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Associate Professor Zigan Wang holds dual appointments at Tsinghua University (School of Economics and Management and Shenzhen International Graduate School) and is an Honorary Associate Professor at The University of Queensland. He specializes in interdisciplinary research bridging economics, business, and computer science. His work focuses on applied microeconomics, international and environmental economics, econometrics, and emerging technologies like computer vision and GANs.
Education: Ph.D., M.Phil., and M.A. from Columbia University; B.A. from Tsinghua University.
Research Interests: Systematic financial risk analysis in economic networks, financial data security, computational analysis of business and genomics data, and knowledge graph applications. His research has influenced policy-making in corporate governance, environmental regulation, and financial markets.
Key Contributions:
- Highlighted corporate governance effects of share repurchases on innovation and capital expenditure.
- Explored regulatory enforcement biases favoring politically connected firms.
- Secured grants including Hong Kong General Research Fund (three times) and China National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars.
Awards:
- Bureau van Dijk Prize in Corporate Finance (2018, 2021)
- Faculty Research Postgraduate Supervision Award (2021, 2022)
Advising & Grants: Supervised over 15 Ph.D./Masters students, with notable placements at Xiamen University and global institutions. His interdisciplinary teams address financial programming, cryptography, and FinTech curriculum development.
Labs & Collaborations: Leads research on financial data security, genomics computational analysis, and cross-institutional projects with Harvard, Columbia, and global universities.
