Research Fellows:

 

Dr. Zhong-Guo Zhou

Dr. Zhou is currently Professor of Finance at the Department of Finance, Real Estate and Insurance, California State University, Northridge. He obtained his Ph.D. in Financial Economics from the University of California at Riverside. His primary research interests include asset pricing, volatility, trading volume, Chinese financial markets, and real estate pricing. He has published articles in Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, Econometric Reviews, Journal of Real Estate Research, International Journal of Business, China and World Economy, and Journal of Quantitative Economics. He is a member of the American Finance Association and Financial Management Association and has presented papers at the annual conferences of both associations.

 

Dr. Jian Yang

Dr. Jian Yang, CFA, received his Ph.D. in Economics and Finance from Texas A&M University, College Station, in 1999. Currently, he is an Associate  Professor of Finance at University of Colorado at Denver. His primary research interests include international finance, derivatives, market efficiency, and capital structure. He has published papers in Journal of Futures Markets, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Empirical Finance, Financial Review, Applied Financial Economics, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Journal of International Financial Markets, Money and Institutions, Economic Inquiry, Economic Letters, Applied Economic Letters, Annals of Economics and Finance, Contemporary Economic Policy, American Business Review, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Journal of Regional Science, and other journals. Dr. Yang serves on the editorial board for American Business Review.

Dr. Maosen Zhong

Dr. Maosen Zhong is an Associate Professor in Finance at the University of Queensland, Australia. He received his DBA in Finance from Louisiana Tech University in 1999. He has taught at Kansas State University and University of Texas- Brownsville. His primary research interests include derivatives, equity market efficiency, exchange traded funds, and  international finance. He has published five papers in Journal of Banking and Finance recently. His works were also published in Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance, Financial Review, Journal of Financial Research, Applied Financial Economics, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Decision Science, Studies in Economics and Finance, Applied Economic Letters, Journal of Insurance Issues, Journal of Computer Information Systems, and Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management.  He received the Asian Finance Association annual conference Best Paper Award in 2005, the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) Best Paper Award in 2000, and the Outstanding Paper in Finance in the Academy of Economics and Finance Annual Meeting in 1999.

 

Dr. Zhen Wang

Dr. Zhen Wang is the Dean, School of Business Administration at the China University of Petroleum, Beijing. He received his Ph.D. in Finance from Peking University.  He has received distinguished Ph.D. dissertation award, best paper award, outstanding faculty award, excellent academic award, and achievement award. His primary research interests include corporate governance, financial distress, IPO, behavioral finance, and petroleum finance and economics.  Recently, he focuses on issues related to China’s energy and petroleum finance, M&As in petroleum industry, and risk management of petroleum industry. He is the Founding Executive Director, China Energy Strategy Research Institute, China University of Petroleum. He also serves as Associate Director, China Industry Development Research Center at Peking University.

 

Dr. Zijun Wang

Dr. Zijun Wang is an Associate Research Scientist of Private Enterprise Research Center at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Texas A&M in 2000. He has been an Assistant Research Scientist and Associate Research Scientist of  Private Enterprise Research Center since 2000. His primary research interests include econometrics, emerging capital market, valuation, and asset pricing. His works were also published in Journal of Forecasting, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, International Journal of Forecasting, Econometric Theory, Applied Economic Letters, Southern Economic Journal, Advances in Econometrics, Agricultural Finance Review, Agribusiness: An International Journal, and Annals in Economics and Finance.