4afNcX6OArFgM35tDDE673PFqZunN9LSvCvpOmhvTPQUhPJaxE9ynAP4Bfi62WviQqzS45GnE9uIrKgYe1JGhsJqHluFbNIb%2FQhPSxmon9Kzf1I8QKG1OnlS24S4fhbgKMAqzZqFNldvhOGMi4nwpLsevAoee79xsaiWwiwmb2WGHaI1PG1JPGt0BWuFdOpaLXyJ5jTrwa1x8vyCM62fDPrSMe%2BJ13lLHu%2FovzKcVdv2vLimp3EUm8bNffhLi5PzKPYDzUMEHd1ERhpNvCMn8Ca0Gtl%2B372pT5%2FqwKYvVlmZJcYBt9Cnv9C69PSGuii2zXzrRt1cD5OQ92oIZqDwqt8yrA%2BgogRxWj24poM%2FP5GuQa0tubUpuf89TZ9qBQksYBdIMtdIZzVNdKGTbpZRaNv2BqB96xm3qOK6vAPWj8HbS0nU9BiVpInLA2wid1YO3Mifd2uqnPX%2BJxx2XFIpzWbXwT5b1L3%2BChkka7nHW64jyyun3RAVJdcafHFYp4bmZYOBuiIMkj4M1HQTRYtObt%2F5c97NqRf%2FxuKgAMLu6i7QGOrEBKDCppe%2FK9gWOGm0vbHYsgsiQeVaWIAeITOEYexhoDQYBTTiLPA8XF%2F%2Fy48K%2BGx4oUk%2BRUlTvTngqaBpXz866%2Fn9SJuOZIaDKXbzAaI9i3mfuB4g8AR0XFDzY4ALrWj8GZnkLKAdymiwM63SIq8W7NVca3JapdmmOWcQPixCPHuVzHvJ5nBlAQ%2FXUIAFYkjQrAlMG3EbxWgFEdxpVuee%2B%2FChNJju09kTMO2vNFTwzAc9k&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20240701T174320Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAQ3PHCVTYRRVSOTUU%2F20240701%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=fb90fbeca25480f1a1fe39fab382344b277969d2cc86455aede865fd7ddeb6ac&hash=b6710c2c859758eb68fe5285b5b67a175740bd713462777742276f20b3753771&host=68042c943591013ac2b2430a89b270f6af2c76d8dfd086a07176afe7c76c2c61&pii=S0929119923001463&tid=spdf-46ba00e3-7783-4fcb-930c-b4856709cbde&sid=2bbd0482348d824024584fe056c77fed1924gxrqa&type=client&tsoh=d3d3LnNjaWVuY2VkaXJlY3QuY29t&ua=17155c5e045e5c5504&rr=89c832a2de4c728d&cc=us Lumpy investment and credit risk. ; Journal of Corporate Finance; Volume 77, 2022 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929119922001365 Investment and Financing Decisions with Learning-Curve Technology; , Journal of Banking and Finance ; Volume 121, 2020 Operating Leverage and Underinvestment; , Journal of Financial Research ; Volume 42, 2019 Regulatory quality, financial integration and equity cost of capital; Volume 27, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1111/roie.12403 Fellowships, Grants and Research Visiting Scholar Sponsored Research Email 973 720 2958 3047 Valley Road By appointment