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Jiekun Huang is a Professor of Finance and Vernon Zimmerman Faculty Fellow at the Gies College of Business, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He also serves as Ph.D. Director, overseeing doctoral programs. His academic career includes roles at Boston College (Ph.D. 2009) and earlier degrees from Xiamen University (MA in Finance 2003; BEcon in International Finance 2000).
Research focuses on intersections of investments, corporate finance, and political economy. Key themes include governance regulations shaped by corporate lobbying, informational roles of financial markets, and how institutional investors influence IPOs and corporate decisions. His work has been featured in top journals like the Review of Financial Studies and media outlets including the Wall Street Journal and BBC.
Notable awards include the Vernon Zimmerman Faculty Fellowship. Research spans topics from H-1B visa impacts on entrepreneurship to pollution effects on investor behavior. His recent articles analyze peer effects in proxy voting and geographic clustering of institutional investors.
Teaching and service activities include current course offerings (details pending) and leadership in academic governance. No grants or lab affiliations are explicitly detailed in available texts.
