Wei Jiang

Wei Jiang is an American economist who is currently the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Finance and Vice Dean for Faculty and Research at Emory University's Goizueta Business School. Her research focuses on corporate governance, institutional investors, and the impact of technology on financial markets.

Education Jiang received her B.A. and M.A. in economics from Fudan University in 1992. She then attended the University of Chicago, where she earned her Ph.D. in economics in 2001.

Her research on hedge fund activism is widely cited and has been featured in major media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal and The Economist. She has served as the President of the Society for Financial Studies (SFS).

Jiang is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a senior fellow at the Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Law School.

Selected publications