Xinye (Karen) Zhang

Finance

Ph.D. Finance 2015 (expected), Olin Business School - Washington University in St. Louis
MSFin Finance 2010, Olin Business School - Washington University in St. Louis
BA (honors) Finance 2008, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

Research interests:

Corporate Finance, Financial Intermediation, Empirical Asset Pricing

Papers:

"How Do Mergers Affect Client Relationships? Evidence from the Investment Banking Industry," with Radhakrishnan Gopalan, working paper

"Investor-Manager Disagreement and CEO Pay-Performance Sensitivity?" working paper

Academic/professional activities:

Exchange ESSEC Business School (Paris), fall 2006
Exchange Yale University (New Haven), summer 2006

Other Professional Experience:

Internship, Deutsche Bank, Private Wealth Management, * (2007 - 2007)
Internship, Chinas Securities Regulations Commission (SEC cou, China (2007 - 2007)
Internship, China International Trust & Investment Corporation, China (2008 - 2008)

Awards/honors:

Doctoral Fellowship, Olin Business School, 2010-2015
Scholarship, Peking University, 2006-2007

Personal interests:

Dancing; Skiing; Skating; Hiking; Cooking