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wc zhang

ZHANG Weichen

SIM KEE BOON INSTITUTE FOR FINANCIAL ECONOMICS

 
Research Fellow 
Email: wczhang [at] smu.edu.sg 
Curriculum Vitae 

 

EDUCATION

2025         PhD in Finance 
PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University
 
2020Master of Finance
PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University
 
2017Bachelor of Finance
Renmin University of China
 

 

CURRENT POSITION(S) HELD

  • Research Fellow, Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Asset Pricing
• Social Finance
• Artificial Intelligence
• Textual Analysis

WORKING PAPERS

  • "AI, Opinion Ecosystems, and Finance,” with David Hirshleifer, Lin Peng, Qiguang Wang, and Xiaoyan Zhang, NBER Working Paper No. 34807, 2026.
  • "Network through Social Media,” with Huaixin Wang, 2026.

 

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