Education
- Ph D, (2017), Fox Business School, Temple University
- MS, (2012), University of Delaware
- BA, (2010), University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China
Selected Awards and Honors
- Teaching Excellence Awards (2022), Teaching - UMass Lowell
- Best Reviewer for 2022 Hawaii Accounting Research Conference (HARC) (2021), Service, Professional - Hawaii Accounting Research Conference
- Teaching Excellence Awards (2019), Teaching - UMass Lowell
- 9th Young Scholar Interdisciplinary Forum Funding (2014) - Fox School of Business, Temple University
- University Fellowship (2014) - Temple University
- Financial Risk Managers (FRM) Scholarship (2011)
- Graduate Education Scholarship (2011) - University of Delaware
- Dean’s Scholarship (2010) - University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China
Selected Publications
- Mao, C. (Temple University), Qin, Y. (Nankai University), Tian, X. (Tsinghua University), Zhang, C. (2025). Does Access to Patent Information Help Technological Acquisitions? Evidence from Patent Library Openings? Journal of Accounting Research, 63(2) 903-950.
- John, K. (New York University), Ni, X. (Xiamen University), Zhang, C. (UMass lowell) (2025). Does Accelerated Patenting Information Dissemination Affect Managers' (Un)Ethical Behavior? Evidence from the American Inventor's Protection Act and Crash RisK. Journal of Business Ethics, 197 739-759.
- Han, Y. (Wenzhou Kean University ), Mao, C. (Temple University), Tan, H. (McGill University), Zhang, C. (2024). Climatic Disasters and Distracted Analysts. Contemporary Accounting Research.
- Bradley, D. (University of South Florida), Mao, C. (Temple University), Zhang, C. (2023). Do Corporate Taxes Affect Workplace Safety? Journal of Accounting and Public Policy.
- Bradley, D. (University of South Florida), Hu, D. (University of St. Thomas,), Yuan, X., Zhang, C. (2023). Trade secret protection and product market dynamics. Journal of Corporate Finance.
- Blocher, J., Zhang, C. (2022). Who is Buying and (not) Lending When Shorts Are Selling? Journal of Financial Markets, 57.
- Bradley, D., Mao, C., Zhang, C. (2022). Does Analyst Coverage Affect Workplace Safety? Management Science, 68 3464-3487.
- Huang, K., Shang, C., Zhang, C. (2021). Working Hard for Long-Distance Relationship: Geographic Proximity and Relationship-Specific Investments. Financial Management, 50 985-1011.
- Blocher, J., Haslag, P., Zhang, C. (2020). Short Trading and Short Investing. Journal of Empirical Finance, 59 154-171.
- Bai, J., Lee, E., Zhang, C. (2020). Capital Market Frictions and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from Workplace Safety around Regulation SHO. The Financial Review, 55 339-360.
- Mao, C., Zhang, C. (2018). Managerial Risk-Taking Incentive and Firm Innovation: Evidence from FAS 123R . Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 53 867-898.
Selected Presentations
- - 2022 American Finance Association (AFA) Conference, January 2022
- - 2022 Hawaii Accounting Research Conference , January 2022 - Hawaii
- Climate Adaptation, Capital Structure, and Green Innovation - Annual Meeting of the European Financial Management Association (EFMA), June 2021 - Virtual
- - 2020 American Economic Association (AEA) Annual Meeting, 2020
- State-level Climate Initiatives and Capital Structure: Evidence from Climate Adaptation Plans - 2020 Financial Managment Association Annual Meeting, October 2020 - Virtual
- - 2019 FMA Annual Meeting, 2019 - New Orleans
- - American Finance Association (AFA) Annual Meeting , 2019
- Climate Adaptation, Capital Structure, and Green Innovation - The Finance of Climate Change, December 2019 - Paris, France
- - Boston Area Finance Symposium (BAFS), 2018
- - Eastern Finance Association (EFA) Annual Meeting, 2018
- - Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting, 2018
- - International Risk Management Conference (IRMC), 2018
- - Midwest Finance Association (MFA) Annual Meeting, 2018
- - Northern Finance Association (NFA) Annual Meeting, 2018
- - Rodney L. White Center Conference on Asset Markets and Financial Decisions at Wharton, 2018
- - American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting, 2017
- - Southern Finance Association (SFA) Annual Meeting, 2017
Selected Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research
- UMASS Lowell Interdisciplinary Internal Seed Grant (2023), Grant - University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Zhang, C., Chen, H. - 2020 Massachusetts Offshore Wind Workforce Project (2021), Grant -
Zhang, C. (Co-Principal) - Medical Marijuana and Labor Injuries (2019), Grant - Manning School of Business and University of Massachusetts Lowell
Phan, H.V., Zhang, C., Walter, A.W.