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Hao Zhang

Professor

Department of Finance and Accounting
Saunders College of Business
Program Director, MS in Finance

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Hao Zhang

Professor

Department of Finance and Accounting
Saunders College of Business
Program Director, MS in Finance

Education

BA, MA, Xiamen University (China); Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo

Bio

Hao Zhang is an Associate Professor in the Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). In 2010, he earned his Ph.D. degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has taught several courses including Financial Management, Advanced Corporate Finance, Intermediate Investments, Debt Analysis (Fixed-Income Securities), and Financial Management II. His current research interests include corporate governance, executive compensation, market microstructure, information intermediaries, financial institutions, tax avoidance, etc. His articles have been accepted for publication in academic journals such as Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Journal of Accounting Research (JAR), The Accounting Review (TAR), Contemporary Accounting Research (CAR), Review of Finance (RoF), Journal of Banking and Finance (JBF), Journal of Corporate Finance (JCF), Journal of Financial Markets (JFM), Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory (AJPT), Journal of Business Finance & Accounting (JBFA), Journal of Business Ethics, etc. He was on sabbatical leave during 2016-2017 and visiting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a Financial Economist. He is the recipient of the Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching for AY2018-19, which is the highest University-level teaching award that can be bestowed upon a faculty member at RIT. He is also the recipient of the Exemplary Teaching Award from the Saunders College of Business for several years. He received a Provost's Learning Innovations Grant (PLIG) to support his effort to integrate Bloomberg Terminals into teaching. His research papers are available at:  https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=7yWh0ucAAAAJ

 


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ACCT-858
3 Credits
This research seminar focuses on timely, special topics not covered in other seminars. Topics rotate based on faculty expertise (such as Financial Institutions and Markets, Behavioral Research in Accounting) and student needs as determined by the department.
FINC-220
3 Credits
Basic course in financial management. Covers business organization, time value of money, valuation of securities, capital budgeting decision rules, risk-return relation, Capital Asset Pricing Model, financial ratios, global finance, and working capital management.
FINC-362
3 Credits
Focuses on the financial investment problems faced by individuals and institutions. Theoretical topics include asset pricing, hedging and arbitrage. Application topics include risk management in bond-and-stock portfolio context. A discussion of options, futures and swaps also is included.
FINC-790
1 Credits
All MS-Finance students take a field exam at the end of their program. This course provides basic help to students taking this exam. (all required finance courses in the MS-finance program)
FINC-791
0 Credits
Computational finance students take a field exam at the end of their program. This course provides basic help to students taking this exam. (all required finance courses in the computational finance program)
FINC-858
3 Credits
This research seminar focuses on timely, special topics not covered in other seminars. Topics rotate based on faculty expertise (such as Financial Institutions and Markets, Behavioral Research in Accounting) and student needs as determined by the department.

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