Foster School of Business
University of Washington
Box: 353226
Seattle, Washington 98195
Felix Zhiyu Feng
- Acting Assistant Professor of Finance and Business Economics
Education
- PhD Duke University (2014)
- BA Peking University (2007)
Academic Expertise
- corporate finance
- corporate governance
- financial economics
- managerial economics
- microeconomics
- risk management
Positions Held
- At the University of Washington since 2019
- Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame, 2014-present
Selected Publications
- “Caught in the Crossfire: How the Threat of Hedge Fund Activism Affects Creditors“Journal Article:Feng, F.Z., Xu, Q., and Zhu Q., (2021). Journal of Empirical Finance, Vol. 64, pp. 128-143.
- “Dynamic Compensation under Uncertainty Shocks and Limited Commitment“Journal Article:Feng, F. Z., (2021). Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Vol. 56(6), pp. 2039-207.
- “Dynamic Resource Allocation with Hidden Volatility“Journal Article:Feng, F. Z., and Westerfield, M, (2021). Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 140(2), pp. 560-581.
- “Productivity and Liquidity Management Under Costly Financing“Journal Article:Feng, F.Z., Lu, J., and Wang, J., (2020). Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 63,
- “Foreign Competition and CEO Risk-Incentive Compensation“Journal Article:Erik-Bakke, T., Feng, F.Z., Mahmudi, H., and Zhu, C., (forthcoming). Journal of Corporate Finance,
Working Papers
- “Dynamic Asset Allocation with Hidden Volatility” with Mark. M. Westerfield
- “Contracting with Non-Exponential Discounting: Moral Hazard and Dynamic Inconsistency” with Doruk Cetemen and Can Urgun
- “The Value of Activism: A Hedge Fund Investor’s Perspective” with Chengdong Yin and Caroline H. Zhu