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Dr. Zengxiang (Eric) Wang

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs and Professor of Finance

Contact information

E-mail: ericw@athabascau.ca

Current courses

  • ADMN 499: Directed Study in Administrative Studies
  • ECON 300: Financial Economics
  • FNCE 300: Financial Economics
  • FNCE 401: Investments
  • FNCE 470: Portfolio Management

Dr. Zengxiang (Eric) Wang

Dr. Zengxiang (Eric) Wang

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs and Professor of Finance

Contact information

Email: ericw@athabascau.ca

Phone:

As associate professor of finance at Faculty of Business, Eric Wang has experienced and enjoyed the full spectrum of what an academic can do: having published in reputed academic journals and professional journals; won school wide research excellence award and professional association sponsored education award and federal government community enhancement award; co-edited a special issue for an academic journal, advised students to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange annual commodity trading challenges since 2013, including the championship rounds of 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017; sit as a trustee for faculty/staff pension plan for 11 years.

Eric Wang is interested in conducting collaborative research with practical implications.

Research interests

Shareholder Activism, CEO Compensation, Corporate Director Compensation, Regulations in Financial Markets, Governance for Not-for-Profit Organizations, Distance Education

Educational credentials

  • Ph.D., in Management (with double majors in Finance and Management Science), Queen's University, Canada
  • Dissertation: Option Pricing with Regime Switching GARCH Volatility
  • MBA, Saint Mary's University, Canada
  • MBA Thesis: An Inquiry on Sources of China's Economic Growth
  • Graduate Diploma, Management Information System, Xi'An Jiao Tong University, P.R. China
  • B.Sc. Computational Mathematics, Shandong University, P.R. China

Liu, Y., Liu, J., Ai, W., Wang, Z., & An, Y (2022). Agency conflicts in co-regulation: Evidence from IPO application screening in China. International Review of Financial Analysis (Vol. 82, July, 102131) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2022.102131 (Impact factor 5.373)

Chowdhury, S.D., & Wang, E.Z. (2020). Board size, director compensation, and firm transition across stock exchanges: evidence from Canada. Journal of Management and Governance 24, 685–712. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-019-09481-1 (Impact factor 2.084)

Sun, X., Gao, Y., Yuan, X., & Wang, Z. (2020). Analysis and Prediction of Birth Rate in China, Journal of Shandong Normal University (Natural Sciences), Vol. 35, September, 256-263. (in Chinese with English abstract)

Al-Zyoud, H., Wang, E. Z., & Basso, G. (2018) Dynamics of Canadian Oil Price and its Impact on Exchange Rate and Stock Market, International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 8(3), 107-114. (Impact factor 2.96)

Yang, D. & Wang, E. Z. (2015). Quality Control of Distance and Online Education – A Case Study of Athabasca University. Vocational and Technical Education Forum, 592 (12), 59-63. (in Chinese)

Yang, D., & Wang, E. Z. (2013). Student-oriented Distance Education Model: A Study Based on Athabasca University. Distance Education in China, 1, 33-36. (in Chinese)

Yang, J., Wang, E. Z., & An, Y. (2012). Canadian Exceptionalism: Shareholder Proposals, Filer Identities, and Voting Outcomes. Managerial Finance, 38, 456-484. (Impact factor 1.04)

Chowdhury, S., and Wang, E. Z. (2009). Institutional Activism Types and CEO Compensation: A Time-Series Analysis of Large Canadian Corporations. Journal of Management, 35, 5-36. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206308326772 (Impact factor 8.08)

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