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Professor Jiang's main research interest lies in investment companies (such as mutual funds, closed-end funds, and hedge funds), and institutional investors' role in corporate decisions and governance. Her research has been featured in major media, including the Wall Street Journal, Economist, Institutional Investors, Money, Fortune, Business Week, New York Times and Financial Times. She also received the Smith-Breeden Distinguished Paper Prize from the Journal of Finance. Jiang has been a fellow at the TIAA-CREF Institute since 2005. Prior to joining the School, she spent two years as an investment banking associate. Jiang has taught various courses in corporate finance and is the recipient of multiple teaching awards.

• Fall 2012
  Advanced Corporate Finance (MBA)
  
• Spring 2012
  Advanced Corporate Finance (MBA)
  Fundamentals of Corporate Governance (MBA)
  
• Fall 2011
  Fundamentals of Corporate Governance (core for class of 2013) (MBA)
  
• Fall 2010
  (PhD) Corporate Finance (PHD)
  Advanced Corporate Finance (MBA)
  
• Spring 2009
  (PhD)Empirical Methods in Corporate Finance (PHD)
  Global Immersion: Investing in China (MBA)
  
• Fall 2008
  Corporate Finance (MBA)
  
• Spring 2008
  Corporate Finance (EMBA)
  

Hedge Fund Activism In Research Handbook on Hedge Funds, Private Equity and Alternative Investments (2012) Coauthor(s): Alon Brav, Wei Jiang, Hyunseob Lim

Activist arbitrage: A study of open-ending attempts of closed-end funds In Journal of Financial Economics (2010) Coauthor(s): Michael Bradley, Alon Brav, Itay Goldstein, Wei Jiang

Hedge Fund Activism: A Review In Foundations and Trends in Finance (2010) Coauthor(s): Alon Brav, Wei Jiang, Hyunseob Kim

Payoff Complementarities and Financial Fragility: Evidence from Mutual Fund Outflows In Journal of Financial Economics (2010) Coauthor(s): Qi Chen, Itay Goldstein, Wei Jiang

Directors' Ownership in the U.S. Mutual Fund Industry In Journal of Finance (2008) Coauthor(s): Qi Chen, Itay Goldstein, Wei Jiang

Hedge Fund Activism, Corporate Governance, and Firm Performance In Journal of Finance (2008) Coauthor(s): Alon Brav, Wei Jiang, Frank Partnoy, Randall Thomas

The Returns to Hedge Fund Activism In Financial Analyst Journal (2008) Coauthor(s): Alon Brav, Wei Jiang, Frank Partnoy, Randall Thomas

Price Informativeness and Investment Sensitivity to Stock Price In Review of Financial Studies (2007) Coauthor(s): Qi Chen, Itay Goldstein, Wei Jiang

Defined Contribution Pension Plans: Determinants of Participation and Contribution Rates In Journal of Financial Services Research (2007) Coauthor(s): Gur Huberman, Sheena Iyengar, Wei Jiang

Offering Versus Choice by 401(k) Plan Participants: Equity Exposure and Number of Funds In Journal of Finance (2006) Coauthor(s): Wei Jiang, Gur Huberman

A nonparametric approach to measuring and testing curvature In Journal of Business and Economic Statistics (2005) Coauthor(s): Jason Abrevaya, Wei Jiang

Analysts' Weighting of Private and Public Information In Review of Financial Studies (2005) Coauthor(s): Wei Jiang, Qi Chen

Investor Learning About Analysts Ability In Journal of Accounting and Economics (2005) Coauthor(s): Wei Jiang, Qi Chen, Jennifer Francis

Hedge Funds in Chapter 11 In Working Paper (2010) Coauthor(s): Wei Jiang, Kai Li, Wei Wang

Do Institutional Investors Have an Ace up Their Sleeves?—Evidence from Confidential Filings of Portfolio Holdings In Working Paper (2010) Coauthor(s): Vikas Agarwal, Wei Jiang, Yuehua Tang, Baozhong Yang

Inferring Reporting Biases in Hedge Fund Databases from Hedge Fund Equity Holdings In Working Paper (2010) Coauthor(s): Vikas Agarwal, Vyacheslav Fos, Wei Jiang

Securitization and Loan Performance: A Contrast of Ex Ante and Ex Post Relations in the Mortgage Market In Working Paper (2010) Coauthor(s): Wei Jiang, Ashlyn Aiko Nelson, Edward Vytlacil

Takeover Activity and Target Valuations: Feedback Loops in Financial Markets In Working Paper (2010) Coauthor(s): Alex Edmans, Itay Goldstein, Wei Jiang

Liar's Loan? Effects of Origination Channel and Information Falsification on Mortgage Delinquency In Working Paper (2009) Coauthor(s): Wei Jiang, Ashlyn Aiko Nelson, Edward Vytlacil

Payoff Complementarities and Financial Fragility: Evidence from Mutual Fund Outflows In Working Paper (2009) Coauthor(s): Qi Chen, Itay Goldstein, Wei Jiang

Price Informativeness and Investment Sensitivity to Stock Prices In Working Paper (2005) Coauthor(s): Wei Jiang, Qi Chen, Itay Goldstein

When Shareholders Are Creditors: Effects of the Simultaneous Holding of Equity and Debt by Institutional Investors In Review of Financial Studies (2010) Coauthor(s): Wei Jiang, Kai Li, Pei Shao