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 has won a number of research and teaching excellence awards at UTEP.

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

• Bank Financing and Firm Growth: Evidence from Transition Economies Journal of Financial Research 40 Winter 2017 (2017), Barkat Ullah, Zuobao Wei.
• Growth and Growth Obstacles in Transition Economies: Privatized versus De Novo Private Firms Journal of Corporate Finance 42 (2017), Juliet D'Souza, William L. Megginson, Barkat Ullah, Zuobao Wei.
• RE-EXAMINING THE ASSOCIATION 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.
• CFO Gender and Earnings Management: Evidence from China Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 46 (2016), Yu Liu, Zuobao Wei, Feixue Xie, .
• Board Independence and Firm Performance Journal of Corporate Finance 30 (2015), Yu Liu, Mihail K. Miletkov , Zuobao Wei, Tina Yang.

• Does Earnings Quality predict Net Share Issuance? (2014), Volume Nashville, Tennessee, Jagadish Dandu, Zuobao Wei, Feixue Xie.
• ISO Certification, Corruption, and Firm Performance: A Cross-Country Study (2014), Volume Nashville, Tennessee, Zuobao Wei, Barkat Ullah.
• ISO Certification, Financial Constraints and Firm Performance in Latin American Countries (2014), Volume Pittsburgh, PA, Sk Md B. Ullah, Zuobao Wei, Feixue Xie.
• ISO Certification, financial Constraints and Firm Performance in Latin American Countries (2014), Volume Dallas, TX, Sk Md B. Ullah, Zuobao Wei, Feixue Xie.
• “Growth and Growth Obstacles in Transition Economies: Privatized versus De Novo Private Firms.” (2013), Volume Winston-Salem, Juliet D'Souza, William L. Megginson, Sk Md B. Ullah, Zuobao Wei.

• UTEP Financial services Center & Student Managed Investment Fund