• IPA Financial Economist, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• University Assistant, University of Vienna
• Junior Faculty Member, Peking University

Youchang Wu is an associate professor of finance, John B. Rogers Research Scholar, and finance PhD program coordinator at the Lundquist College of Business. His areas of expertise include delegated portfolio management, institutional investors, financial advice, corporate finance, and production networks. His research has been published in leading journals including Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Finance, Management Science, and Journal of Corporate Finance. He has also coauthored a popular textbook on money and banking in Chinese with Dr. Gang Yi.

Professor Wu received his doctorate in finance from the University of Vienna, master and bachelor degrees in economics from Peking University. Prior to joining the Lundquist College, he was an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has also taught at the University of Vienna and Peking University, and worked as an IPA Financial Economist at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

• PhD, Finance, University of Vienna
• Master, Economics, Peking University
• Bachelor, Economics, Peking University

• Institutional investors
• Corporate finance
• Production networks

• Engelbert Dockner Fellowship, 2023
• Consumer Protection Research Grant, School of Law, University of Oregon, 2023
• Dave Petrone Financial Literacy and Wellness Research Award, University of Oregon, 2022
• Dean's College Service Award, Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon, 2022
• Modern Risk Society Contribution Award, 2021
• Modern Risk Society Rearch Paper Award, 2019
• Honored Instructor Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2013
• Graduate School Research Competition Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008, 2011, 2012
• First place, Best Paper Award, China Finance Review International Conference, 2010
• Outstanding Paper Award, Center for Financial Research, University of Cologne, 2008
• First place, Best Paper Award, The China Finance Association, 2007
• SWX Best Paper Award, Swiss Society for Financial Market Research, 2005

• "Private Equity and Gas Emissions: Evidence from Electric Power Plants," with Xuanyu Bai
• "Private Equity and Financial Adviser Misconduct," with Albert Sheen and Yuwen Yuan
• "Size and Investment Performance: Defined Benefit vs. Defined Contribution Pension Plans," with Donghyeok Jang
• "Uncertainty and the Beta Anomaly," with Zhiqi Cao and Wenfeng Wu
• "Import Competition and Labor Share," with Xi Li and Wensong Zhong
• "Mutual Funds Apart from the Crowd," with Nadia Vozlyublennaia
• "Political Preferences and Financial Market Equilibrium," with Josef Zechner

• Associate Editor, China Finance Review International, 2021–current
• Guest Editor, Pacific Basin Finance Journal, 2020–2022