Felix Zhiyu Feng
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Finance and Business Economics
Michael G. Foster School of Business
University of Washington
Tel: 206-616-4319 Email: ffeng@uw.edu
Assistant Professor of Economics (on leave)
University of Notre Dame
My main area of research is corporate finance, with specific interests in dynamic agency, contract theory, corporate governance, and institutional investment. I received a PhD in Economics from Duke University in 2014 and am a member of the Finance Theory Group.
Published and Forthcoming Articles
Dynamic Resource Allocation with Hidden Volatility, with Mark Westerfield, Journal of Financial Economics. Forthcoming.
Productivity and Liquidity Management Under Costly Financing, with Jianyu Lu and Jing Wang, Journal of Corporate Finance. Forthcoming.
Working Papers
Dynamic Compensation under Uncertainty Shocks and Limited Commitment, Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Contracting with Non-Exponential Discounting: Moral Hazard and Dynamic Inconsistency, with Doruk Cetemen and Can Urgun
Caught in the Crossfire: How the Threat of Hedge Fund Activism Affects Creditors, with Qiping Xu and Caroline Zhu
Product Market Competition and CEO Risk-Incentive Compensation, with Tor Erik-Bakke, Hamed Mahmudi, and Caroline Zhu
The Value of Activism: A Hedge Fund Investor's Perspective, with Chengdong Yin and Caroline Zhu
Teaching Experience
University of Washington: Financial Theory and Analysis, Financial Strategy and Planning, Business Finance (Global EMBA)
University of Notre Dame: Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, Asset Pricing Theory
Duke University: Advanced Microeconomic Analysis, Advanced Topics in Financial Economics, Introduction to Econometrics, Time Series Analysis
Seminars and Conferences
Duke University (Finance, Economics), Oxford University, University of Notre Dame (Finance, Economics), University of Washington, Georgia State University, Loyola University Chicago, Boston University*, New York University*, Princeton University*, University of British Columbia*, University Kansas*, University of Michigan*, University of Minnesota*, University of Oklahoma*, University of Texas - Dallas*, Yale University*, Bikent University*, Collegio Carol Alberto*, London School of Economics*, Queen Mary University of London*, University of Bristol*, University of Warwick*, CUHK*, CKGSB*, PBC Tsinghua*, SUFE*, SWUFE*.
Finance Theory Members Meeting (MIT), AFA (Boston), Econometric Society NASM, SFS Cavalcade-Asia Pacific, Annual Workshop on Relational Contract (Northwestern), Financial Market Symposium (SUNY Albany), Midwest Economic Theory conference, USTC-UW Workshop on Fintech and Management Innovation, NFA, RES, SED, SWFA, SITE*, SAET*, ESSET(Gerzensee)*, Manchester University The Role of Hedge Funds Conference*, FMA*, ICCEF*
* Co-author presentations