Hao Zhang
Professor
Hao Zhang
Professor
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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In the News
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February 14, 2025
RIT community has free access to Bloomberg.com—Here’s how to register
The complimentary access is a result of an interdisciplinary team of RIT students winning the 2024 Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge last fall. The winning “Tigers Trading” team outlasted 2,453 teams from 396 universities in 46 countries in a 6+ week simulated investing challenge.
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February 7, 2025
Bloomberg Enriches Financial Education for 10,000 Students through Global Trading Challenge
Bloomberg reports on the RIT team that won the 2024 Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge.
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January 2, 2025
RIT trio triumphs in global trading challenge
The team, supported by faculty adviser and finance professor Hao Zhang, won the 2024 Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge.
Featured Work
Research Insights: Benefits of a Seeming Monopoly
Hao Zhang
How common institutional ownership reduces stock price crash risk