Faculty Profile

Does CEO Overconfidence Affect Workplace Safety? in Journal of Corporate Finance (ABDC A*, Scopus Q1) [With Morten Bennedsen, Copenhagen University and INSEAD.

Social Capital and the Pricing of Initial Public Offerings in Journal of Empirical Finance (ABDC A, Scopus Q1) [With Yangyang Chen, Huu Duong and Abhinav Goyal.

Featured in Sify.com – “Is WFH we trust no more”. 21.06.2023. Monthly Page Views: 317,640. https://www.sify.com/digital-transformation/in-wfh-we-trust-no-more/

Underwriting in the Australian IPO Markets: Determinants and Pricing in Australian Journal of Management (ABDC A, Scopus Q2) [With Alastair Marsden, Zoltan Murgulov, Ghon Rhee]

Societal Secrecy and IPO Underpricing in Journal of Corporate Finance (ABDC A*), 76 [with Yangyang Chen, Andy Chui and Abhinav Goyal]

CEO Risk-taking and Corporate Tax Avoidance: Evidence from Pilot CEOs in Journal of Corporate Finance (ABDC A*), 76 [with Ghasan Baghdadi and Edward Podolski]

Democracy and the pricing of initial public offerings around the world in Journal of Financial Economics (ABDC A*), 145 (1), 322-341 [with Huu Duong, Abhinav Goyal and Vasileios Kallinterakis]

Emotions and Managerial Judgment: Evidence from Sunshine Exposure forthcoming in The Accounting Review (ABDC A*) [with Chen Chen, Yangyang Chen, Jeff Pittman and Edward Podolski]

Market Manipulation Rules and IPO Underpricing in Journal of Corporate Finance (ABDC A*) [with Huu Duong, Abhinav Goyal and Vasileios Kallinterakis]

Featured in Forbes.com – Does Exposure to More Sunshine Affect Managers’ Decisions? June 7, 2021

 https://www.forbes.com/sites/josephbrazel/2021/06/07/does-exposure-to-more-sunshine-affect-managers-decisions/?sh=18b81ff63b73

Interview by ABC Radio, The Money Show by Richard Aedy on June 3, 2021

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/themoney/covid-disaster-payments-for-melbourne,-and-how-sunshine-affects/13372486

Featured in The Fin Reg Blog, Global Financial Markets Center, Duke University School of Law on July 23, 2021

 https://sites.law.duke.edu/thefinregblog/2021/07/23/democracy-and-the-pricing-of-initial-public-offerings-around-the-world/

Mood and Ethical Decision Making: Positive Affect and Corporate Philanthropyin Journal of Business Ethics (ABDC A and FT-50), 171(1), 189-208 [With Don O’Sullivan, Leon Zolotoy, Myeong-Gu Seo]

Media Coverage and IPO Pricing Around the World, in Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. (ABDC A*), 55(5), 1515-1553. [With Abhinav Goyal, Leon Zolotoy and Yangyang Chen]

Terrorist Attacks, Investor Sentiment and the Pricing of Initial Public Offerings in Journal of Corporate Finance (ABDC A*) [ with Yangyang Chen, Abhinav Goyal and Leon Zolotoy.]

The Role of Affect in Shaping the Behavioral Consequences of CEO Option Incentives, in Journal of Management. (ABDC A*), 45(7), 2920-2951. [With Don O’Sullivan, Geoff Martin and Leon Zolotoy]

Trade-Based Manipulation: Beyond the Prosecuted Cases, in Journal of Corporate Finance (ABDC A*) 42, 115-130 [With Suman Neupane, Ghon Rhee and Kuluru Vithanage]

Does High Quality Auditing Mitigate or Encourage Private Information Collection? in Contemporary Accounting Research (ABDC A*) 34(3), 1622-1648 [with Yangyang Chen, Bin Srinidhi and Shibley Sadique]

National Culture and Corporate Innovation, in Pacific Basin Finance Journal (ABDC A) 43, 173-187 [with Yangyang Chen and Edward Podolski]

Do Progressive Social Norms Affect Economic Outcomes? Evidence from Corporate Takeovers, in Journal of Empirical Finance (ABDC A) 41, 76-95 [with Yangyang Chen, Edward Podoloski and Ghon S. Rhee]

Board Independence and Internal Control Weakness: Evidence from SOX 404 Disclosures, in AUDITING: A Journal of Practice and Theory (ABDC A*) 36(2), 45-62 [With Yangyang Chen, Robert Knechel, Vijay Marisetty and Cameron Truong]

Cash Holdings and Bond Returns around Takeovers, in International Review of Financial Analysis (ABDC A) 46, 1-11 [with Edward Podolski and Cameron Truong]

Auditor Client Specific Knowledge and Internal Control Weaknesses: Some Evidence on the Role of Auditor Tenure and Geographic Distance, in Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics (ABDC A) 12, 121-140 [with Yangyang Chen, Ferdinand Gul and Cameron Truong]

Religious Beliefs and Local Government Financing, Investments and Cash Holding Decisions, in Journal of Empirical Finance (ABDC A) 38, 258-271 [with Yangyang Chen, Zoltan Murgulov and Ghon S. Rhee]

Individualism, Uncertainty Avoidance and the Profitability of Momentum Strategies in International Markets, in Contemporary Accounting Research (ABDC A*) 33(2), 851-881 [with Paul Dou and Cameron Truong]

Factors affecting the Birth and Fund-Flows of Commodity Trading Advisors, in Australian Journal of Management (ABDC A) 41(2), 324-352 [with Minh Do, Robert Faff, Paul Lajbcygier and Mikhail Tupitsyn]

National Culture and Cash Holdings Around the World, in Journal of Banking and Finance (ABDC A*) 50(1) 1-18 [with Yangyang Chen, Paul Dou, Ghon Rhee and Cameron Truong]

Local Gambling Preferences and Corporate Innovative Success, in Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (ABDC A*) 49(1), 77-106 [with Yangyang Chen, Edward Podolski and Ghon S. Rhee]

Is the Accrual Anomaly Robust to Firm-Level Analysis? in International Review of Financial Analysis (ABDC A) 34, 157-165 [with Maria Strydom and Michael Skully]

Informed Options Trading Prior to Takeovers – Does the Regulatory Environment Matter?, in Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money (ABDC A) 27, 286-305 [with Edward J. Podolski and Cameron Truong]

Soft Information and Economic Activity: Evidence from the Beige Book, in Journal of Macroeconomics (ABDC A) 37, 81-92 [with Shibley Sadique, Francis In and Paul Wachtel]

Stock Price Response to S and P 500 Additions and Deletions: Do Options Trading Volume Matter? in Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money (ABDC A) 23, 379-401[with Yangyang Chen, Constantine Koutsantony and Cameron Truong]