Youan Wang
Youan Wang

Youan Wang

Associate Professor of Finance

WISE & School of Economics, Xiamen University

I am an Associate Professor of Finance at the Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE) and the School of Economics, Xiamen University. I received my Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Hong Kong. My research examines how political institutions, regulation, and stakeholder relations shape corporate decisions and financial markets, with particular interests in empirical corporate finance, political economy, corporate social responsibility, and environmental finance. I am also interested in applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to financial research. My work has been published in Management Science, Review of Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

News

July 2026 Will attend the Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society (AMES 2026) in Vietnam. (Planned)
June 2026 Presented a paper at the International Symposium for the Advancement of Financial Economics (ISAFE 2026), Beijing International Studies University.
June 2026 Served as Session Chair at the 6th Greater China Area Finance Conference (GCFC 2026), Xiamen University.

Employment

Associate Professor
Jan 2026 – Present
WISE & School of Economics, Xiamen University
Assistant Professor
Sep 2022 – Dec 2025
WISE & School of Economics, Xiamen University

Research

Published Work

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (Online)

Working Papers

Insider Trading Reforms and Corporate Transparency: Evidence from the STOCK Act
with Amanda Heitz, Zhige Yu

Teaching

Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice (Postgraduate)
WISE, Xiamen University · 2026 Spring
Corporate Finance (Undergraduate, Double Degree Program)
WISE, Xiamen University · 2025 Fall
Artificial Intelligence and Finance (Undergraduate)
Chow Institute, Xiamen University · 2025 Fall

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Education

Ph.D. in Finance
Sep 2017 – Jun 2022
The University of Hong Kong
M.Sc. in Computer Science
Sep 2015 – Jan 2017
The University of Hong Kong
B.S. in Electronic Science and Technology
Sep 2008 – Jun 2012
Shanghai Jiao Tong University