Research

(listed by publication year)

[1]     “Transient institutional ownership, costly external finance, and corporate cash holdings” 2024 [with Hyun Joong Im, Heungju Park, and Robert Faff] Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting, forthcoming [ABDC: A*, ABS: 3].

[2] “The bright side of common ownerships: Evidence from bank transparency” 2024 [with Haerang Park, Konstantinos Stathopoulos and Alex Marwick] The British Accounting Review [ABDC: A*, ABS: 3].

[3]     “The beneficial effect of common ownerships: Evidence from bank liquidity creation” 2024 [with Chen Zheng and Joye Khoo] Journal of Banking and Finance, 163[June], 107172 [ABDC: A*, ABS: 3].

[4]     “Fintech adoption in banks and their liquidity creation” 2024 [with Zhuochen Wu, and Chen Zheng] The British Accounting Review, 101322 [ABDC: A*, ABS: 3]

[5]     “Institutional investor horizon and bank transparency” 2023 [with Carlos Fernandez Mendez, Gerald Lobo, and Mamiza Haq] Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting, 55[5-6], 1378–1407 [ABDC: A*, ABS: 3].

[6]     “CEO pay gaps and bank risk-taking” 2023 [with Jacob Morgan, and Mamiza Haq] European Accounting Review, 32[4], 935–964 [ABDC: A*, ABS: 3*].

[7]     “Institutional investor horizon and bank risk-taking” 2021 [with Robert Faff, Mamiza Haq and Trent Seymour] Journal of Corporate Finance, 66[101794], 1–22 [ABDC: A*, ABS: 4].

[8]     “Do external labour market incentives constrain bad news hoarding? The CEO’s industry tournament and crash risk reduction” 2020 [with Hasibul Chowdhury, Allan Hodgson] Journal of Corporate Finance, 65[101774], 1–25 [ABDC: A*, ABS: 4]

[9]     “Does board structure in banks really affect their performance?” 2013 [with Robert Faff], Journal of Banking and Finance, 37[5], 1573–1589. [ABDC: A*, ABS: 3]

[10]  “Endogenously structured boards of directors in banks” 2010 [with Michael Skully], Journal of Banking and Finance, 34[7], 1590–1606. [ABDC: A*, ABS: 3]

[11]  “Strong boards, CEO power and bank risk-taking” 2009, Journal of Banking and Finance, 33[7], 1340–1350. [ABDC: A*, ABS: 3]

[QLT. AS PER ABS OF UK AND ABDC OF AUSTRALIA]

ABS Association of Business School; ABDC Australian Business Dean Council

[1]     “Do women directors impact the cost of bank financing? Evidence from Australia” 2024 [with Carlos Fernández Méndez, and Robert B. Durand] Spanish Accounting Review (Revista de Contabilidad), 27[1], 110–129. [ABDC: B, ABS: 1]

[2]     “The valuation impact of gender quotas in the boardroom: Evidence from the European markets” 2023 [with Carlos Fernández Méndez] Finance Research Letters, 54(103699), 1–20. [ABDC: A, ABS: 3].

o   “How board gender quotas affect stock prices” The CLS Blue Sky Blog by Columbia Law School, December 1 2022.

[3]     “The past is never dead: Famine-CEOs and corporate social performance” 2023 [with Xinwei Fang, Tianpei Luo, Joye Khoo, and Hongjian Wang] Global Finance Journal, 56(100826), 1–23 [ABDC: A, ABS: 2]

[4]     “Female directors, audit effort and financial reporting quality” 2023 [with Carlos Fernández-Méndez] Spanish Journal of Finance and Accounting (Revista Española de Financiación y Contabilidad), 52[1], 125–166. [ABDC: B, ABS: 1]

[5]     “CEO pay and family firm heterogeneity: A behavioural agency model perspective” 2021 [with Carlos Fernández-Méndez] Business Research Quarterly, 28, 1–20 [ABDC: B, ABS: 2]

