Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Contact Information
Address: SB2 438, Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-3125
Telephone: Please email.
Email: [email protected]
Website: chonghuang.weebly.com
CURRENT APPOINTMENT:
Associate Professor in Finance, UC Irvine, 2020 --
Assistant Professor in Finance, UC Irvine, 2012 -- 2020
DEGREES:
Ph.D. (Economics), University of Pennsylvania, 2012
Dissertation: "Learning in Dynamic Games," advisor: George Mailath
Mphil (Economics), Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006
B.A. (Finance), Peking University, 2003
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:
WORKING PAPERS:
TEACHING:
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, University of Pennsylvania
Managerial Finance, University of California, Irvine
Investments, University of California, Irvine
Financial Research Methodology, Ph.D seminar, University of California, Irvine
Financial Market Theory, Ph.D seminar, University of California, Irvine
Financial Institutions, Ph.D seminar, University of California, Irvine
Advanced Corporate Finance, Ph.D seminar, University of California, Irvine
PhD Topics in Finance, University of California, Irvine
Mathematical Finance, Master of Finance Program, University of California, Irvine
HONORS:
Junior Faculty Research Award, Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine, 2020
Sidney Weintraub Memorial Fellowship for outstanding research in economic theory, University of Pennsylvania, 2010-2011
Lawrence Robbins Prize for the best first year student, University of Pennsylvania, 2008
Best Master of Philosophy Thesis Award, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006
Research Grants
CORCLR Awards, 2012-2013
CORCLR Awards, 2013-2014
CORCLR Awards, 2014-2015
CORCLR Awards, 2022-2023
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (Invited Seminar Presentations):
2011: University of Pennsylvania
2012: University of California, Irvine; Bank of Canada; New York University; University of North Carolina
2013: LA Theory Workshop (UCLA); California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
2014: Temple University; California State University, Fullerton
2015: University of California, Irvine (Economics); Peking University Guanghua School of Management; Renmin University Hanqing School
2018: Tsinghua University PBC; Nanyang Technological University; National University of Singapore (Economics and Finance); Hong Kong University; Chinese University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2019: City University of Hong Kong
2020: Peking University (National School of Development and School of Economics)#, UNC Chapel Hill (Economics)#
2021: UT Dallas#, SEC#
2022: UNC Chapel Hill (Economics)#, SWUFE#
2023: UC Berkeley Accounting, Universidad de los Andes
2024: Hong Kong University, University College London
2025: Rutgers (scheduled)
(# indicates virtual seminar.)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (Presentations in Conferences):
2011: North American Summer Meeting of Econometric Society, International Conference on Game Theory
2013: Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, California Corporate Finance Conference
2014: UCLA-USC-UCI Finance Day, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics summer workshop
2015: LA Finance Day, European Summer Symposium in Financial Markets (Gerzensee), Finance Theory Group, Summer School, Econometric Society World Congress, Third Annual hiking conference (Claremont McKenna College), The Economics of Credit Rating Agencies, Credit Ratings and Information Intermediaries (Carnegie Mellon University), Miami Behavior Finance Conference*
2016: American Economic Association, European Winter Finance Summit, Stern Microstructure Conference (NYU, scheduled), the Fifth Oxford Financial Intermediation Theory conference (Oxford), CICF*, MFA*
2017: American Finance Association, FIRS (2 papers), SFS Cavalcade*, Frontiers of Finance Conference*, ITAM Finance Conference*, CICF*, FTG summer school, FTG fall meeting*, HKUST Finance Symposium*, Colorado Finance Summit
2018: American Finance Association* , RCFS conference, FIRS*, WFA, SAFE Market Microstructure Conference, EFA*, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics summer workshop
2019: SFS Cavalcade, Mitsui Finance Symposium, CICF*, SHoF conference on Financial Markets and Corporate Decisions
2020: Guanghua School Economics and Finance Forum#
2021: EAA*#, European Retail Investment Conference*#, Finance Forum #, CICF *#, Econometric Society China Meeting (2 papers)#, Annual Conference in Digital Economics#
