Zhenzhen Fan

Zhenzhen Fan is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Lang School of Business and Economics, University of Guelph (Guelph, Canada). She holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam and previously served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Canada). Her research focuses on theoretical/empirical asset pricing, financial derivatives, international finance, and textual analysis in finance.

Education:

• PhD in Finance, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Her work explores topics such as currency risk premiums, macroeconomic announcement returns, and post-crisis financial market dynamics. She is affiliated with the FIRM lab and teaches courses like FIN 3100 Corporate Finance and FIN 3000 Investments.

Funding:

• SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2023-current)
• Canadian Derivatives Institute Grant (2018-2020)

Upcoming research includes examining market disagreement effects on macroeconomic announcement returns, to be presented at the Eastern Finance Association conference (Philadelphia, April 2024).