Feng Zhang

University of Utah - Department of Finance

Associate Professor of Finance

David Eccles School of Business

Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9303

United States

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1.

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 University of Utah - Department of Finance
Downloads 986 (23,974)
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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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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 University of Utah - Department of Finance
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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
Arizona State University and University of Utah - Department of Finance
Downloads 519 (57,123)
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stock dividends, stock splits, special dividends, dividend increases, predictability, return anomaly

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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
Arizona State University, University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business and University of Utah - Department of Finance
Downloads 510 (58,410)
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abnormal returns after corporate events, predicted returns, firm characteristics

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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
Arizona State University and University of Utah - Department of Finance
Downloads 440 (70,059)
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firm characteristics, long-run stock returns, BHARs, wealth relative, calendar time portfolio method, event study

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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
University of Utah - Department of Finance, Independent and University of Waterloo - School of Accounting and Finance
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Liquidity risk, systematic risk factor

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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 University of Utah - Department of Finance
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leverage buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, industry peers

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Investor Reaction to Merger and Acquisition Rumors

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 Jul 2016
Matthew Ma and Feng Zhang
Southern Methodist University (SMU) and University of Utah - Department of Finance
Downloads 346 (92,746)
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rumor, mergers and acquisitions, overreaction, investor attention

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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 University of Utah - Department of Finance
Downloads 346 (92,746)
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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 University of Utah - Department of Finance
Downloads 316 (102,666)
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mergers and acquisitions, male dominance seeking, CEO testosterone, bid initiation, bid withdrawal, tender offers

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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 University of Utah - Department of Finance
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management buyouts, freezeout acquisitions, market timing, conflicts of interest

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Common Ownership and Competition in Mergers and Acquisitions

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 10 Oct 2019
Mohammad (Vahid) Irani, Wenhao Yang and Feng Zhang
University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and University of Utah - Department of Finance
Downloads 237 (138,631)

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common ownership, competition, mergers and acquisitions, acquisition bids

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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
University of Utah - Department of Finance
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Antitakeover provisions, managerial incentives, firm value, compensation contract

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Vanishing Stock Dividends

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 27 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2019
Avner Kalay and Feng Zhang
Tel Aviv University - Faculty of Management and University of Utah - Department of Finance
Downloads 181 (178,378)
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stock dividends, investor learning, signaling

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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
University of Utah - Department of Finance
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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 University of Utah - Department of Finance
Downloads 129 (236,226)
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seeking advice; financial advisors; director gender; overconfidence; takeovers

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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
Arizona State University and University of Utah - Department of Finance
Downloads 107 (270,796)
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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
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, University of Utah - Department of Finance and University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business, Department of Finance, Students
Downloads 88 (307,707)
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private equity funds, new products, leveraged buyouts

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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 University of Utah - Department of Finance
Downloads 87 (309,935)

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

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Mutual Fund Performance at Long Horizons

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 24 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2020
Hendrik Bessembinder, Michael J. Cooper and Feng Zhang
Arizona State University, University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business and University of Utah - Department of Finance
Downloads 72 (346,399)
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The Role of High-Skilled Foreign Labor in Startup Performance: Evidence from Two Natural Experiments

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 06 Oct 2019
Jun Chen, Shenje Hshieh and Feng Zhang
Renmin University of China, City University of Hong Kong and University of Utah - Department of Finance
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