Wei Jiang

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Wei Jiang
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NationalityChina
OccupationAcademic
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Academic work
DisciplineFinancial economics
InstitutionsColumbia University
Main interestsInstitutional investors
Hedge funds
Mutual funds
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Wei Jiang is the Arthur F. Burns Professor of Free and Competitive Enterprise, Columbia University. Professor Jiang’s main research interest lies in the strategies of institutional investors (such as hedge funds and mutual funds) and their role in corporate decisions and financial markets.

Papers

Jiang is the co-author of a 2006 Amundi Smith Breedan distinguished paper award[1] for the study, Offering versus Choice in 401(k) Plans: Equity Exposure and Number of Funds.[2] Jiang received a 2007 Roger F. Murray prize[3] as co-author of Hedge fund activism, corporate governance, and firm performance.[4]

Jiang's most cited papers, ranked from most to least cited, are tabulated below.

Year Study
2007 Price informativeness and investment sensitivity to stock price[5]
2004 How much choice is too much? Contributions to 401 (k) retirement plans[6]
2006 Analysts’ weighting of private and public information[7]
2010 Payoff complementarities and financial fragility: Evidence from mutual fund outflows[8]
2012 The real effects of financial markets: The impact of prices on takeovers[9]
2007 Defined contribution pension plans: determinants of participation and contributions rates[10]
2003 A nonparametric test of market timing[11]
2010 Activist arbitrage: A study of open-ending attempts of closed-end funds[12]

References

  1. "Amundi Smith Breeden Prizes". American Finance Association. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. Huberman, Hur; Jiang, Wei (April 1, 2006). Offering versus Choice in 401(k) Plans: Equity Exposure and Number of Funds. The Journal of Finance: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. pp. 763–801.
  3. "Roger F. Murray Prize". Qgroup. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  4. Brav, Alon; Jiang, Wei; Partnoy, Frank; Thomas, Randall. Hedge fund activism, corporate governance, and firm performance. The Journal of Finance: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. pp. 1729–1775.
  5. Chen, Qi; Goldstein, Itay; Jiang, Wei (2007). Price informativeness and investment sensitivity to stock price. Review of Financial Studies: Oxford University Press. pp. 619–650.
  6. Iyengar, Sheena S.; Huberman, Gur; Jiang, Wei (2004). How much choice is too much? Contributions to 401 (k) retirement plans. Pension design and structure: New lessons from behavioral finance: Oxford University Press. pp. 83–95.
  7. Chen, Qi; Jiang, Wei (2006). Analysts’ weighting of private and public information. Review of Financial Studies: Oxford University Press. pp. 319–355.
  8. Chen, Qi; Goldstein, Itay; Jiang, Weidate=2010. Payoff complementarities and financial fragility: Evidence from mutual fund outflows. Journal of Financial Economics: North-Holland. pp. 239–262.
  9. Edmans, Alex; Goldstein, Itay; Jiang, Wei (2012). The real effects of financial markets: The impact of prices on takeovers. The Journal of Finance: Blackwell Publishing Inc. pp. 933–971.
  10. Huberman, Gur; Iyengar, Sheena S.; Jiang, Wei (2007). Defined contribution pension plans: determinants of participation and contributions rates. Journal of Financial Services Research: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers. pp. 1–32.
  11. Jiang, Wei (2003). A nonparametric test of market timing. Journal of Empirical Finance: North-Holland. pp. 399–425.
  12. Bradley, Michael; Brav, Alon; Goldstein, Itay; Jiang, Wei (2010). Activist arbitrage: A study of open-ending attempts of closed-end funds. Journal of Financial Economics: North-Holland. pp. 1–19.

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