Mengxin Zhao
Senior Financial Economist, Office of Corporate Finance (DERA)
Education Summary
- Ph.D. Finance, University of Pittsburgh
- M.A. Economics, State University of New York, Albany
- B.A. Economics, Beijing University
Fields of Interest
- Corporate governance
- Mergers, acquisitions and restructuring
- Law and Finance
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Financial Economist
Division of Economic and Risk Analysis
U.S. Security Exchange Commission
August 2016 - present -
Associate Professor of Finance (with tenure)
University of Alberta
Canada
2014 - 2016 -
Assistant Professor of Finance
University of Alberta
Canada
2010 - 2014 -
Assistant Professor of Finance
Bentley University
Waltham, MA
2003-2008
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Mariassunta Giannetti and Mengxi Zhao, "Board Ancestral Diversity and Fime Performance Volatility" Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
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R. David McLean and Mengxin Zhao, "Cash Savings and Capital Markets" Journal of Empirical Finance.
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Joseph P.H. Fan, Jun Huang, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and Mengxin Zhao, Bureaucrats as Managers and Their Roles in Corporate Diversification, Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming.
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Hassan Tehranian, Mengxin Zhao, and Julie L. Zhu, 2014, Can Analysts Analyze Mergers?, Management Science , 60 (4): 959-979.
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R. David McLean and Mengxin Zhao, 2014, The Business Cycle, Investor Sentiment and Costly External Finance, Journal of Finance 69: 1377-1409.
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Franklin Allen, Chenyu Shan, Jun Qian (Q.J), and Mengxin Zhao, 2014, The IPO of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China and the 'Chinese Model' of Privatizing Large Financial Institutions, European Journal of Finance, 20: 7-9.
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R. David McLean, Tianyu Zhang, and Mengxin Zhao, 2012, Why Does the Law Matter? Investor Protection and its Effects on Investment, Finance, and Growth, Journal of Finance, 67: 313-350.
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Kristina Minnick and Mnegxin Zhao, 2009, Director Incentives and Option Backdating: Money or Reputation? Journal of Financial Research, 4: 449-477.
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Kenneth Lehn, Sukesh Patro, and Mengxin Zhao, 2009, Determinants of the Size and Structure of Corporate Boards: 1935-2000, Financial Management 38.
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Joseph PH Fan, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Jun Huang, Troy D. Smith, and Mengxin Zhao, 2008, Diversification of Chinese Companies - An International Comparison, China Management Studies.
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Kenneth Lehn, Sukesh Patro, Mengxin Zhao, 2007, Corporate Governance Indexes and Valuation: Which Causes Which?, Journal of Corporate Finance, December.
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Joseph P.H. Fan, Oliver Rui and Mengxin Zhao, 2008, Public Governance and Corporate Finance: Evidence from Corruption Cases, Journal of Comparative Economics 36.
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Kenneth Lehn and Mengxin Zhao, 2006, CEO Turnovers After Acquisitions: Are Bad Bidders Fired?, Journal of Finance 61(4): 1759-1811.
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R. David McLean and Mengxin Zhao, Precautionary Cash Savings and Finance: Global Evidence.
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The Cultural Foundations of Investor Protection: Evidence from Corporate
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Governance Practices across the US" with Vladimir Gatchev and Christo Pirinsky
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Mariassunta Giannetti and Mengxin Zhao, Board Diversity and Firm Performance Volatility.
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R. David McLean, Jeffrey Pontiff and Mengxin Zhao, Equity Market Liberalization in Emerging Markets: A Contrarian View.
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
- Paper presentation, 2016, RFS Cavalcade Annual Conference, Toronto.
- Paper presentation, 2016, ASSA, San Francisco.
- Paper presentation, 2014, Asian FMA, Tokyo.
- Paper presentation, 2013, Paris December 2013 Finance Meeting.
- Paper presentation, 2013, European Finance Association Meeting, Cambridge, England.
- Paper presentation, 2012, Financial Intermediation Society Annual Conference.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS
- University of Delaware, 2017
- University of Maryland, Accounting Department, 2017
- Federal Reserve Board, 2016
- Federal Reserve Board, 2016
- Federal Reserve Board, 2016
- University of Central Florida, 2016
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commision, 2016
- DePaul University, 2016
- Auburn University, 2014
- University of Florida, 2014
- Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo Japan, 2014
- Simon Fraser University, 2014
Last Reviewed or Updated: April 28, 2025