Ivy Profile

Bio

Dr. Alan Zhang's research broadly focuses on AI in Finance, Investment and Corporate finance, with particular interests in the impact of FinTech on financial markets, corporations, and financial intermediaries.

Dr. Alan Zhang has published in Review of Financial Studies and Journal of Accounting Research. His paper has received the Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award at RFS and his research has been presented at conferences, such as the AFA, NBER Economics of AI Conference, NBER Big Data and Securities Markets Conference, RCFS Winter Conference, Adam Smith Workshop and Cambridge Alternative Finance Conference. It has also been featured on Bloomberg, CNBC, Financial Times, The Guardian, and NBER Digest.

Expertise

• Investments and Asset Pricing: Hedge Funds, Mutual Funds

• Corporate Finance: Disclosures, Behavioral Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions

• FinTech: AI in Finance, Machine Learning, Big Data

Awards

Selected Publications

• Cao, S., Jiang, W., Yang, B., & Zhang, A. L. (2023) "How to Talk When a Machine Is Listening: Corporate Disclosure in the Age of AI", Review of Financial Studies, 36 (9):3603-3642. Link to Paper

• Cao, S. S., Du, K., Yang, B., & Zhang, A. L. (2021) "Copycat Skills and Disclosure Costs: Evidence from Peer Companies’ Digital Footprints", Journal of Accounting Research, 59 (4):1261-1302. Link to Paper