Associate Professor Le Zhang
Research interests
Dr. Zhang's research interests include corporate finance, in particular mergers and acquisitions, governance, and issues related to the emerging markets.
Biography
Dr. Zhang is an Associate Professor of Finance with the College of Business and Economics. He teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in corporate finance, as well as PhD research courses in empirical methodology. Dr. Zhang's primary research field is corporate finance, in particular mergers and acquisitions, governance, and issues related to the emerging markets. His work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals such as Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Financial Management, and Journal of Banking and Finance. He has won many awards for his research, including the Pearson Prize for the Best Paper published in Financial Management.
Before joining ANU, Dr. Zhang had taught at University of New South Wales. He received his PhD in Finance from Nanyang Technological University.
Publications
- He, Z, Qiao, G, Zhang, L et al. 2021, 'Regulator supervisory power and bank loan contracting', Journal of Banking and Finance, vol. 126.
- Liu, C, Low, A, Masulis, R, and Zhang, L 2020, 'Monitoring the Monitor: Distracted Institutional Investors and Board Governance', Review of Financial Studies, vol. 33, no. 10, pp. 4489-4531.
- Kang, J and Zhang, L 2018, 'Do Outside Directors with Government Experience Create Value?', Financial Management, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 209-251.
- Kang, J, Liu, W, Low, A and Zhang, L 2018, 'Friendly boards and innovation', Journal of Empirical Finance, vol. 45, pp. 1-25.
- You, J, Zhang, B and Zhang, L 2017, 'Who Captures the Power of the Pen?', Review of Financial Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 43-96.
- Zhang, L 2017, 'CEOs' Early-life Experiences and Corporate Policy: Evidence from China's Great Famine', Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, vol. 46, pp. 57-77.
- Kang, J, Liu, W, Yi, S, and Zhang, L 2015, 'Monitoring Role of Customer Firms in Suppliers and its Effect on Supplier Value: Evidence from Block Acquisitions of Suppliers by Customer Frms', Journal of Financial Intermediation, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 537-563.
