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Chi Zhang


Chi Zhang
Professor Chi ZhangAssistant Professor
  • College
    Manning School of Business
  • Department
    Finance
  • Phone
    (978) 934-5472
  • Office
    Pulichino Tong Business Center - 253
  • Email
    Chi_Zhang1@uml.edu
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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 (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

  • Zhang, C. (UMass Lowell), Lee, E. (UMass Lowell), Bai, J. (Northeastern Univeristy) (). 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.

Selected Presentations

  • Do Corporate Taxes Affect Workplace Safety? - 2020 American Economic Association (AEA) Annual Meeting, 2020
  • Do Corporate Taxes Affect Workplace Safety? - 2019 FMA Annual Meeting, 2019 - New Orleans
  • - American Finance Association (AFA) Annual Meeting , 2019
  • - 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

  • Interdisciplinary research grant (2019), Grant - Manning School of Business and University of Massachusetts Lowell
    Phan, H.V., Zhang, C., Walter, A.

Research Currently in Progress

  • Short Trading and Short Investing
    Blocher, J. (Vanderbilt University), Haslag, P. (Vanderbilt University), Zhang, C. (UMass Lowell)