PhD Student: Hui (Susan) Zhou

Hui (Susan) Zhou joined the Freeman School’s PhD program in 2017. Her research interests are Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurial Finance, Venture Capital, Corporate Social Responsibility, Mergers and Acquisitions. Susan earned her bachelor’s degree from Zhejiang University as a member of the Elite Program (formerly Javon’s Business Class) and holds a master’s degree in finance from the Freeman School. Susan is on the 2022 job market.


As Instructor:

Spring 2022 FINE 3010, Financial Management
Spring 2021 FINE 3010, Financial Management
Fall 2020 FINE 3010, Financial Management
Evaluations across semesters: Mean 4.11/5.0, Median 5.0/5.0

As Teaching Assistant:

Spring 2020 FINE 7610, Darwin Fenner Student Managed Fund
Spring 2019 FINE 7610, Darwin Fenner Student Managed Fund; FINE 7660, Risk Management
Fall 2017 FINE 7180, Financial Modeling; FINE 7640, Valuation


Working Papers:

Corporate Venture Capital and Startup Survival, Job Market Paper

Can Old Sin Make New Shame? Stock Market Reactions to the Release of Movies Re-Exposing Past Corporate Scandals, with Han Jiang, Le (lexi) Kang, Ziye (Zoe) Nie
(Presented at FMA 2021, CICF 2021)

Earnouts as Lotteries? Gambling Attitudes and Earnout Contracting in M&A Transactions, with Yongmei Cui, Xiaohong Ma, and Linlin Zhang


Personal website

Susan Zhou


Hui "Susan" Zhou