Baolian Wang
- Associate Professor
Location
- Warrington College of Business
- Eugene F. Brigham Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Department
- Stuzin Hall 317C
Professor Baolian Wang is currently the Bank of America Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Florida. His research areas are empirical asset pricing, behavioral finance, investor behavior, FinTech, and the Chinese economy. His research has been published in leading academic journals, including Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Finance, Review of Accounting Studies, Critical Finance Review, and Strategic Management Journal. Prior to joining UF, he was an assistant professor at Fordham University from 2014 to 2018. Professor Wang received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University before receiving his Ph.D. from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Expertise and interest areas
- Chinese Economy
- Empirical Asset Pricing
- FinTech
- Investor Behavior
News
WFH vs RTO | Baolian Wang – Bloomberg
Warrington finance professor’s research named the best in behavioral finance – July 24, 2024 – Bank of America Associate Professor of Finance Baolian Wang’s research was named the best in behavioral finance at the 2024 China Financial Research Conference. The…
Investors less likely to sell losing stocks when entire portfolio is at a loss – September 7, 2023 – GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Poor decisions aren’t generally something people are proud of. For investors in the stock market, poor decisions can lead to something more…
Finance professor honored for outstanding stock market research – April 19, 2023 – Baolian Wang, Bank of America Associate Professor of Finance, is the second prize recipient of the Roger F. Murray prize. Every year, the Institute for…
Higher stakes lead to worse stock performance, research finds – November 3, 2022 – GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Imagine you are walking down the street, and someone stops you to ask this question: You bought a stock at $30 per…
Courses taught
- Behavioral Finance (FIN6586)
- Debt and Money Markets (FIN4243)
- Equity and Capital Markets (FIN4504)
- Finance Research Workshop (FIN7938)
- Investments (FIN7809)
- Special Topics (FIN4934)
- Special Topics in Finance (FIN6930)
Education
- PhD – Finance, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2014
Journal article publications
- Social Transmission Bias: Evidence from an Online Investor Platform
- Status: Accepted
- Journal: Review of Finance
- Accepted Year: 2025
- Authors: Pengfei Sui, Baolian Wang
- The Gender Effects of COVID: Evidence from Equity Analysts
- Status: Published
- Journal: Review of Accounting Studies
- Published Year: 2025
- Authors: Weikai Li, Baolian Wang
- The Ungeheuer and Weber (2021) Comove and Stock Returns Effect Disappears with Control for Idiosyncratic Volatility
- Status: Published
- Journal: Critical Finance Review
- Published Year: 2025
- Authors: Peixin Li, Baolian Wang
- Cryptocurrency Pump-and-Dump Schemes
- Status: Accepted
- Journal: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
- Accepted Year: 2024
- Authors: Baolian Wang, Donghwa Shin
- Stakes and Investor Behaviors
- Status: Accepted
- Journal: Journal of Financial Economics
- Accepted Year: 2024
- Authors: Baolian Wang, Pengfei Sui
- The Portfolio-Driven Disposition Effect
- Status: Published
- Journal: Journal of Finance
- Published Year: 2024
- Authors: Baolian Wang, Li An, Jared Williams, Matt Henriksson
- Demand Curves for Stocks Slope Down in the Long Run: Evidence from the Chinese Split-Share Structure Reform
- Status: Published
- Journal: Critical Finance Review
- Published Year: 2024
- Authors: Baolian Wang, Clark Liu
- A New Value Strategy
- Status: Published
- Journal: The Review of Asset Pricing Studies
- Published Year: 2024
- Author: Baolian Wang
- The Effect of Government Reference Bonds on Corporate Borrowing Costs: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
- Status: Published
- Journal: Management Science
- Published Year: 2023
- Authors: Mark Flannery, Claire Hong, Baolian Wang
- The Effect of Government Reference Bonds on Corporate Borrowing Costs: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
- Status: Accepted
- Journal: Management Science
- Published Year: 2021
- Authors: Mark Flannery, Claire Yurong Hong, Baolian Wang
- Prospect Theory and Stock Market Anomalies
- Status: Published
- Journal: Journal of Finance
- Published Year: 2021
- Authors: Baolian Wang, Nicholas Barberis, Lawrence Jin
- The Impact of Salience on Investor Behavior: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
- Status: Published
- Journal: Journal of Finance
- Published Year: 2020
- Authors: Baolian Wang, Cary Frydman