Researcher

Professor Jason Zein

My Expertise

Jason Zein's research interests include empirical corporate finance, international corporate governance, corporate ownership and control, family firms, international investment, venture capital and private equity.

Biography

I am currently Professor of Finance at the UNSW Business School. I have been a visiting scholar at Oxford University and Vanderbilt university and also taught entrepreneurial finance at the University of Melbourne. My research interests include: corporate ownership and control around the world, incentives, venture capital, private equity and the financing of innovation. My research has been published in highly ranked finance journals such as...view more

I am currently Professor of Finance at the UNSW Business School. I have been a visiting scholar at Oxford University and Vanderbilt university and also taught entrepreneurial finance at the University of Melbourne. My research interests include: corporate ownership and control around the world, incentives, venture capital, private equity and the financing of innovation. My research has been published in highly ranked finance journals such as the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics and the Review of Financial Studies and has also been featured in the Harvard Business Review, Bloomberg News and Institutional Investor Magazine.

Further information, including my CV, can be found at my personal web page: www.jasonzein.com

My Grants

Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Grant, Regional Financial Stability: Ownership Linkages of Financial Institutions and Propagation of Systemic Risk AUD $380,000, (2014-2017)
Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant, Ownership linkage and the functioning of interfirm capital markets during the Global Financial Crisis AUD $100,000, (2012-2013)
Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Grant, Venture Capitalist Networks and the Financing of Innovation, AUD $280,000, (2018-2020)
UNSW Business School Research Grants, $18,000, (2010)
UNSW Business School Research Grants, $13,000, (2005)

My Qualifications

PhD, University of New South Wales
BCom (First Class Hons.),University of New South Wales

My Awards

Best discussant, Financial Integrity Research Network (FIRN) Ph.D. Symposium, 2021
Winner, best paper in corporate finance/ financial economics, Financial Markets and Corporate Governance Conference, Melbourne, 2021
UNSW Business School Award for Excellence in Higher Degree Researcher (HDR) Supervision, 2020
UNSW Business School Award for Research Excellence, 2020
Winner, best paper in corporate finance/financial economics, Financial Markets and Corporate Governance Conference, Melbourne, 2018
Winner, best paper in corporate governance/social responsibility, 2018 Financial Markets and Corporate Governance Conference, Melbourne.
Winner, best paper in corporate finance at the 2009 Financial Management Association European Meeting