2022: Annual Conference in Digital Economics#, MFA (2 papers), CFTRC#, FTG spring meeting, CICM*#, AMES#, CICF (2 papers)#, Stony Brook International Conference on Game Theory*, NY Fed Conference on Fintech*, NFA*, CFEA*, Banking in the Age of Challenges Conference, AFBC*#
2023: American Finance Association, STFM, FIRS, AMES*, BSE Summer Forum*, Aarhus Workshop on Strategic Interaction in Corporate Finance, EFA, UTD Finance Conference
2024: MFA, Erasmus Liquidity Conference*, Econometric Society Asian Meeting*, CFRC*, INSEAD Symposium*, FTG European Meeting*, OxFit*, FTG Fall Meeting (scheduled)
(* indicates presented by coauthor, # indicates virtual conference.)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (REFEREE):
American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, Management Science, Review of Finance, Theoretical Economics, International Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, The Accounting Review, AEJ: Microeconomics, Economic Theory, Journal of the European Economic Association, The RAND Journal of Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Market, Journal of Comparative Economics, Economic Development and Cultural Change, African Journal of Business Management, Research Grant Council of Hong Kong, B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (DISCUSSION):
8th Florida State University SunTrust Beach Conference, 2016
12th Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS) Conference, 2017
44th Annual Meeting of the European Finance Association (EFA), 2017
American Finance Association (AFA), 2020
28th Finance Forum, 2021
China International Conference in Finance, 2021
China Fintech Research Conference, 2022
China International Conference in Finance, 2022
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (CONFERENCE COMMITTEE OR SESSION CHAIR):
Midwest Finance Association, 2016
European Finance Association (EFA), 2017
Financial Management Association (FMA), 2017
LA Finance Day UCI Local Organizer, 2019
Midwest Finance Association, 2020
Econometric Society China Meeting, 2021
Midwest Finance Association, 2021
Financial Intermediation Research Society, 2022
Midwest Finance Association, 2024
China International Conference in Finance, 2024, (X2)
PH.D. DISSERTATION COMMITTEES (YEAR, Role, FIRST ACADEMIC PLACEMENT):
Qiguang Wang (2017, member, Hong Kong Baptist University)
Xiaoqi Xu (2021, primary advisor, Southwest University of Finance and Economics)
COMMITTEE SERVICE
Finance area coordinator, Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine, 2020-
Campuswide Honors Collegium Board, UC Irvine, 2023 -
Ph.D. committee, Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine, 2012-2013; 2017-
Master of accounting committee, Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine, 2013-2014;
Joint Masters Degrees Committee, Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine, 2014-2016;
Academic Integrity Review Board, UC Irvine, 2017- 2023
UG Committee on Adopting the Digital Strategy in Core Courses, 2018
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Economic Association, American Finance Association, Econometric Society, European Finance Association, Western Finance Association, Financial Theory Group
Address: SB2 438, Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-3125
Telephone: Please email.
Email: [email protected]
Website: chonghuang.weebly.com
CURRENT APPOINTMENT:
Associate Professor in Finance, UC Irvine, 2020 --
Assistant Professor in Finance, UC Irvine, 2012 -- 2020
DEGREES:
Ph.D. (Economics), University of Pennsylvania, 2012
Dissertation: "Learning in Dynamic Games," advisor: George Mailath
Mphil (Economics), Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006
B.A. (Finance), Peking University, 2003
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:
- "Why Does Spousal Education Matter for Earnings? Assortative Mating and Cross-Productivity," with Hongbin Li, Pak Wai Liu, and Junsen Zhang, Journal of Labor Economics, 2009, 27(4): 633-652
- "Bayesian Persuasion in Coordination Games," with Itay Goldstein, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 2016, 106(5): 592-96.
- "The Real Costs of Financial Efficiency When Some Information is Soft," with Alex Edmans and Mirko Heinle, Review of Finance, 2016, 20 (6): 2151-2182.
- "Defending Against Speculative Attacks: The Policy Maker’s Reputation," Journal of Economic Theory, 2017, 107:1-34.
- "Coordination and Social Learning," Economic Theory, 2018, 65(1): 155-177.
- "A Theory of Multiperiod Debt Structure," with Martin Oehmke and Hongda Zhong, Review of Financial Studies, 2019, 32(11): 4447-4500.
