Citation
RePEc, Top 2%, Euclidian score
Google Scholar: 9548
Web of Science: 3,585
Hall of Fame
Journal of Financial Economics, #14 among 1974–2012
Journal of Financial Intermediation, #2 among since 2018
Journal of Financial Intermediation, #5 among since 2012
Management Science, #10 among China Stories, 1963–2020
Authors with the Most Citations to Their JFE Papers, 1974-2018
Singapore’s 12 most influential business professors under 40, Singapore Business Review
PUBLICATIONS
Books – Author and editor
1. Research Handbook of Alternative Finance, edited by Franklin Allen and Meijun Qian, Edward Elgar Publishing, London, 2024.
2. Ferson, Wayne and Meijun Qian, 2004. "Conditional Performance Evaluation, Revisited". Monograph by The Research Foundation of CFA Institute, September 2004. ISBN: 0943205700.
Books – Translator
3. 《超智能与未来—宇宙进化、科技趋势与人类未来》中信出版社 translation of “HyperIntelligence, How the University Engineers Its Own Mind”,Wiley, 2025. Authors: Lars Tvede, Jacon Bock Axelsen, and Daniel Kafer, Translator: Meijun Qian.
Referred Journal Articles
(3UTD,4ABS4*，8ABS4; Authors follows the alphabetic order as in the finance field.)
4. Huafeng Chen, Xiaofei Pan,Meijun Qian, Yiping Wu, and Qing Xia, 2025. “Asset Pledgeability and Firm Innovation”. Research Policy (ABS4*，JCRQ1), forthcoming.
5. Feiyang Cheng, Haoyu Gao, Xiaofei Pan, Meijun Qian and Qing (Clara) Zhou, “China's debt market: Evolution, regulation, and global integration”. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Volume 91 , 102751
6. Allen, Franklin and Meijun Qian, 2024. "Alternative Finance in the International Business Context, A Review and Future Research”. Journal of International Business Studies (UTD24, ABS4*).
7. Pan, Xiaofei and Meijun Qian, 2024. " Firm Financing through Insider Stock Pledges”. Review of Finance (ABS4), 28(2), 621–659.
8. Geng, Xin and Meijun Qian, 2024. “Understanding Local Government Debt in China”. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 86, 102456.
9. Allen, Franklin, Meijun Qian, and Jing Xie, 2022. “Implicit Benefits and Financing”. Journal of Financial Intermediation (ABS4), 52, 101000.
10. Michaely, Roni and Meijun Qian, 2022. "Does Stock Market Liquidity Affect Dividend Policy?" Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (JCRQ1), 74, 101788.
11. Allen, Franklin, Jun Qian, and Meijun Qian, 2019. "A Review of China's Institutions". Annual Review of Financial Economics （ABS3）, 11, 39–64.
12. Allen, Franklin, Meijun Qian, and Jing Xie, 2019. "Understanding Informal Financing". Journal of Financial Intermediation (ABS4), 39, 19–33 (the second most cited JFI article published since 2018).
13. Cao, Jerry, Michael Lemmon, Xiaofei Pan, Meijun Qian, and Gary Tian, 2019. "Political Promotion, CEO Incentives, and the Relationship between Pay and Performance". Management Science (UTD24, ABS4*), 65(7), 2947–3448.
14. Deng, Xiaoying Seow Eng Ong, and Meijun Qian, 2018. "Real Estate Risk, Corporate Investment and Financing Choice". Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics (ABS3), 57(1), 87–113.
15. Huang, Yasheng and Meijun Qian, 2018. "How Gradualist Are Chinese Reforms? Evidence from Rural Income Determinants". European Journal of Finance (ABS3), 24, 19–35.
16. Qian, Meijun and Basak Tanyeri, 2017. "Litigations and Mutual Fund Runs". Journal of Financial Stability (ABS3), 31, 119–135 (semi-finalist for the Best Paper Award at FMA 2011).
17. Cao, Jerry, Xiaofei Pan, Meijun Qian, and Gary Tian, 2017. "Political Capital and CEO Entrenchment: Evidence from CEO Turnover in Chinese Non-SOEs". Journal of Corporate Finance (ABS4), 42, 1–14 (lead article).
