Jiahang Zhang

I am an Assistant Professor at the School of Finance of Nankai University.

I completed my PhD degree at the University of Hong Kong Business School. I received my master’s degree from the University of Chicago and my bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College.

My research interests are in sustainable finance, financial technology, and corporate finance.

Contact: jiahangzhang[at]nankai.edu.cn; jzhang88[at]connect.hku.hk

Research

The Credibility Premium

Presented at: FMA PhD Consortium, Massey Sustainable Finance Conference, AFBC, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, the University of Hong Kong, and the University of Macau.

Do Green Bonds Inform Stock Analysts? (with Dragon Tang)

Presented at (*by coauthor): AsianFA, CICF*, GRASFI, CSBF, IRF 2025 Conference, HKU Governance and Sustainability PhD Workshop, Harbin Institute of Technology*, Renmin University of China*, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics*, Sun Yat-sen University*, University of Gothenburg*, University of Hong Kong, University of Nottingham Ningbo*, and the University of Science and Technology of China*.

The Paris Agreement and Corporate Emissions

Presented at: SWUFE International Conference on Green Finance and ESG, CFRI & CIRF, and University of Hong Kong.

The Bright Side of Excess Control Rights: Evidence from Green Investments (with Dragon Tang)

Presented at: AFA Poster, AsianFA PhD Consortium, AFBC, and SoFiE.

Selected Publication

Empty Promises for Emission Targets (with Dragon Tang)

Nature Climate Change, 2025.

Work in Progress

Private Firm Green Bonds (with Dragon Tang, Beiyun Xiao, and Yupu Zhang)

A Hierarchical Explainable Deep Network for Corporate Performance Prediction (with Ming Yang)