Michael D. Wang Academic profile

Curriculum Vitae

CV Overview

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Education

2026

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Juris Doctor

2020

Lingnan University

Ph.D. in Economics. Fields: Behavioural Finance, Political Economics, and Machine Learning in Big Data Analysis.

2018

École Supérieure des Sciences Commerciales d'Angers

M.A., Banking and Financial Engineering

2017

Lingnan University

M.Sc., International Banking and Finance Programme

2015

Hong Kong Baptist University

B.Com., Marketing

Academic Positions

2025-present

Hong Kong Chu Hai College

Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, Faculty of Business

2021-2025

Shenzhen Polytechnic University

Research Associate, Institute of Digital Economy; Lecturer, Department of International Business

2023-2024

Hang Seng University of Hong Kong

Postdoc Research Fellow (part-time), Department of Computer Science

Visiting and Research Experience

Aug 2019-Feb 2020

Columbia University

Visiting Scholar, Columbia Business School. Supervisor: Professor Shang-jin Wei.

2017-2020

Lingnan University

Research and Teaching Assistant

2023-2024

Perspectivar, Shenzhen

Chief Consultant (part-time), start-up AI firm

Selected Publications

  • Michael D. Wang (2025), “Empirical insights on evidential presumptions: The impact of Pang Siu Hing v Tsang Kwok Man in Hong Kong”, Trusts & Trustees.
  • Zhen Yu, Michael D. Wang, and Haodong Zhai (2025), “Industrial upgrading and the quality of migrant labour: spatial inequality, digital transformation, and policy pathways in contemporary China”, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy.
  • Zhen Yu, Michael D. Wang, Xiangdong Wei, and Jie Lou (2023), “News credibility and influence within the financial markets”, Journal of Behavioral Finance.
  • Michael D. Wang, Jie Lou, Dong Zhang, and C. Simon Fan (2022), “Measuring political and economic uncertainty: a supervised computational linguistic approach”, SN Business & Economics.
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Grants and Service

Grants

  • Guangdong Higher Education Association, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Higher Education Finance and Economics Education Professional Committee, 2025 Research Project; participant; in process; 2025.
  • Guangdong Province Philosophy and Social Sciences Joint Construction Project; holder; in process; 2024.
  • National Social Science Youth Fund; participant; completed; 20CJY014; 2020.

Service

Member, Research Committee, Hong Kong Chu Hai College, 2025-present.

Languages and Skills

Languages

Mandarin (native), Cantonese (native), English (fluent), Japanese (conversational), French (basic).

Skills

LaTeX, MATLAB, Python, R, Stata, VBA.