- "Mutual Fund's Reputation for Information Superiority," with Fei Li and Xi Weng, Journal of Finance, 2020, 75(3): 1715-1765. - Winner of the 2020 outstanding research awards of China Information Economics Society
- "Credit Rating Inflation and Firms' Investments,'' with Itay Goldstein, Journal of Finance, 2020, 75(6): 2929-2972.
- "Disagreement about Public Information Quality and Informational Price Efficiency," with Radhika Lunawat and Qiguang Wang, Journal of Financial Economics, 2024, 152.
- "Fragility of Financial Market," with Itay Goldstein and Liyan Yang, forthcoming, Annual Review of Financial Economics.
WORKING PAPERS:
- "Index Investing and Asset Pricing under Information Asymmetry and Ambiguity Aversion" with David Hirshleifer and Siew Hong Teoh (R&R)
- "Information Asymmetry at Debt Rollover and Startup Loans" with Fei Li and Haibo Xu (R&R)
- "Implications of Disclosing Ongoing M&A Negotiations: The Role of Managerial Learning" with Qiguang Wang
- "Policy Portfolio for Banks: Deposit Insurance and Liquidity Injection" with Lin Shen and Junyuan Zou
- "Informed Trading and Product Market Competition" with Xiaoqi Xu
- "Open Banking under Maturity Transformation," with Itay Goldstein and Liyan Yang
- "What Keep Least Knowledgeable Investors from Seeking for Help?" with Ning Tang
- "Alternative Trading System Effects on Exchange Market Efficiency and Real Efficiency," with Xiaoqi Xu
- "Dynamic Hostile Takeover: Managerial Reputation and Acquirer's Learning," with Zehao Hu
- "Bargaining while Learning about New Arrivals," with Fei Li
- "Transfers from Adult Children to Elderly Parents: For Love or for Prize?" with Jere Behrman, Hongbin Li, and Junsen Zhang
TEACHING:
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, University of Pennsylvania
Managerial Finance, University of California, Irvine
Investments, University of California, Irvine
Financial Research Methodology, Ph.D seminar, University of California, Irvine
Financial Market Theory, Ph.D seminar, University of California, Irvine
Financial Institutions, Ph.D seminar, University of California, Irvine
Advanced Corporate Finance, Ph.D seminar, University of California, Irvine
PhD Topics in Finance, University of California, Irvine
Mathematical Finance, Master of Finance Program, University of California, Irvine
HONORS:
Junior Faculty Research Award, Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine, 2020
Sidney Weintraub Memorial Fellowship for outstanding research in economic theory, University of Pennsylvania, 2010-2011
Lawrence Robbins Prize for the best first year student, University of Pennsylvania, 2008
Best Master of Philosophy Thesis Award, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006
Research Grants
CORCLR Awards, 2012-2013
CORCLR Awards, 2013-2014
CORCLR Awards, 2014-2015
CORCLR Awards, 2022-2023
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (Invited Seminar Presentations):
2011: University of Pennsylvania
2012: University of California, Irvine; Bank of Canada; New York University; University of North Carolina
2013: LA Theory Workshop (UCLA); California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
2014: Temple University; California State University, Fullerton
2015: University of California, Irvine (Economics); Peking University Guanghua School of Management; Renmin University Hanqing School
2018: Tsinghua University PBC; Nanyang Technological University; National University of Singapore (Economics and Finance); Hong Kong University; Chinese University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2019: City University of Hong Kong
2020: Peking University (National School of Development and School of Economics)#, UNC Chapel Hill (Economics)#
2021: UT Dallas#, SEC#
2022: UNC Chapel Hill (Economics)#, SWUFE#
2023: UC Berkeley Accounting, Universidad de los Andes
2024: Hong Kong University, University College London
2025: Rutgers (scheduled)
(# indicates virtual seminar.)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (Presentations in Conferences):
2011: North American Summer Meeting of Econometric Society, International Conference on Game Theory
2013: Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, California Corporate Finance Conference
2014: UCLA-USC-UCI Finance Day, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics summer workshop
