Weishen Wang, Ph.D.

Department Chair, Professor of Finance

Education

University of Central Florida - Orlando, Florida
Ph.D., Finance, May 2007

Xi’an Jiaotong University - Shaanxi, China
M.S., Industrial Management Engineering, July 1997

Xi’an Jiaotong University - Shaanxi, China 
B.S., Industrial Management Engineering, July 1994

Research Interests

• Behaviors of corporate top executives and board directors
• Equity investment strategies
• Corporate mergers and acquisitions
• Corporate asset restructuring
• Private Equity

Courses Taught

• Introduction to Business Finance
• Financial Management (MBA)
• International Financial Management
• Investments
• Real Estate Finance

Selected 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