Biography
Dayin Zhang joined the Wisconsin School of Business in August 2020 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics. His research interests include financial intermediation, real estate finance, and macroeconomics.
Professor Zhang earned his Ph.D. in Finance and Real Estate at the Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley. His dissertation was awarded honorable mention of the Homer Hoyt Doctoral Dissertation Award, and CES Gregory Chow Best Paper Award.
Research
Practitioner-Oriented Publications
Zhang, D. & Zhang, C. & Breece, J. (2011). Financial crisis, monetary policy, and stock market volatility in China Annals of Economics and Finance
Presentations
Freddie Mac Research Seminar (2023) Flood Risk, Insurance and Business Relocation
ASSA-AREUEA (2023) How Detrimental is the Unrelieved Debt During the Pandemic? The Case of Commercial Mortgages
FHFA Research Seminar (2022) Government-Sponsored Wholesale Funding and the Industrial Organization of Bank Lending
Teaching
Undergraduate Courses
Real Estate Finance (RES 410), Spring 2021. Download Syllabus
Fundamentals of real estate finance; sources of funds, alternative financing instruments, and mortgage securitization; analysis emphasizing cash flow projections, yield and risk for residential and commercial real estate; pricing of mortgage securities. Enroll Info: None
Real Estate Finance (RES 410), Spring 2022. Download Syllabus
Fundamentals of real estate finance; sources of funds, alternative financing instruments, and mortgage securitization; analysis emphasizing cash flow projections, yield and risk for residential and commercial real estate; pricing of mortgage securities. Enroll Info: None