2015: LA Finance Day, European Summer Symposium in Financial Markets (Gerzensee), Finance Theory Group, Summer School, Econometric Society World Congress, Third Annual hiking conference (Claremont McKenna College), The Economics of Credit Rating Agencies, Credit Ratings and Information Intermediaries (Carnegie Mellon University), Miami Behavior Finance Conference*
2016: American Economic Association, European Winter Finance Summit, Stern Microstructure Conference (NYU, scheduled), the Fifth Oxford Financial Intermediation Theory conference (Oxford), CICF*, MFA*
2017: American Finance Association, FIRS (2 papers), SFS Cavalcade*, Frontiers of Finance Conference*, ITAM Finance Conference*, CICF*, FTG summer school, FTG fall meeting*, HKUST Finance Symposium*, Colorado Finance Summit
2018: American Finance Association* , RCFS conference, FIRS*, WFA, SAFE Market Microstructure Conference, EFA*, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics summer workshop
2019: SFS Cavalcade, Mitsui Finance Symposium, CICF*, SHoF conference on Financial Markets and Corporate Decisions
2020: Guanghua School Economics and Finance Forum#
2021: EAA*#, European Retail Investment Conference*#, Finance Forum #, CICF *#, Econometric Society China Meeting (2 papers)#, Annual Conference in Digital Economics#
2022: Annual Conference in Digital Economics#, MFA (2 papers), CFTRC#, FTG spring meeting, CICM*#, AMES#, CICF (2 papers)#, Stony Brook International Conference on Game Theory*, NY Fed Conference on Fintech*, NFA*, CFEA*, Banking in the Age of Challenges Conference, AFBC*#
2023: American Finance Association, STFM, FIRS, AMES*, BSE Summer Forum*, Aarhus Workshop on Strategic Interaction in Corporate Finance, EFA, UTD Finance Conference
2024: MFA, Erasmus Liquidity Conference*, Econometric Society Asian Meeting*, CFRC*, INSEAD Symposium*, FTG European Meeting*, OxFit*, FTG Fall Meeting (scheduled)
(* indicates presented by coauthor, # indicates virtual conference.)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (REFEREE):
American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, Management Science, Review of Finance, Theoretical Economics, International Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, The Accounting Review, AEJ: Microeconomics, Economic Theory, Journal of the European Economic Association, The RAND Journal of Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Market, Journal of Comparative Economics, Economic Development and Cultural Change, African Journal of Business Management, Research Grant Council of Hong Kong, B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (DISCUSSION):
8th Florida State University SunTrust Beach Conference, 2016
12th Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS) Conference, 2017
44th Annual Meeting of the European Finance Association (EFA), 2017
American Finance Association (AFA), 2020
28th Finance Forum, 2021
China International Conference in Finance, 2021
China Fintech Research Conference, 2022
China International Conference in Finance, 2022
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (CONFERENCE COMMITTEE OR SESSION CHAIR):
Midwest Finance Association, 2016
European Finance Association (EFA), 2017
Financial Management Association (FMA), 2017
LA Finance Day UCI Local Organizer, 2019
Midwest Finance Association, 2020
Econometric Society China Meeting, 2021
Midwest Finance Association, 2021
Financial Intermediation Research Society, 2022
Midwest Finance Association, 2024
China International Conference in Finance, 2024, (X2)
PH.D. DISSERTATION COMMITTEES (YEAR, Role, FIRST ACADEMIC PLACEMENT):
Qiguang Wang (2017, member, Hong Kong Baptist University)
Xiaoqi Xu (2021, primary advisor, Southwest University of Finance and Economics)
COMMITTEE SERVICE
Finance area coordinator, Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine, 2020-
Campuswide Honors Collegium Board, UC Irvine, 2023 -
Ph.D. committee, Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine, 2012-2013; 2017-
Master of accounting committee, Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine, 2013-2014;
Joint Masters Degrees Committee, Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine, 2014-2016;
Academic Integrity Review Board, UC Irvine, 2017- 2023
UG Committee on Adopting the Digital Strategy in Core Courses, 2018
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Economic Association, American Finance Association, Econometric Society, European Finance Association, Western Finance Association, Financial Theory Group
