Liang (Alan) Zhang

College of Business
Florida International University

Modesto A. Maidique Campus
11200 S.W. 8th St, RB 210
Miami, FL 33199

Phone: (305) 348-2680
Email: alan.zhang@fiu.edu

Liang (Alan) Zhang

Asst. Professor, Department of Finance

College of Business
Florida International University

Modesto A. Maidique Campus
11200 S.W. 8th St, RB 210
Miami, FL 33199

Phone: (305) 348-2680
Email: alan.zhang@fiu.edu


Education

Ph.D. in Finance
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia

Master of Science in Finance
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Professional Activities

Dr. Alan Zhang's research broadly focuses on investments and corporate finance, with particular interests in the impact of FinTech on financial markets, corporations, and financial intermediaries and the application of machine learning and AI in Finance.

His research has been recognized by prizes such as the Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award at the Review of Financial Studies. His research has been published in Review of Financial Studies and Journal of Accounting Research, and has been presented at conferences, such as the AFA, NBER Economics of AI Conference, NBER Big Data and Securities Markets Conference, FIRS, RCFS Winter Conference, Adam Smith Workshop and Cambridge Alternative Finance Conference. It also has been featured on Bloomberg, CNBC, Financial Times, The Guardian, NBER Digest, Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog, and Oxford Business Law Blog.

Courses Taught

  • Financial Risk Management-Financial Engineering
  • Intermediate Finance

Publications

  • Cao, S., Jiang, W., Yang, B., & Zhang, A.

    (2023).

    How to Talk When a Machine is Listening: Corporate Disclosure in the Age of AI.

    Review of Financial Studies

    .

  • CAO, S. S., DU, K., YANG, B., & ZHANG, A. L.

    (2021).

    Copycat Skills and Disclosure Costs: Evidence from Peer Companies’ Digital Footprints.

    Journal of Accounting Research

    .