MEI Danqing

Dr. Danqing Mei is an Assistant Professor of Finance at CKGSB. He received his M.Sc. in Financial Economics from Columbia University in 2014, and his Ph.D. in Finance from Columbia University in 2020. Dr. Mei also holds B. in Accounting and Finance from the University of Hong Kong. His current research focuses on empirical corporate finance, the economics of innovation, and merger and acquisition.

Areas of Expertise

Empirical corporate finance, economics of innovation, merger and acquisition

Education

• Ph.D. in Finance, Columbia Business School 2014-2020
• Master of Science in Financial Economics, Columbia Business School 2012-2014
• B. in Accounting & Finance, University of Hong Kong 2008-2012

Achievements

ASEAN Business Research Initiative Grant, 2020 Cubist Systematic Strategies Ph.D. Candidate Award, WFA Deming Center Doctoral Fellowship, 2020 Columbia Business School Finance Division Research Grant for PhD students and Junior Faculty, 2019 Second Runner-up, Hong Kong YDC Entrepreneurs Challenge, 2011

Teaching

Columbia Business School

• Advanced Corporate Finance. M.B.A., TA. Spring 2018
• Debevoise Business Education Program. Exec. Ed., TA. Fall 2016
• Financial Econometrics II Panel Data. Ph.D., TA. Spring 2015

Publications

Activist Arbitrage in M&A Acquirers, Finance Research Letters, 2019, with Wei Jiang and Tao Li. Influencing Control: Jawboning in Risk Arbitrage, Journal of Finance, 2018, with Wei Jiang and Tao Li.​ Appraisal: Shareholder Remedy or Litigation Arbitrage?, Journal of Law and Economics, 2016, with Wei Jiang, Tao Li, and Randall S. Thomas.