Baolian Wang

Baolian Wang

  • Bank of America Associate Professor of Finance
  • Graduate Coordinator, PhD – Finance Insurance and Real Estate

Location

  • Warrington College of Business
  • Eugene F. Brigham Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Department
  • PhD – Finance Insurance and Real Estate
  • Fintech Research Center
  • Stuzin Hall 317C
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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

Courses taught

  • Advanced Research (FIN7979)
  • Behavioral Finance (FIN6586)
  • Equity and Capital Markets (FIN4504)
  • Finance Research Workshop (FIN7938)
  • Investments (FIN7809)
  • Research for Doctoral Dissertation (FIN7980)
  • Special Topics (FIN4934)
  • Special Topics in Finance (FIN6930)

Education

    • Ph.D, Finance, General., Hong Kong University of Scienc, 2013
    • MS, Economics, General., Tsinghua University, 2008
    • BS, Economics, General., Tsinghua University, 2006

Honors and awards

  • Best Referee Award Review Of Finance
    • European Finance Association
    • Date: 2024
  • Behavioral Finance Best Paper Award
    • CFRC
    • Date: 2024
  • Semi-Finalist, Best Paper Award, 2023 Fma Annual Conference
    • Financial Management Association
    • Date: 2023
  • Q Group Roger F Murray Prize
    • Q Group
    • Date: 2023

Journal article publications

  • Women Politicians And Economic Growth
    • Journal:
    • Status: In Progress
    • Date: 2026
    • Authors: Baolian Wang
  • What Gets Measured Gets Managed: Investment And The Cost Of Capital
    • Journal:
    • Status: In Progress
    • Date: 2026
    • Authors: Baolian Wang, Zhiguo He, Guanmin Liao
  • Multi-Day Return Properties Of Leveraged Index Etfs
    • Journal:
    • Status: In Progress
    • Date: 2026
    • Authors: Baolian Wang
  • Ranking And Salience
    • Journal:
    • Status: In Progress
    • Date: 2026
    • Authors: Baolian Wang
  • The Investment-Return Relation
    • Journal:
    • Status: In Progress
    • Date: 2026
    • Authors: Baolian Wang, Yurong Hong
  • The Emerging Greenium
    • Journal:
    • Status: In Progress
    • Date: 2026
    • Authors: Baolian Wang, Jiawei Yu, Boyuan Li
  • The Nominal Price Premium
    • Journal:
    • Status: In Progress
    • Date: 2026
    • Authors: Baolian Wang
  • Cryptocurrency Pump-And-Dump Schemes
    • Journal: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2025
    • Authors: Tao Li, Donghwa Shin, Baolian Wang
  • Stakes And Investor Behaviors
    • Journal: Journal of Financial Economics
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2025
    • Authors: Pengfei Sui, Baolian Wang
  • Social Transmission Bias: Evidence From An Online Investor Platform
    • Journal: Review of Finance
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2025
    • Authors: Pengfei Sui, Baolian Wang
  • The Gender Effects Of Covid: Evidence From Equity Analysts
    • Journal: Review of Accounting Studies
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2025
    • Authors: Frank Weikai. Li, Baolian Wang
  • The Ungeheuer And Weber (2021) Comove And Stock Returns Effect Disappears With Control For Idiosyncratic Volatility
    • Journal: Critical Finance Review
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2025
    • Authors: Peixin Li, Baolian Wang
  • The Ungeheuer And Weber (2021) Comove And Stock Returns Effect Disappears With Control For Idiosyncratic Volatility
    • Journal: Critical Finance Review
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2024
    • Authors: Peixin Li, Baolian Wang
  • The Portfolio‐Driven Disposition Effect
    • Journal: The Journal of Finance
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2024
    • Authors: Li An, Joseph E. Engelberg, Matthew Henriksson, Baolian Wang, Jared Micah. Williams
  • A New Value Strategy
    • Journal: The Review of Asset Pricing Studies
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2024
    • Authors: Baolian Wang
  • Demand Curves For Stocks Slope Down In The Long Run: Evidence From The Chinese Split-Share Structure Reform
    • Journal: Critical Finance Review
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2023
    • Authors: Clark Liu, Baolian Wang
  • The Effect Of Government Reference Bonds On Corporate Borrowing Costs: Evidence From A Natural Experiment
    • Journal: Management Science
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2023
    • Authors: Mark Jeffrey. Flannery, Claire Yurong. Hong, Baolian Wang
  • Investor Attention And Asset Pricing Anomalies
    • Journal: Review of Finance
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2022
    • Authors: Lei Jiang, Jinyu Liu, Lin Peng, Baolian Wang
  • Prospect Theory And Stock Market Anomalies
    • Journal: The Journal of Finance
    • Status: Published
    • Date: 2021
    • Authors: Nicholas Constantine. Barberis, Jiaqi Jin, Baolian Wang