Assistant Professor, Finance and Business Law
zhang6wx@jmu.edu
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Research and Teaching Interests
- Empirical Corporate Finance
- Corporate Governance
- Research:
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Teaching:
- Quantitative Investment Analysis
- Financial Analysis
- Principles of Finance
Education
- Ph.D., Finance, University of Alabama, 2017
- M.A., International Studies, Yonsei University, 2004
Positions Held
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance, James Madison University, 2017 - 2018
- Standard Chartered Bank, 2006 - 2010
- Hana Bank, 2004 - 2006
Select Publications
Cook, O. Douglas, Weiwei Zhang, 2023, CEO Performance Impact on Medical Leave Outcomes, Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming.
Cook, O. Douglas, Jaideep Chowdhury, Weiwei Zhang, 2023, Director Optimism and CEO Equity Compensation, Journal of Empirical Finance, Volume 72, 143-162.
Cook, O. Douglas, Weiwei Zhang, 2022, CEO option incentives and corporate share repurchases, International Review of Economics & Finance, Volume 78, 355-376.
Weiwei Zhang, 2017, Household Risk Aversion and Portfolio Choices, Mathematics and Financial Economics, Volume 11, Issue 3, 369-381.
Awards and Recognitions
- JMU Lacrosse Most Valuable Professor (MVP)-2023
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