[6]     “Environmental stocks, CEO health risk and COVID-19” 2022 [with Carlos Fernández-Méndez] Research in International Business and Finance, 59(101509), 1–14 [ABDC: B, ABS: 2]

[7]     “The impact of voluntary capital adequacy disclosure on bank lending and liquidity creation” 2021 [with Natalya Zelenyuk and Robert Faff] Accounting and Finance, 61[3], 3915–3935. [ABDC: A, ABS: 2]

o   Recipient of 2015 SIRCA Best Paper Award from the 28th AFBC Conference UNSW.

[8]     “Size-conditioned mandatory capital adequacy disclosure and bank intermediation” 2020 [with Natalya Zelenyuk, and Robert Faff] Accounting and Finance, 60[4], 4387–4417. [ABDC: A, ABS: 2]

[9]     “New evidence on national culture and bank leverage” 2018 [with Mamiza Haq, Daniel Hu, and Robert Faff] Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 50[1], 41–64. [ABDC: A, ABS: 2]

[10]  “How do ‘busy’ and ‘overlap’ directors relate to CEO pay structure and incentives?” 2019 [with Peh Hwa Wong and Karen Benson] Accounting and Finance, 59[2], 1341–1382. [ABDC: A. ABS: 2]

[11]  “Monitoring capabilities of busy and overlap directors: Evidence from Australia” 2015 [with Carlos Fernández Méndez and Rubén Arrondo García], Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 35[Part A], 444–469. [ABDC: A, ABS: 2]

[12]  “Financial constraints and dividend policy” 2015 [with Robert Faff, Carlos Fernández Méndez, and Nicholas Masters], Australian Journal of Management, 31[2], 1–24. [ABDC: A, ABS: 2]

[13]  “Does skin in the game help? Bank franchise value, managerial incentives and ‘going for broke” 2016 [with Barry Williams, and Mamiza Haq], Australian Journal of Management, 41[2], 271–298. [ABDC: A, ABS: 2]

[Previously circulated as “Managerial incentives, market power and bank risk-taking”]

[14]  “Do private equity target firms exhibit less effectual governance structures?” 2015 [with Peter Clarkson and Andrew Tellam], Australian Journal of Management, 41[2], 244–270. [ABDC: A, ABS: 2]

[15]  “The risk implication of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: An empirical examination of the US financial services industry” 2014 [with Mamiza Haq and Mohammad Hoque], Applied Financial Economics, 24[15], 1005–1015. [ABDC: B, ABS: 2]

[16]  “Competitive valuation effects of Australian IPOs” 2012 [with Robert Faff and Andrew McGilvery], International Review of Financial Analysis, 24[3], 74–83. [ABDC: A, ABS: 3]

[17]  “Efficiency of micro-finance institutions: a data envelopment analysis” 2010 [with Mamiza Haq and Michael Skully], Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, 17[1], 63–97. [ABDC: C, ABS: 2]

[18]  “Reforms in Thai bank governance: the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis” 2008 [with Michael Skully and Jayasinghe Wickramanayake], International Review of Financial Analysis, 17[2], 345–362. [ABDC: A, ABS: 3]

[19]  “Board size, independence and performance: an analysis of Thai banks” 2007 [with Michael Skully and Jaysinghe Wickramanayake], Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, 14[3], 211–227. [ABDC: C, ABS: 2]

[20]  “Regulation of microfinance institutions in Asia: a comparative analysis” 2008 [with Mamiza Haq and Mohammad Hoque], International Review of Business Research Papers, 4[4]. 421–450. [ABDC: C, ABS: NA]

[21] “Monitoring by busy and overlap directors: an examination of executive remuneration and financial reporting quality” 2016 [with Carlos Fernández Méndez and Rubén Arrondo García], Spanish Journal of Finance and Accounting, 46[1], 28–62. [ABDC: B, ABS: 1]