Weishen Wang, Ph.D.
Department Chair, Professor of Finance
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 843.953.0887
E-mail: wangw@cofc.edu
Curriculum Vitae: Download
Weishen Wang, Ph.D., joined the College of Charleston as an assistant professor of finance in August 2011, received tenure as associate professor in 2014, was named chair of the department in 2015 and full professor in 2021. He holds an undergraduate degree in Industrial Management Engineering, a master degree in Management Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Finance. Before joining academia, he worked in the banking sector for four years, advising borrowers in financial distress on asset restructuring or mergers to improve the quality of bank’s credit assets. Dr. Wang is a CFA charter holder (Chartered Financial Analyst), an Enrolled Agent (EA) to the IRS, and a certified Global Scholar.
Education
Ph.D. in Finance, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida May 2007
M.S. in Industrial Management Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi, China July 1997
B.S. in Industrial Management Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi, China July 1994
Research Interests
Behaviors of corporate top executives and board directors
Equity investment strategies
Corporate mergers and acquisitions
Corporate asset restructuring
Private equity
New business adventure
Financial institutions
Emerging stock market
Corporate strategy
Individual and corporate taxation
Courses Taught
Introduction to Business Finance
Financial Management (MBA)
International Financial Management
Investments
Real Estate Finance
Personal Finance
Advanced Corporate Valuations (Capstone for finance majors)
Claritas Investment Certificate course
Publications
Madariaga, J.F. Smith, W.W., Pitts, R.E., and Weishen Wang (2021), "A Tale of Two Sponsors: Comparing Sponsorship Structural Effects from a Local Charity-Linked Event," Event Management
Weishen Wang (2020), “Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Exchange Connect Program: A Story of Two Markets and Different Groups of Stocks,” Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Vol. 55, 100630, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mulfin.2020.100630
Wayne W. Smith, Robert E. Pitts, and Weishen Wang (2020), “Sponsorship Outcomes for Charity-Linked Events: Participant Segments Interaction with Sponsor Attributes,” Event Management, https://doi.org/10.3727/152599519X15506259855986
Jianheng Zhou, Ruijuan Zhao and Weishen Wang (2019), “Supplier Pricing Strategy in Dual-channel Supply Chain with Asymmetric Information,” European Journal of Operational Research, 278, 809-820
Weishen Wang and Seung Hun Han (2018), "Identifying Overvalued and Undervalued Stock Market and Market Timing in Retirement Funds," Journal of Personal Finance
Weishen Wang and Dongyong Kim (2017), "Contingency of Cash Dividend-Evidence around Bush Tax Cut," Global Journal of Accounting and Finance, Vol. 1, (1)
Weishen Wang, Mark K. Pyles and Rachel Graefe-Anderson (2014), "Rewards to Meet Market Expectations: Evidence of Stock Market Sophistication," Journal of Accounting and Finance, 14 (1), 174-185.
Weishen Wang, Rachel Graefe-Anderson, Mark K. Pyles and Dongnyoung Kim (2014), "How Entrenched Managers Beat the Earnings Expectation before and after SOX," Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 54, 82-91.
Mark K. Pyles and Weishen Wang (2014), "Seeking Alphas from Underperforming Stocks-Corporate Governance Perspective," Journal of Investing, Fall. Vol. 23, Number 3, 23-34
Jocelyn Evans, Marcia Snyder and Weishen Wang (2014), "Negative externalities of student debt: the impact on human capital development," Journal of Economic and Finance Education, Vol. 13, (2).
Weishen Wang and Frank Hefner (2014), "Clustering of shareholder annual meetings and ‘new anomaly’ in stock returns," Applied Financial Economics, Vol. 24, Issue 16, p1103-1110. DOI: 10.1080/09603107.2014.924295
Weishen Wang and Minhua Yang (2014), "New determinants to Chinese ADRs’ long-term performance," Journal of Finance and Accountancy, Vol. 17 (online).
Smith, W.W., Pitts, R., Wang, W., & Mack, R. (in print 2015), "What is Most Important in Transferring Goodwill from Charity Run Participants to Sponsors?", Event Management: An International Journal, 19(2).
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