Dr. Zuobao Wei is a Professor of Finance in the Economics and Finance Department at UTEP. He also holds the Gary R. and Leanne B. Hedrick Distinguished Professorship in Western Hemispheric Trade Research. He earned a Ph.D. in Finance and a Master's in Economics from the University of New Orleans. He also earned a Master of Engineering Management (MEM) from Brigham Young University and a Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from Guangxi University in China. Dr. Wei teaches and conducts research in the areas of Corporate Finance, Investment Analysis, and International Finance. He has published in well regarded finance journals, such as Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Management, among others. Dr. Wei was Visiting Fulbright U.S. Scholar in Austria from Jan-June 2019. Dr. Wei has won a number of research and teaching excellence awards at UTEP.

• Teaching Excellence Award -MBA - College of Business Administration, UTEP (12/15/2018)
• Fulbright U.S. Scholar - U.S. Fulbright Commission (02/15/2018)
• "Outstanding Article Award" Journal of Financial Research - The Southern Finance Association and the Southwestern Finance Association (01/16/2018)
• Faculty Marshall – College of Business Spring Commencement - University of Texas at El Paso (05/01/2007-05/31/2007)
• Outstanding Published Article - College Research Award - University of Texas at El Paso-Business College Council,Wei, Zuobao, Feixue Xie, and Shaorong Zhang, 2005, “Ownership Structure and Firm Value of China’s Privatized Firms: 1991-2001”, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA) 40 (1), 87-108. (04/01/2006-04/30/2006)
• Outstanding Published Article - Department Research Award - University of Texas at El Paso-Business College Council (04/01/2006-04/30/2006)
• Outstanding Teacher in Economics and Finance - University of Texas at El Paso-Business College Council (04/01/2006-04/30/2006)
• Outstanding Published Article - College Research Award - University of Texas at El Paso-Business College Council,Wei, Zuobao, Oscar Varela, Juliet D’Souza, and Kabir Hassan, “Financial and Operating Performance of China’s Newly Privatized Firms,” Financial Management (Summer 2003), 107-126. (04/01/2004-04/30/2004)
• Outstanding Teacher in Economics and Finance - University of Texas at El Paso-Business College Council (01/01/2003-12/31/2003)
• Best Paper Award - Global Finance Conference (Chicago, Illinois), Wei, Zuobao, and Oscar Varela, 2003, “State Equity Ownership and Firm Market Performance: Evidence from China's Newly Privatized Firms. (01/01/2000-12/31/2000)
• Robert K. Neeley Memorial Scholarship Award (1989-1992) - Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) (01/01/1989-12/31/1989)

• Ph D in Investments and International Finance, University of New Orleans (1998)
• MA in Economics, University of New Orleans (1995)
• Engineering Management, Brigham Young University (1992)
• BS in Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University (1986)

• The Dark Side of Transparency in Developing Countries: The Link between Financial Reporting Practices and Corruption. JOURNAL OF CORPORATE FINANCE vOL. 66 Feb. 2021 (in press), Tingting Liu, Yu Liu, Barkat Ullah, Zuobao Wei, Lixin Colin Xu.
• Financing Patterns in Transition Economies: Privatized versus Ab Initio Private Firms. EMERGING MARKET REVIEW Vol. 43 June 2020, 100680 (2020), Yu Liu, Nilesh Sah, Barkat Ullah, Zuobao Wei.
• Bank Financing and Firm Growth: Evidence from Transition Economies. JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH Vol. 40 4 (2017), Barkat Ullah, Zuobao Wei.
• Growth and Growth Obstacles in Transition Economies: Privatized versus De Novo Private Firms. JOURNAL OF CORPORATE FINANCE Vol. 42 February (2017), Juliet D'Souza, William L. Megginson, Barkat Ullah, Zuobao Wei.
• CFO Gender and Earnings Management: Evidence from China Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 46 4 (2016), Yu Liu, Zuobao Wei, Feixue Xie, .
• Re-examining the Assocation between Unexpected Earnings and Abnormal Security Returns in the Presence of Financial Leverage Journal of Accounting and Finance 16 4 (2016), Hong K. Duong, Zuobao Wei, Karl B. Putnam.

• The Effect of Regulatory Monitoring on the Role of Investment Bankers in Mergers and Acquisitions (2020), Volume New York City, NY, Zuobao Wei, Yicheng Zhu.
• The Effect of Property Rights on Capital Structure: Evidence from a Natural Experiment (2019), Volume Beijing, China, Yixin Liu, Yu Liu, Bill Megginson, Zuobao Wei.
• Gender and Firm Performance around the World: The Role of Finance, Technology and Labor (2019), Volume Essex, UK, Lee Allison, Yu Liu, Samuele Murtinu, Zuobao Wei.
• The Effect of Property Rights on Capital Structure: Evidence from a Natural Experiment. (2019), Volume Stockhom, Sweden, Yixin Liu, Yu Liu, Bill Megginson, Zuobao Wei.
• Financing Patterns in Transition Economies: Privatized versus De Novo Private Firms (2017), Volume Boston, MA, Yu Liu, Nilesh Sah, Barkat Ullah, Zuobao Wei.
• The Dark Side of Transparency in Developing Countries: The Link between Financial Reporting Practices and Corruption (2017), Volume Hangzhou, China, Tingting Liu, Barkat Ulllah, Zuobao Wei, Lixin Colin Xu.
• The Dark Side of Transparency in Developing Countries: The Link between Financial Reporting Practices and Corruption (Best paper finalist) (2017), Volume Lisbon, Portugal, Tingting Liu, Barkat Ullah, Zuobao Wei, Lixin Colin Xu.
• Financing Patterns in Transition Economies: Privatized versus De Novo Private Firms (2016), Volume Sandestin, Florida, Barkat Ullah, Zuobao Wei.
• Bank Financing and Firm Growth: Evidence from Transition Economies (2016), Volume Las Vegas, NV, Zuobao Wei, Barkat Ullah.

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