Aoran Zhang
Dr. Aoran Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Ted Rogers School of Management. He received his Ph.D. in Finance from John Molson School of Business of Concordia University. Before joining the Ted Rogers School, he was an Assistant Professor of Finance at University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. His research focuses on empirical corporate finance issues, specifically mergers and acquisitions, equity offerings, corporate governance, and climate finance. He has published several articles in the Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, European Financial Management, and Journal of International Money and Finance. He currently teaches Advanced Corporate Finance at the Ted Rogers School.
Research interests:
Mergers and acquisitions, equity offerings, corporate governance, and climate finance
Teaching interests:
Corporate finance related courses
| Journal Articles |
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| M. Kooli, Y. Zhao, and A. Zhang. (2022). How IPO firms' product innovation strategy affects the likelihood of post-IPO acquisitions? Journal of Corporate Finance. |
| A. Zhang, S. Lee, T.s Walker, and Y. Zhao. (2022). Information Asymmetry, East-West Cultural Differences, and Divergence in Investor Reactions. European Financial Management. |
| A. Zhang, T. Walker, X.g Zhang, and Y. Wang. (2021). Fact or fiction: Implicit government guarantees in China’s corporate bond market, Journal of International Money and Finance. |
| A. Zhang, D. Schweizer and T. Walker. (2020). False hopes and blind beliefs: How political connections affect China's corporate bond market, Journal of Banking and Finance. |
| A. Zhang, D. Schweizer and T. Walker. (2019). Cross-border Acquisitions by Chinese Enterprises: The Benefits and Disadvantages of Political Connections, Journal of Corporate Finance. |
| Course code | Course title |
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| AFF 713 | Advanced Corporate Finance (Undergraduate) - Ted Rogers School of Management |
- Office of the Vice President, Research & Graduate Studies at Concordia University
- Conference & Research Development Funding Scheme at University of Nottingham
- Start-Up Research Fund at Ted Roger School of Management