Prof. CHEN Zhiyao (陳志遥)

Prof. Chen is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Department of Economics and Finance, City University of Hong Kong. He received a Ph.D. in Finance from the Foster School of Business, University of Washington (Seattle). His research interests mainly focus on corporate finance in connection with asset pricing, particularly in dynamic models of capital structure/credit risk, agency conflicts, mergers and acquisitions, and stock and bond returns. He has presented his research papers at major conferences, such as the annual meetings of American Financial Association, Western Financial Association, European Finance Association, and SFS Cavalcade North America. His research papers have been published at the leading finance journals, including Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis and Management Science.