Wenchuan Zhao

Doctoral Candidate

Wenchuan.Zhao.DPHIL@said.oxford.edu

Saïd Business School
University of Oxford
Park End Street
Oxford
OX1 1HP

Profile

Wenchuan Zhao joined Said Business School as a DPhil Candidate in Finance since October 2022. He is also a member of Exeter College and a recipient of the Said Business School Foundation Scholarship.

Wenchuan’s research lies on the intersection of corporate finance, labour economics and household finance. He is currently supervised by Professor Martin Schmalz.

Wenchuan held a Bachelor degree in Accounting from Tsinghua University and a Master degree in Finance and Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, both with Distinction.

Research

Wenchuan’s research interests include:

Corporate Finance
Household Finance
Applied Microeconomics

Currently he is working on understanding the spillover effect of high-technology firms on local neighbourhood gentrification, the misuse of fixed effects in panel data regression and the contribution of rising school quality to firm productivity as well as local economy.

Teaching

Wenchuan assisted in teaching the following courses:

Grader : Microeconomics, Econometrics
Tutor : Finance Undergraduate Final Year Honour School