Rex Wang Renjie

Rex Wang Renjie is an Associate Professor at the Department of Finance, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He holds a PhD in Finance from Erasmus University Rotterdam (2019). His research focuses on behavioral finance, corporate finance and governance, labor and finance intersections, and spare parts demand forecasting. He currently teaches courses like Climate Risk Assessment for the Financial Sector and leads the project 'Agency Conflicts among Shareholders, Managers, and Bondholders' as Principal Investigator.

Education:

• PhD in Finance (2014–2019), Erasmus University Rotterdam

Research Interests:

• Behavioral Finance: Examining psychological factors influencing financial decisions
• Corporate Governance: Exploring director attention and firm value dynamics
• Convertible Bonds and Options: Analyzing their impact on corporate value
• Extreme Value Theory: Applications in spare parts demand forecasting

Recent Contributions:

• Explored mutual fund dual holdings' impact on corporate investment (2025)
• Addressed statistical uncertainty in financial research through 'Non-Standard Errors' (2024)
• Investigated convertible bond options' value creation mechanisms (2023)

His work bridges theoretical frameworks with empirical applications in capital markets and operational finance.

Grants & Projects:

• Leading NWO Startersbeurs grant (€350k): Investigating agency conflicts in corporate finance (2024–2029)

Labs & Collaborations:

• Active in Tinbergen Institute's finance research network
• Organized Research in Behavioral Finance Conferences (2022, 2024)