Chen, Nicholas Z.Y.(陳志遥)

BE (Changsha Science and Technology University); PhD (University of Washington, Seattle)

Assistant Professor

Contact

Department of Finance

Room 1234, 12/F
Cheng Yu Tung Building
12 Chak Cheung Street
Shatin, N.T. Hong Kong

+852 3943 7755

nicholaschen@baf.cuhk.edu.hk

Biography

Dr. Nicholas Zhiyao Chen is an Assistant Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School. Dr. Chen joined CUHK in 2015, and prior to this, he was an Assistant Professor at the Henley Business School, University of Reading in the U.K. He received a Ph.D. in Finance from the Foster School of Business, University of Washington, in 2011. His current research interests mainly focus on corporate finance in connection with asset pricing. He has presented his research papers at the annual meetings of American Financial Association, Western Financial Association, European Finance Association, China International Conference in Finance, the North American Econometric Society Summer Meeting, ASU Sonoran Winter Finance Conference and etc. His research papers been published at the leading finance journals, including the Review of Financial Studies, and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

Research Interest

Corporate Finance
Asset Pricing
Agency Conflicts
Capital Structure

  • Awards & Honours
    • Bertauche Endowment Fellowship, University of Washington, 2010
    • Evert McCabe Endowed Fellowship, University of Washington, 2008
  • Academic/Professional Services

    Professional Service

    • Organiser of the 2013 EFMA meetings.
    • Ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, Journal of Futures Markets, Journal of International Money and Finance, and International Journal of Forecasting.