Yifei Zhang
Yifei Zhang

Assistant Professor in Finance

Peking University, HSBC Business School

About Me

I am currently an assistant professor in finance at Peking University, HSBC Business School (北京大学汇丰商学院). I obtained my PhD degree in economics from Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) in 2022. My recent research focuses on innovation, climate-related patents, and AI technologies. I teach venture capital and ESG courses in the master level.

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Interests
  • Corporate Finance
  • Innovation and Patents
  • Climate Finance
  • Economics of AI
Education
  • PhD in Economics

    Toulouse School of Economics

  • MA in Economics

    Toulouse School of Economics

  • MA in Economics

    State University of New York at Stony Brook

  • BA in Economics

    上海师范大学

📚 My Research
  1. Artificial Intelligence and Corporate Privacy Violations (draft comming soon), with Kai Li (Peking University), Yifu Liu (Peking University), and Yiran Zhang (Fudan University)

  2. Climate Innovation and Carbon Emissions: Evidence from Supply Chain Networks, with Ulrich Hege (TSE) and Kai Li (Peking University) – Western Finance Association (WFA) Wharton School-WRDS Award for the Best Empirical Finance Paper

  3. Climate Patents and Financial Markets, with Ulrich Hege (TSE) and Sébastien Pouget (TSE)

  4. Incident-Driven Green Products, (Solo Paper)

  5. Activism Pressure and The Market for Corporate Assets, with Ulrich Hege (TSE)

Publications
(2025). Corporate Venture Capital and Firm Scope. Journal of Financial and Quantatitive Analysis, 60(1).