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Zihan Ye

Assistant Professor

Phone 865-974-3216

Email zihan.ye@tennessee.edu

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Location Room - 429A, Stokely Management Center

Department:

Finance

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Biography

Zihan Ye is an assistant professor of finance at the University of Tennessee. Prior to joining UT, she earned a master of science in financial economics from Oxford University and a Ph.D. in finance from Penn State University.

Zihan is an empiricist conducting research in the areas of municipal finance and healthcare finance. Using the $4 trillion dollar U.S. municipal bond market as a research laboratory, her current work focuses on the effects of health factors on public financing costs and the local economy. Her research has been published in the Review of Financial Studies and has been presented at high-quality finance conferences, including the American Finance Association Annual Meeting and the Financial Research Association Conference.

Education:

2020 Penn State University, Ph.D., Finance

2012 University of Oxford, M.Sc., Financial Economics

2011 Central University of Finance and Economics, China, Bachelor, Economics

Research Focus

Municipal Finance, Healthcare Finance, Innovation.

Awards/Honors
  • Troesh Center Research Grants, Summer 2022.
  • Semifinalist for 2021 FMA Annual Meeting Corporate Finance Best Paper, Oct 2021.
  • MSQF Research and Teaching Grants, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Summer 2021.
  • Finance Excellence Fund, Smeal College of Business, Penn State University, 2019.
  • Kenneth J. Carey Scholarship, Penn State University, 2018, 2019.
  • Smeal Endowment Fund, Penn State University, 2017, 2018, 2019.
  • Alumni Excellence Fund for Finance Scholarship, Penn State University, 2017.
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