Zhang Shaojun

Biography

Dr. Shaojun Zhang is Associate Professor of Finance in the School of Accounting and Finance of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He obtained his double Bachelor's degrees from Tsinghua University and his Master's and doctoral degrees from Florida State University. He is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries. Dr. Zhang has taught courses on a wide range of finance, statistics and actuarial topics at universities in the U.S., mainland China, Hong Kong and Singapore, and served as the Treasurer of the Asian Finance Association since 2010. He has published academic research in the areas of Chinese listed firms and stock markets, empirical asset pricing, financial derivatives, financial markets and institutions.

Research Interest

Asset pricing, Behavioural economics, finance, and accounting, Corporate disclosure, Cost of equity capital and firm valuation.