Ye Wang (ywang15)

Ye Wang

Assistant Professor

School of Business

Education

  • PhD (2020) University of Arizona (Finance)
  • MS (2013) University of Texas at San Antonio (Finance)
  • BS (2011) Shandong University (Economics/Finance)

Research

Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Bank Debt, CEO compensation

Institutional Service

  • BA/FE Ph.D. Committee Member
  •  Institute Junior Faculty Board Member
  • School of Business Finance/Financial Engineering Brownbag Member
  • Undergraduate Curriculum Committee - Business School Member
  • Institute Graduate Curriculum Committee Member
  • Strategic Planning Committee - Business School Member
  • Finance PhD 1st year-paper Committee Member Member
  • Finance Ph.D. Student Search Committee Member
  • Finance Search Committee Chair
  • Faculty ambassadors - Business School Member
  • Finance PhD 2nd year paper Advisor Chair
  • MFIN Program Assurance of Learning Assessment Member
  • School of Business PhD harvest day organizer Member
  • Finance Ph.D. Student First-Year Paper Advisor Chair

Professional Service

  • Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting Journal Referee
  • Emerging Markets Finance and Trade Journal Referee
  • Journal of Corporate Finance Journal Referee
  • Financial Management Association International Session Organizer/Paper Discussant
  • Financial Innovation Journal Referee
  • Managerial Finance Journal Referee
  • Emerging Markets Finance and Trade Journal Referee
  • Canadian Academic Accounting Association member
  • International Review of Financial Analysis Journal Referee
  • Journal of Accounting and Taxation Journal Referee
  • Journal of Financial Research Journal Referee
  • North American Journal of Economics and Finance Journal Referee
  • Financial Management Association Member
  • Eastern Finance Association member

Grants, Contracts and Funds

Center for Management Innovations in Healthcare (CMIH) 2019 Fall Research Grant

Selected Publications

[1] Ni, X., Wang, Y., and Yin, S., 2025. The market for corporate control and firm information environment: Evidence from five decades of data. – Journal of Banking & Finance (ABS3; Impact Factor 3.8)
[2] Bonaime, A. and Wang, Y., 2024. Mergers, product prices, and innovation: Evidence from the pharmaceutical industry. – Journal of Finance (FT50; ABS4; Impact Factor 9.5)[3]Wang, Y. and Wu, S., 2024. Impact of mobile banking on small business lending after bank branch closures. – Journal of Corporate Finance, 87, p.102593. (ABS4; Impact Factor 6.1)
[4] Ni, X., Wang, Y., and Yin, S., 2021. Does Modern Information Technology Attenuate Managerial Information Hoarding? Evidence from EDGAR Implementation. – Journal of Corporate Finance, 71,102100 (ABS4; Impact Factor 6.1)
[5] Wang, Y. and Yin, S., 2021. Hiring Retirement-age CEOs. – European Financial Management, 27, 641-665 (ABS3; Impact Factor 2.295)
[6] Wang, Y. and Yin, S., 2018. CEO Educational Background and Acquisition Target Selection. – Journal of Corporate Finance, 52, 238-259 (ABS4; Impact Factor 6.1)

Courses

Corporate Finance (BT 321)
Money, Banking, and Financial Institutions (BT 440)
Investment ​Banking (FIN 530)
Research in Management (MGT 960)