Xiang (Shawn) Zheng
Assistant Professor of Finance
School of Business, University of Connecticut
Email: xiang.zheng 'at' uconn.edu
Research Interest: FinTech/Innovation, Corporate Finance, Banking
*My first name is pronounced similarly to Shawn.
Working Papers
How Does VC Activism Backfire in Startup Experimentation? [SSRN]
with Xuelin Li, Sijie Wang, and Jiajie Xu
Presentations: AFA (PhD Poster) 2025, AFBC 2024
Woke or Broke? The Impact of Corporate Activism on Consumer Spending and Product Sales [SSRN]
with Meng Gao
Presentations: CICF 2024
Housing Speculation, GSEs, and Credit Market Spillovers [SSRN] [NBER WP 32209]
with Natee Amornsiripanitch, Philip Strahan, and Song Zhang
Featured in Hutchins Roundup
Presentations: UEA North America 2024, FDIC Bank Research Conference 2024, AREUEA National Conference 2024, CICF 2024, FIRS 2024, MFA 2024, EasternFA 2024, Wharton Financial Regulation Conference 2024
Can Small Businesses Survive Chapter 11? [SSRN]
with Edith Hotchkiss and Benjamin Iverson
R&R, Journal of Finance
Presentations: AFA 2025, EuropeanFA 2024, NBER Summer Institute 2024, NFA 2024, Harvard-Wharton Insolvency and Restructuring Conference 2024, Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency Seminar 2024, Virtual Corporate Finance Seminar 2024
From Competitors to Partners: Banks’ Venture Investments in Fintech [SSRN]
with Manju Puri and Yiming Qian
Presentations: EuropeanFA 2024, Santiago Finance Workshop 2024, CFRC 2024, MFA 2024, NFA 2024, FDIC Bank Research Conference 2024, AFBC 2023, GSU-RFS Fintech Conference 2023, WEFI Virtual Seminar
How can Innovation Screening be Improved? A Machine Learning Analysis with Economic Consequences for Firm Performance (solo-authored) [SSRN]
R&R (2nd round), Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
The FMA Best Paper Award in FinTech, 2021
The Kuldeep Shastri Outstanding Doctoral Student Paper, 2021
Presentations: AEA 2022, MFA 2022, FMA 2021, EasternFA 2021, Georgetown Global Virtual Seminar on FinTech
Do Fintech Shadow Banks Compete with Technological Advantages? Evidence from Mortgage Lending [SSRN]
with Sijie Wang and Siyi Shen
Featured in Bank Policy Institute Newsletter
Presentations: AMES 2022, ASSA-IBEFA 2023, FIFI 2022, EasternFA 2023, FMA 2022, SIF 2023, International Conference on Finance & Technology 2022, Northeastern Finance Conference 2023, OCC symposium on The Implications of Fintech for Banking 2022
How Does Private Firm Innovation Affect Anti-Takeover Provisions in Corporate Charters? Evidence from Initial Public Offerings [SSRN]
with Thomas Chemmanur, Manish Gupta, and Karen Simonyan
R&R, Journal of Law and Economics
Presentations: FIRS 2022, MFA 2024, 4th Greater Boston Annual Corporate Governance Workshop, China Financial Research Conference 2021
Seasoned Equity Offerings, Limited Investor Attention, and Post-Announcement Drift: Theory and Evidence [SSRN]
with Thomas Chemmanur, Karen Simonyan, and Yu Wang
Semi-finalist for the FMA Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance, 2020
Featured in Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog
Presentations: AEA (Poster) 2023, AFA (Poster) 2020, EasternFA 2021, FMA 2020, FTG Summer School 2023, Telfer Conference on Corporate Finance and Banking 2023
Underwriter Networks, Information Asymmetry, and Seasoned Equity Offerings [SSRN]
with Thomas Chemmanur and Karen Simonyan
Semi-finalist for the FMA Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance, 2020
Presentations: FMA 2020, MFA 2023