18. Qian, Meijun and Yasheng Huang, 2016. "Political Institutions, Entrenchments, and the Sustainability of Economic Development: A Lesson from Rural Finance". China Economic Review (JCRQ1), 40, 152–178.
19. Qian, Meijun and Bernard Yeung, 2015. "Bank Financing and Corporate Governance". Journal of Corporate Finance (ABS4), 32, 258–270.
20. Cao, Jerry, Douglas Cummings, Meijun Qian, and Xiaoming Wang, 2015. "Cross-Border LBOs". Journal of Banking and Finance (JCRQ1), 50, 69–80.
21. Allen, Franklin, Rajesh Chakrabarti, Sankar De, Meijun Qian, and Jun Qian, 2012. "Financing Firms in India". Journal of Financial Intermediation (ABS4), 21(3), 409–445 (the second most cited JFI articles published since 2012).
22. Qian, Meijun, 2011. "Is 'Voting with Your Feet' an Effective Mutual Fund Governance Mechanism?" Journal of Corporate Finance (ABS4), 17(1), 45–61(Summarized by Jot K. Yau in CFA Digest 41(2), 10–11, 2011).
23. Qian, Meijun, 2011. "Stale Prices and the Performance Evaluation of Mutual Funds". Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (ABS4), 46(2), 369–394.
24. Allen, Franklin, Jun Qian, and Meijun Qian, 2005. "Law, Finance, and Economic Growth in China". Journal of Financial Economics (UTD24, ABS4*), 77, 57-116. (JFE Hall of Fame, 1974–2012, the 14th most cited).
Journal article in Chinese
25. Qian, Meijun ， 2025. “In-depth Understanding of the People-oriented characteristics of China’s Automnous Financial Knowledge System。People’s Forum, ，forthcoming.
（钱美君“深刻理解中国自主金融知识体系的人民性”《人民论坛》）。
26. Qian, Meijun 2025. “Comparison of College Loan Models and logics in the USA and Australia” Finance in China. May. （钱美君，“高等交易国家助学贷款模式借鉴”，《中国金融》， 2025年5月）.
27. Allen, Franklin, Jun Qian, and Meijun Qian, 2003. “Comparing China’s Financial System”, with, China Journal of Finance, 1(1), 1–28, lead article. （Franklin Allen, 钱军，钱美君， “中国比较金融体系“，《中国金融期刊》，首发首篇.
Chapters / Reports
28. Xiaofei Pan and Meijun Qian, 2025,“Corporate Governance in China: New Perspectives and Future Research”Chapter 6 in the Research Handbook on Corporate Governance in China, edited by Dr. Martin Conyon and Lerong He, Edward Elgar Publishing.
29. Allen, Franklin and Meijun Qian, 2023. “Theories, Practices, and Prospects of Alternative Finance”, Chapter 1 in Research Handbook of Alternative Finance, edited by Franklin Allen and Meijun Qian, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
30. Allen, Franklin, Elena Carletti, Meijun Qian, and Patricio Valenzuela, 2023. “The International Comparison of Alternative Finance”, Chapter 14 in Research Handbook of Alternative Finance, edited by Franklin Allen and Meijun Qian, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
31. Allen, Franklin and Meijun Qian, 2023. “The Competitiveness of Alternative Finance”, Chapter 14 in Research Handbook of Alternative Finance, edited by Franklin Allen and Meijun Qian, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
32. Nan, Li and Meijun Qian, 2023. “Alternative Financial Institutions in China”, Chapter 11 in Research Handbook of Alternative Finance, edited by Franklin Allen and Meijun Qian, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
33. Allen, Franklin, Meijun Qian, and Jing Xie, 2022. “Informal Financing of Entrepreneurs”, with, Chapter 5 in De Gruyter Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance”, edited by David Lingelbach, De Gruyter, 2022.
34. Qian, Meijun, 2020. Book review, on "Paper Tigers, Hidden Dragons: Firms and the Political Economy of China's Technological Development, by Douglas B. Fuller. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. The Journal of Asian Studies, 79(2), 462–464. Cambridge University Press
35. Qian, Meijun, 2015. "Women’s Leadership and Corporate Performance”, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Economics Working Paper Series, No.472, January 2016.
36. Marleen Dieleman, Meijun Qian, Muhammad Ibrahim, and Vivien Lim, 2015. “Diversity Matters: Adding Colour to Boards in APAC, 2015”.
