Jiekun Huang

Jiekun Huang

Professor of Finance and Ph.D Director and Vernon Zimmerman Faculty Fellow

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4041 Business Instructional Facility

515 Gregory Dr

Champaign, IL 61820

217-300-7024

huangjk@illinois.edu

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Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Finance, Boston College, 2009
  • M.A., Finance (by research), Xiamen University, 2003
  • B.Econ., Honors, International Finance, Xiamen University, 2000

Positions Held

  • Ph.D Director of Finance, Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2023 to present
  • Professor of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022 to present
  • Associate Professor of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018-2022
  • Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013-2018
  • Assistant Professor of Finance, National University of Singapore, 2009-2013

Recent Publications

  • Huang, J., & Gao, M. Forthcoming. Informed Voting. Review of Financial Studies.  link >
  • Huang, J. (2023). Thy Neighbor’s Vote: Peer Effects in Proxy Voting. Management Science, 69 (7), 3759-4361.  link >
  • Dimmock, S., Huang, J., & Weisbenner, S. (2022). Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your High-Skilled Labor: H-1B Lottery Outcomes and Entrepreneurial Success. Management Science, 68 (9), 6355-7064.  link >

Other Publications

Articles

  • Brown, J., & Huang, J. (2020). All the President's Friends: Political Access and Firm Value. Journal of Financial Economics, 138 (2), 415–431.  link >
  • Huang, J., Xu, N., & Yu, H. (2020). Pollution and Performance: Do Investors Make Worse Trades on Hazy Days? Management Science, 66 (10), 4359-4919.  link >
  • Gao, M., & Huang, J. (2020). Informing the Market: The Effect of Modern Information Technologies on Information Production. Review of Financial Studies, 33 (4), 1367–1411.  link >
  • He, J., Huang, J., & Zhao, S. (2019). Internalizing Governance Externalities: The Role of Institutional Cross-ownership. Journal of Financial Economics, 134 (2), 400-418.  link >
  • Huang, J. (2018). The Customer Knows Best: The Investment Value of Consumer Opinions. Journal of Financial Economics, 128 (1), 164–182.  link >
  • He, J., & Huang, J. (2017). Product Market Competition in a World of Cross-ownership: Evidence from Institutional Blockholdings. Review of Financial Studies, 30 (8), 2674-2718.  link >
  • Gao, M., & Huang, J. (2016). Capitalizing on Capitol Hill: Informed Trading by Hedge Fund Managers. Journal of Financial Economics, 121 (3), 521-545.  link >
  • Chemmanur, T., Hu, G., & Huang, J. (2015). Institutional Investors and the Information Production Theory of Stock Splits. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 50 (3), 413-445.  link >
  • Huang, J., & Kisgen, D. (2013). Gender and Corporate Finance: Are Male Executives Overconfident Relative to Female Executives? Journal of Financial Economics, 108 (3), 822-839.
  • Chemmanur, T., Hu, G., & Huang, J. (2010). The Role of Institutional Investors in Initial Public Offerings. Review of Financial Studies, 23 (12), 4496-4540.

Presentations

  • Gao, M., & Huang, J. (2021). Informed Voting. European Finance Association (EFA) Annual Meeting, European Finance Association.
  • Dimmock, S., Huang, J., & Weisbenner, S. (2021). Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your High-skilled Labor: H-1B Lottery Outcomes and Entrepreneurial Success. American Economic Association Annual Meetings.
  • Huang, J. (2020). Thy Neighbor’s Vote: Peer Effects in Proxy Voting. Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS) Annual Conference.
  • Gao, M., & Huang, J. (2019). Informing the Market: The Effect of Modern Information Technologies on Information Production. American Finance Association Annual Meetings.
  • He, J., Huang, J., & Zhao, S. (2018). Internalizing Governance Externalities: The Role of Institutional Cross-ownership. Washington University Olin Business School Annual Conference on Corporate Finance.
  • He, J., Huang, J., & Zhao, S. (2018). Internalizing Governance Externalities: The Role of Institutional Cross-ownership. European Finance Association Annual Meeting.
  • Huang, J., Xu, N., & Yu, H. (2018). Pollution and Performance: Do Investors Make Worse Trades on Hazy Days? European Finance Association Annual Meeting.
  • Gao, M., & Huang, J. (2018). Informing the Market: The Effect of Modern Information Technologies on Information Production. Financial Intermediation Research Society Annual Meetings.
  • He, J., Huang, J., & Zhao, S. (2017). Internalizing Governance Externalities: The Role of Institutional Cross-ownership. Western Finance Association Annual Meetings.
  • He, J., & Huang, J. (2014). Product Market Competition in a World of Cross Ownership: Evidence from Institutional Blockholdings. Financial Research Association.
  • He, J., & Huang, J. (2014). Product Market Competition in a World of Cross Ownership: Evidence from Institutional Blockholdings. 11th Annual Corporate Finance Conference at Washington University.
  • He, J., & Huang, J. (2014). Product Market Competition in a World of Cross Ownership: Evidence from Institutional Blockholdings. Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting.

Working Papers

  • Gao, M., & Huang, J. Corporate Capture of Congress in Carbon Politics: Evidence from Roll Call Votes.  link >
  • Huang, J., Pollet, J., & Weisbenner, S. The Impact of Seeking Prestige: Corporate Decisions Around the Fortune 100 Threshold.
  • Huang, J. Geographic Concentration of Institutional Investors and the Market for Corporate Control.  link >
  • Huang, J. Shareholder Coordination, Corporate Governance, and Firm Value.  link >

Honors and Awards

  • Vernon Zimmerman Faculty Fellow, University of Illinois, Gies College of Business, 2019 to present

Grants

  • Racial Bias in Mortgage Lending, Campus Research Board, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2023-2025

Service

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2023-2027

Current Courses

  • Advanced Corporate Finance (FIN 321) Theories of firms' investment and financing decisions are covered. Topics include dividend policy, capital budgeting, capital structure, bankruptcy, long- term debt and leasing decisions.

  • Introduction to Finance (FIN 500) Introduction to financial management and decision making. A customized course, designed to provide a survey of finance for graduate students who do not necessarily have previous training in the disciplines. Different sections of the course will cover different sets of topics.

  • Advanced Corporate Finance (FIN 521) Addresses both the theoretical and applied aspects of firms' financing decisions; topics include capital structure and cost of capital theories; mergers, acquisitions and leveraged buyouts; options, warrants, and convertibles; venture capital and initial public offerings; and pensions.

Contact

4041 Business Instructional Facility

515 Gregory Dr

Champaign, IL 61820

217-300-7024

huangjk@illinois.edu

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