Zheng Sun

· Professor

University of California, Irvine · Finance

Active 2000–2026

h-index28

Citations3.5k

Papers7618 last 5y

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About

Professor Zheng Sun joined the Paul Merage School of Business as an Assistant Professor of Finance in July 2007. She was promoted to Associate Professor in July 2015 and to Professor in July 2023. She teaches core courses in the Master of Finance (MFIN) curriculum and currently serves as the faculty director of the MFIN program. Her primary research interests are empirical investments, institutional investors, mutual funds, hedge funds, bonds, and loans. Professor Sun has published in several top finance and economics journals, including the Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Monetary Economics, and SIAM Journal on Financial Mathematics. She has presented her research at major finance and economic conferences such as the American Finance Association meetings, Western Finance Association meetings, NBER, and European Finance Association meetings, and has been invited to present at regulatory agencies including the SEC, Federal Reserve Board, Federal Reserve New York, and FINRA.

Research topics

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science
Data Mining
Economics
Monetary economics
Financial system
Finance
Geography
Remote sensing
Business

Selected publications

Does mutual fund illiquidity introduce fragility into asset prices? Evidence from the corporate bond market
Journal of Financial Economics · 2021 · 106 citations
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Home Bias and Local Contagion: Evidence from Funds of Hedge Funds
Review of Financial Studies · 2019-11-14 · 105 citations
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Abstract Our paper analyzes the geographical preferences of hedge fund investors and the implication of these preferences for hedge fund performance. We find that funds of hedge funds overweigh their investments in hedge funds located in the same geographical areas and that funds with a stronger local bias exhibit superior performance. Local bias also gives rise to excess flow comovement and extreme return clustering within geographic areas. Overall, our results suggest that while funds of funds…
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Does Mutual Fund Illiquidity Introduce Fragility into Asset Prices? Evidence from the Corporate Bond Market
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2019-01-01 · 52 citations
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Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program: South China Sea Rifted Margin
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) · 2018-01-01 · 44 citations
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Reaching for dividends
Journal of Monetary Economics · 2019-08-13 · 35 citations
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Frequent coauthors

Ashley Wang
158 shared
Zheng Lu
Sichuan University
146 shared
Mohammad A. S. Masoum
Utah Valley University
24 shared
Taher Deemyad
Idaho State University
16 shared
John Edwards
Utah State University
16 shared
Cherif Seibi
Utah Valley University
16 shared
Guthrie Utah
Utah State University
16 shared
Bradley M. Whitaker
Montana State University
16 shared

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