Faculty and Instructors

Wisconsin School of Business

Youchang Wu

Assistant Professor - Finance

Youchang Wu is assistant professor of finance at Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on financial intermediaries such as mutual funds, hedge funds, and financial advisers. He also works in the areas of corporate finance and empirical asset pricing. His research has been published in Journal of Finance and Review of Financial Studies, and presented at numerous workshops and international conferences, including the annual meetings of American Finance Association, Western Finance Association, and European Finance Association.

Youchang Wu received his Ph.D in finance from University of Vienna, master and bachelor degrees in economics from Beijing University, and has taught at both of these universities. During his time as a lecturer at Beijing University, which was prior to his Ph.D, he coauthored a popular textbook on money and banking in Chinese (with Gang Yi).
 

Selected Published Journal Articles


Stoughton, N., Wu, Y., & Zechner, J. (2011). Intermediated Investment Management. Journal of Finance (66), 947-980.
Dangl, T., Wu, Y., & Zechner, J. (2008). Market Discipline and Internal Governance in the Mutual Fund Industry. Review of Financial Studies (21), 2307-2343.

Undergraduate Courses


Derivative Securities (FIN 330 Section 1), Spring 2012.

Derivative Securities (FIN 330 Section 2), Spring 2012.

Derivative Securities
Course DescriptionPricing and uses of options, futures, and forward contracts.
(FIN 330 Section 1), Spring 2011.

Derivative Securities
Course DescriptionPricing and uses of options, futures, and forward contracts.
(FIN 330 Section 2), Spring 2011.

Derivative Securities
Course DescriptionPricing and uses of options, futures, and forward contracts.
(FIN 330 Section 3), Spring 2011.



Graduate Courses


Advanced Derivative Securities (FIN 830 Section 1), Spring 2012.



Presentations


Utah Winter Finance Conference 2012
Mutual Fund Families and Performance Evaluation

American Finance Association Meetings 2012
Mutual Fund Families and Performance Evaluation

Annual Meeting of Financial Economics and Accounting 2011
The Dynamics of Hedge Fund Fees

Workshop, UW Madison Department of Economics
Corporate Investment Over Uncertain Business Cycles

Workshop, UW Madison Department of Finance
Corporate Investment Over Uncertain Business Cycles

China International Conference in Finance 2011
Mutual Fund Families and Performance Evaluation

China International Conference in Finance 2011
Corporate Investment Over Uncertain Business Cycles

China International Conference in Finance 2011
The Dynamics of Hedge Fund Fees

Workshop, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Corporate Investment Over Uncertain Business Cycles

Workshop, Hong Kong University
Corporate Investment Over Uncertain Business Cycles

Western Finance Association Meetings 2011
Mutual Fund Families and Performance Evaluation

Workshop, University of New South Wales
The Dynamics of Hedge Fund Fees

Workshop, University of Technology Sydney
Mutual Fund Families and Performance Evaluation

Financial Intermediation Research Society Meetings 2011
Mutual Fund Families and Performance Evaluation

Workshop, University of Illinois, Chicago
Mutual Fund Families and Performance Evaluation

Workshop, University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Finance
Mutual Fund Families and Performance Evaluation

Workshop - UW Madison Department of Statistics
Mutual fund families and performance evaluation

Workshop, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Mutual Fund Families and Performance Evaluation

American Finance Association meetings 2009
Intermediated Investment Management

Financial Intermediation Research Society Conference 2008
Intermediated Investment Management

American Finance Association meetings 2008
Portfolio Performance, Discount Dynamics, and the Turnover of Closed-End Fund Managers

European Finance Association meetings 2007
Intermediated Investment Management

China International Conference in Finance 2007
Disentangling Liquidity and Size Effects in Stock Returns: Evidence from China

China International Conference in Finance 2007
Intermediated Investment Management

Western Finance Association Meetings 2007
Intermediated Investment Management

European Finance Association meetings 2006
Portfolio Performance, Discount Dynamics, and the Turnover of Closed-End Fund Managers

Financial Intermediation Research Society Conference 2006
Portfolio Performance, Discount Dynamics, and the Turnover of Closed-End Fund Managers

Western Finance Association meetings 2006
Portfolio Performance, Discount Dynamics, and the Turnover of Closed-End Fund Managers

American Finance Association meetings 2006
Market discipline and internal governance in the mutual fund industry

Photograph of Youchang Wu

Youchang Wu

 
Assistant Professor | Finance
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