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Chen Shen
PhD

Assistant Professor

Finance

Faculty of Business and Information Technology

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Contact information

Business and Information Technology Building - Room 3014
North Oshawa
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5

905.721.8668 ext. 6788

chen.shen1@ontariotechu.ca
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Background

Dr. Chen Shen is an Assistant Professor in the Finance department. He joined Ontario Tech University in the fall of 2022 after completing his Ph.D. in finance at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in May 2022. His research and teaching interests are in empirical corporate finance, household finance, climate change on finance, and corporate governance. Before joining academia, he works as a Financial Analyst at Accenture (China).

Education

  • PhD University of North Carolina at Charlotte 2022

Courses taught

  • Investments (MFDA 5200G)
  • Finance I
  • Finance II
  • Financial Modeling
  • Student Investment Fund
  • Advanced Corporate Finance

Research and expertise

Research Grants and Awards:

  • SSHRC Explore Grant 2023
  • SSHRC Exchange Grant 2024
  • FMA Doctoral Student Consortium (2021)
  • FMA Research Paper Semi-Finalist (2023)
  • AFA Doctoral Student Travel Grant (2019)

Involvement

  • Publications

    Hobdari, B., & Shen, C. (2020). Board Social Ties, Institutional Change Asynchronicity, and Performance. Institutional Change Asynchronicity, and Performance (July 25, 2020).

    Chen, Z., Hobdari, B., & Shen, C. (2022). Board social ties, institutional change asynchronicity, and performance. Industrial and Corporate Change.

    Managing Climate Change Risks: Sea Level Rise and Mergers and Acquisitions, with John (Jianqiu) Bai, Yongqiang Chu, and Chi Wan. The Quarterly Journal of Finance (SSRN Top Ten List).

    Sea Level Rise and Firms’ Financial Structure Decisions, with John (Jianqiu) Bai and Mengzhao Ai. Review of Financial Economics.

    The Effect of Local Labor Competition on Mergers and Acquisitions, with John (Jianqiu) Bai, Yi Cao, Tyler Hull, and Chi Wan. Financial Review, R&R (SSRN Top Ten List).

  • Book Chapters
    Climate Change and Climate Finance: Current Experience and Future Directions, in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Institute of Global Finance Policy Book.
  • Presentations
    Seminar Presentations:
    • Stevens Institute of Technology (2022)
    • Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (2024)
    • Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics (2025)
    • Illinois State University (2025)
    Conference Presentations:
    • AEA Poster (2022)
    • AFA Poster (2022)
    • FMA Doctoral Student Consortium (2021)
    • FMA (2021, 2023)
    • Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility (2023)
    • European Financial Management Association Conference (2023)
    • Southwestern Finance Conference (2021, 2022)
    • China International Conference in Finance (2024, 2025)
    • International Conference of the French Finance Association (2021)
    • Edinburgh–Shanghai Management Conference on Environment and Climate Change (2021)
    • China Accounting and Finance Review (2020, 2021)
    • Eastern Finance Conference (2020, 2022, 2025)
    • Southern Finance Conference (2020, 2022, 2024)
    • Australasian Finance and Banking Conference (2021, 2022)
    • World Finance & Banking Symposium (2021)
    • New Zealand Finance Meeting (2021)
    • Annual Conference on Pacific Basin Finance, Economics, Accounting, and Management (2022)
    • 3rd Annual International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility (2023)