Feng Zhang

Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department

Associate Professor of Finance, Corrigan Research Professor

SMU Cox School of Business

6212 Bishop Blvd

Dallas, TX 75275

United States

http://https://sites.google.com/view/fengzhangfin

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1.

Mutual Fund Performance at Long Horizons

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 05 May 2022 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2022
Hendrik Bessembinder, Michael J. Cooper and Feng Zhang
W.P. Carey School of Business, University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
Downloads 2,393 (10,617)
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Mergers and Acquisitions: The Role of Gender

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 22 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2009
Maurice D. Levi, Kai Li and Feng Zhang
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
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bid premium, CEO and director gender, cumulative abnormal announcement period return, independent versus inside female directors, mergers and acquisitions

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The Role of High-Skilled Foreign Labor in Startup Performance: Evidence from Two Natural Experiments

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 06 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2021
Jun Chen, Shenje Hshieh and Feng Zhang
Renmin University of China - School of Business, City University of Hong Kong and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
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High-Skilled Foreign Labor, H-1B Visa, VC-Backed Companies, Innovation, Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)

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Characteristic-Based Benchmark Returns and Corporate Events

Forthcoming, Review of Financial Studies
Number of pages: 104 Posted: 12 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2018
Hendrik Bessembinder, Michael J. Cooper and Feng Zhang
W.P. Carey School of Business, University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
Downloads 824 (52,158)
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abnormal returns after corporate events, predicted returns, firm characteristics

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Director Gender and Mergers and Acquisitions

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 09 May 2012 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2013
Maurice D. Levi, Kai Li and Feng Zhang
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
Downloads 734 (60,818)
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director gender, bid initiation, bid premium, mergers and acquisitions, overconfidence, risk aversion

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Predictable Corporate Distributions and Stock Returns

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 01 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 25 Nov 2014
Hendrik Bessembinder and Feng Zhang
W.P. Carey School of Business and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
Downloads 687 (66,364)
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stock dividends, stock splits, special dividends, dividend increases, predictability, return anomaly

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Firm Characteristics and Long-Run Stock Returns after Corporate Events

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 03 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2014
Hendrik Bessembinder and Feng Zhang
W.P. Carey School of Business and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
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firm characteristics, long-run stock returns, BHARs, wealth relative, calendar time portfolio method, event study

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How Does an LBO Impact the Target's Industry?

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 31 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2018
Jarrad Harford, Jared R. Stanfield and Feng Zhang
University of Washington, University of Oklahoma and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
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leverage buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, industry peers

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Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus: Gender and Mergers and Acquisitions

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 15 Mar 2011
Maurice D. Levi, Kai Li and Feng Zhang
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
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Liquidity Risk and Cross-Sectional Returns: Evidence from the Chinese Stock Markets

Finance Research Letters, Vol. 6, No. 4, 2009
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2010
Feng Zhang, Yao Tian and Tony S. Wirjanto
Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department, Independent and University of Waterloo - School of Accounting and Finance
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Liquidity risk, systematic risk factor

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Measuring the Quality of Mergers and Acquisitions

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 29 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2023
Atif Ellahie, Shenje Hshieh and Feng Zhang
University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business, City University of Hong Kong and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
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mergers and acquisitions, deal quality, post-acquisition performance, overpayment, overestimation of synergies

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How Are Firms Sold? The Role of Common Ownership

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 10 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2023
M. Vahid Irani, Wenhao Yang and Feng Zhang
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte - Finance and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
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common ownership, auction, negotiation, mergers and acquisitions

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Deal or No Deal: Hormones and the Mergers and Acquisitions Game

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 22 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2010
Maurice D. Levi, Kai Li and Feng Zhang
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
Downloads 367 (141,331)
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mergers and acquisitions, male dominance seeking, CEO testosterone, bid initiation, bid withdrawal, tender offers

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The (Large) Effect of Return Horizon on Fund Alpha

Critical Finance Review, forthcoming.
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 05 May 2022 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2023
Hendrik Bessembinder, Michael J. Cooper and Feng Zhang
W.P. Carey School of Business, University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
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alpha, beta, investment horizon, fund performance

