Yijia Zhao
Area of Expertise
Financial Intermediation, Corporate Finance, Banking and Financial Institutions, Credit Market
Degrees
PhD, University of South Carolina
Professional Publications & Contributions
- "Lending Relationships and the Pricing of Syndicated Loans." (with Donghang Zhang and Yafei Zhang), forthcoming, Management Science.
- "Social Capital and Individual Ethics: Evidence from Financial Advisers Misconduct.” (with John Bai, Chenguang Shang, and Chi Wan), forthcoming, Journal of Business Ethics.
- “The Dark Side of Shareholder Litigation: Evidence from Corporate Takeovers." (with Yongqiang Chu), 2021, Financial Management 50, 845-873
- “Bank Capital and Credit Supply: Evidence from Syndicated Loans." (with Yongqiang Chu and Donghang Zhang), 2019, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 54, 667-694
- “Relationship Banking and Loan Syndicate Structure: The Role of Private Equity Sponsors.”, (with Rongbing Huang and Donghang Zhang), 2018, The Financial Review 53, 461-498 (Lead Article)
Additional Information
Referee for Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Financial Research, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Research in International Business and Finance, Finance Research Letters, Journal of Business Research
Courses Taught
- Investments (Undergraduate Level)
- Financial Modeling (Undergraduate Level)
- Portfolio Analysis and Investment Management (MBA Level)
- Time Series Analysis of Financial Data (PhD Level)
- Cross Section Analysis of Financial Data (PhD Level)
Honors
Donald Shephard Endowed Award for Distinguished Research, College of Management, UMass Boston, 2018, 2022
Semi-finalist of the FMA Best Paper Award for Corporate Finance, 2018, 2022
Corcoran Endowed Summer Teaching Fellowship, College of Management, UMass Boston, 2021
Semi-finalist of the FMA Best Paper Award for Financial Markets and Institution, 2019
Winner of the FMA Best Paper Award for Financial Markets and Institutions, 2014
Alfred G. Smith Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, Moore School of Business, Univ. of South Carolina, 2014
Charles Coker Endowed Graduate Fellowship, Univ. of South Carolina, 2013