Zhengyang Jiang
Associate Professor of Finance
Associate Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Associate Editor, Journal of International Economics
My primary field of research is international finance and macroeconomics. I study exchange rates, capital flows, the valuation and sustainability of public debt, and the architecture of the international monetary system. I am also interested in the cognitive process underlying expectation formation and financial decision-making.
My research has been published at peer-reviewed journals including Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economics Studies, Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, Management Science, and IMF Economic Review, and published as invited contributions at American Economic Association, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Annual Review of Financial Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research, and Peterson Foundation. My research has also been interviewed and featured by the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Yahoo Finance, and cited by the 2022 and 2025 Economic Report of the President.
I received my Ph.D. in finance from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and my bachelor degree in math and business economics from California Institute of Technology.
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PhD, 2018, Finance, Stanford Graduate School of Business
BSc, 2013, Mathematics and Business Econ & Mgmt, California Institute of Technology -
Associate Professor of Finance, Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2022-present
Assistant Professor of Finance, Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2018-2022 -
Yuki Arai Faculty Research Prize, NYU Stern School of Business
Engelbert Dockner Fellow, Institute for Capital Market Research, WU Wien
Best Paper Award, Vienna Symposium on Foreign Exchange Markets
Behavioral Finance Best Paper Award, China Financial Research Conference
Nasdaq Award for the Best Paper on Asset Pricing, Western Finance Association
Best Paper Award, Vienna Symposium on Foreign Exchange Markets
Cubist Systematic Strategies Ph.D. Candidate Award, Western Finance Association
H.J. Ryser Scholarship for Excellence in Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, California Institute of Technology
Jaedicke Merit Scholar Award, Stanford Graduate School of Business -
Associate Editor, Journal of International Economics, 2023
Referee, European Economic Review, 2020
Referee, American Economic Review, 2020
Referee, Management Science, 2019
Referee, Journal of Financial Economics, 2019
Referee, Review of Financial Studies, 2019
Referee, Journal of Finance, 2019
Asset Pricing III (FINC-585-3)
This course covers topics in the empirical asset pricing literature with an emphasis on recent developments. Topics include: Latent factor models; GMM theory and applications in finance; return predictability; performance evaluation; affine asset pricing models; Estimation of asset risk premia; estimation of volatility and jump risks from low/high frequency data; empirical derivatives pricing using parametric and nonparametric methods.
Asset Pricing II (FINC-585-2)
This course covers recent developments in asset pricing theory, placing emphasis on the link between financial markets and the real economy. The topics covered include: models of portfolio choice, general equilibrium models of risk and return, and models with financial frictions.
Finance I (FINC-430-0)
Finance 1 answers managers' and investors' most fundamental finance question: how should a project or an asset be valued? Managers must determine the value of building a factory, entering a new market, or purchasing an entire firm when deciding in which projects to invest. Similarly, individuals must assess the value of financial securities to decide how to invest their wealth. Using a combination of lectures and business cases, Finance 1 teaches the discounted cash flow and multiples methods to value projects or assets. These valuation tools lay the foundation for all work in capital markets and corporate finance.
Prerequisite: Business Analytics I (DECS-430-5)
Corequisite/Prerequisite: Accounting for Decision Making (ACCT-430) and Business Analytics II (DECS 431-0)
Corporate Finance (BUS_INST-304-0)
Effects of time and uncertainty on valuation and decision making. Discounting techniques, stock and bond valuation, capital budgeting, firm valuation, capital asset pricing model, financial options. May not receive credit for both this course and ECON 360-1. Not for students who have previously taken KELLG_FE 310-0. Prerequisites: ECON 201-0 and ECON 202-0; STAT 210-0 or equivalent; MATH 218-1 or MATH 220-1; and BUS_INST 301-0.