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Mutual Fund Flows and Investor Disappointment

SMU Cox School of Business Research Paper No. 23-06
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 28 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2023
Hendrik Bessembinder, Shuaiyu Chen, Michael J. Cooper, Jinming Xue and Feng Zhang
W.P. Carey School of Business, Purdue University - Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business, University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business, Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
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Fund flow, fund returns, investor extrapolation

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Firm Characteristics, Return Predictability, and Long-Run Abnormal Returns in Global Stock Markets

SMU Cox School of Business Research Paper No. 22-18
Number of pages: 107 Posted: 10 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2023
Hendrik Bessembinder, Michael J. Cooper, Wei Jiao and Feng Zhang
W.P. Carey School of Business, University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business, Rutgers University and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
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abnormal returns, corporate events, international stocks, predicted returns, firm characteristics

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Do Insiders Time Management Buyouts and Freezeouts to Buy Undervalued Targets?

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 05 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2018
Jarrad Harford, Jared R. Stanfield and Feng Zhang
University of Washington, University of Oklahoma and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
Downloads 311 (168,893)
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management buyouts, freezeout acquisitions, market timing, conflicts of interest

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Vanishing Stock Dividends

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 27 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2021
Avner Kalay and Feng Zhang
Tel Aviv University - Faculty of Management and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
Downloads 262 (201,363)

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stock dividends, investor learning, signaling

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Long Run Stock Returns after Corporate Events Revisited

Critical Finance Review, Forthcoming.
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 21 Dec 2017
Hendrik Bessembinder and Feng Zhang
W.P. Carey School of Business and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
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Shareholder Rights, Managerial Incentives, and Firm Value

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 06 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2014
Feng Zhang
Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
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Antitakeover provisions, managerial incentives, firm value, compensation contract

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Hiring High-Skilled Labor through Mergers and Acquisitions

SMU Cox School of Business Research Paper No. 22-14, Proceedings of the EUROFIDAI-ESSEC Paris December Finance Meeting 2022, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 91 Posted: 16 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2023
Jun Chen, Shenje Hshieh and Feng Zhang
Renmin University of China - School of Business, City University of Hong Kong and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
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Acquihiring; Skilled labor; H-1B visa; Mergers and acquisitions; LinkedIn

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Immigrants in Finance

SMU Cox School of Business Research Paper No. 22-05
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 09 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 26 May 2023
Jun Chen, Shenje Hshieh, Melvyn Teo and Feng Zhang
Renmin University of China - School of Business, City University of Hong Kong, Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
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Foreign labor, H-1B, Visa, Systematic, Quantitative, STEM, Education, Anomalies, Capacity Constraints, Race

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Information Precision and IPO Pricing

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2012
Feng Zhang
Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
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Information precision, IPOs, partial adjustment, price adjustment, share adjustment

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Are Women More Likely to Seek Advice than Men? Evidence from the Boardroom

Journal of Risk and Financial Management, Vol. 8, pp. 127-149, 2015, DOI: 10.3390/jrfm8010127
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 13 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2015
Maurice D. Levi, Kai Li and Feng Zhang
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
Downloads 179 (287,503)
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seeking advice; financial advisors; director gender; overconfidence; takeovers

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Private Equity Funds and Firm Products

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 15 May 2020
Wenhao Yang, Feng Zhang and Xiao Zhong
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte - Finance, Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department and University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business, Department of Finance, Students
Downloads 176 (291,812)
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private equity funds, new products, leveraged buyouts

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Non-Random Survival and Long-Run Firm Performance

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 18 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2023
Feng Zhang
Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
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non-random firm survival, long-run firm performance, survivorship effect, reverse survivorship effect, initial public offerings

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Risk Homeostasis and Corporate Acquisitions

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2012
Maurice D. Levi, Kai Li and Feng Zhang
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Finance Department
Downloads 115 (409,398)

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Mergers and Acquisitions, Return Correlation, Risk Dynamics, Risk Homeostasis