Zhang, Wenrui（张文瑞） BEcon (Fudan); MSc (Norwegian Business School); PhD (Nanyang Technological University)



Associate Professor
ContactDepartment of Finance

Room 1236, 12/F
Cheng Yu Tung Building
12 Chak Cheung Street
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong

+852 3943 7443

wrzhang@cuhk.edu.hk


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BiographyProf. Wenrui Zhang is an Associate Professor at the Department of Finance of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). His research interests mainly lie in the field of empirical corporate finance, including corporate governance, mergers & acquisitions, corporate innovation, capital structure, employee compensation, corporate social responsibility, and financial disclosure and reporting.
His educational background includes a Ph.D. in Finance from Nanyang Business School of Nanyang Technological University, a Master of Science in Financial Economics from BI Norwegian Business School, and a Bachelor of Economics from Fudan University.
Teaching AreaFinancial Management
Research InterestsCorporate Governance
Mergers and Acquisitions
Corporate Innovation
Capital Structure
Employee Compensation
Social Capital and Corporate Strategy
Publications & Working PapersFei Xie, Bohui Zhang, and Wenrui Zhang (2021), “Trust, Incomplete Contracting, and Corporate Innovation,” Management Science, forthcoming.
Zhongda He, Guannan Qiao, Le Zhang, and Wenrui Zhang (2021), “Regulator Supervisory Power and Bank Loan Contracting,” Journal of Banking and Finance, forthcoming.
Fariborz Moshirian, Xuan Tian, Bohui Zhang, and Wenrui Zhang (2021), “Stock Market Liberalization and Innovation,”?Journal of Financial Economics, 139, 985-1014.
Xin Chang, Yangyang Chen, Sarah Qian Wang, Kuo Zhang, and Wenrui Zhang (2019), “Credit Default Swaps and Corporate Innovation“, Journal of Financial Economics, 134, 474-500.
Xin Chang, Kangkang Fu, Angie Low, and Wenrui Zhang (2015), “Non-executive Employee Stock Options and Corporate Innovation,” Journal of Financial Economics, 115, 168-188.

Grants“Product Market Competition and Corporate Trademark Creation”, General Research Fund awarded by Research Grants Council, 2015-2017.

Awards and HonoursThe Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies Award for the Best Reviewer, 2016
The Chinese Finance Association Award for the Best Paper in Corporate Finance, 2013