37. Marleen Dieleman, Meijun Qian, and Muhammad Ibrahim, 2014. “Singapore Board Diversity Report 2014: Picture the Performance Premium”.
38. Marleen Dieleman and Muhammad Ibrahim, 2013. “Singapore Board Diversity Report 2013: Time for Women to Rise, 2013”.
39. Qian, Meijun, 2010. “The Impact of the U.S. Subprime Crisis on China’s Financial System”, (solo author), Chapter 2 in Managing Economic Crisis in East Asia, edited by Saw Swee-Hock and John Wong, EAI, 2010.
40. Allen, Franklin, Jun Qian, and Meijun Qian, 2009. “China’s Financial System: Past, Present and Future”, Chapter 14 in China’s Great Economic Transformation, edited by L. Brandt and T. Rawski, Cambridge University Press, 2008. [Translated into Chinese in 2009].
41. Allen, Franklin, Rajesh Chakrabarti, Sankar De, Jun Qian, and Meijun Qian, 2009. “Law, Institutions and Finance in China and India”, Chapter 5 in Emerging Giants: China and India in the World Economy, edited by B. Eichengreen, P. Gupta, and R. Kumar, Oxford University Press, 2009.
42. Allen, Franklin, Jun Qian, Meijun Qian, and M. Zhao, 2009. “A Review of China's Financial System and Initiatives for the Future”, lead chapter in China’s Emerging Financial Markets: Challenges and Opportunities, edited by J. Barth and J. Tatom, Milken Institute Series on Financial Innovation and Economic Growth, Springer, 2009.
43. Allen, Franklin, Jun Qian, and Meijun Qian, 2005. “Will China’s Financial System Stimulate or Impede the Growth of Its Economy?” in China’s Economy: Retrospect and Prospect, Asia Program Special Report No. 129, 33–41, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington D.C., 2005.
44. Allen, Franklin, Jun Qian, and Meijun Qian, 2003, “Building China’s Financial System in the 21st Century”. Harvard China Review, 4(1), 36–41.
Policy Commentaries
45. Qian, Meijun, "China’s regulatory restructuring targets conflicting roles”, Nikkei Asia, March 17, 2023.
46. Allen, Franklin, Meijun Qian, and Jing Xie, “Is Relationship-Based Lending Really the Second Best?” World Bank, All about Finance, June 2022.
47. Qian, Meijun, “Do We Understand China? A Lesson from Dealing with COVID-19”, The China Story, June 12, 2020.
48. Qian, Meijun, “Rethinking State Ownership”, East Asian Forum, May 2020.
49. Qian, Meijun, “China’s Incomplete Financial Reform”, East Asian Forum, December 2019.
50. Allen, Franklin, Meijun Qian, and Jing Xie, “The Power of Family and Trade Finance in Growing Wealth: How Family and Business Networks Can Help Solve the Low Wealth QiAccumulation and Poor Capital Market Trap,” with Franklin Allen and Jing Xie. See Far, Wells Fargo Advisors Center for Finance and Accounting Research (WFA-CFAR), 2018.
51. Qian, Meijun “Why S-Chip Fraud Cases Keep Cropping Up?”, The Business Times, February 17, 2012.
52. Qian, Meijun “Stale Pricing a Possible Cause of Underperforming Mutual Funds”, The Business Times, December 7, 2011.
53. Qian, Meijun, “Fixing the SME Financing Gap”, The Business Times, Nov 25, 2010.
54. Qian, Meijun, “How China Grows Economically”, The Business Times, Feb 25, 2010.
RESEARCH GRANTS AND AWARDS
Selected Research Grants
2025 Central Bank Grant, “The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Socioeconomics”(30,000)
2024 National Grant, “Chinese Automonous Knowledge System”(600,000RMB)
2018 Australian ARC, DP190103511: “Transport and Productivity, a Study on Australia's
Largest Trading Partner” ($164,000)
2017 College Research Committee Grant on Gender Equity Scheme, CBE, ANU
2017 College ARC Reward Scheme, CBE, ANU
2016 Research School Grant, CBE, ANU
2014 Humanity and Social Science Seed Funding (MOE, Singapore)
2012 Research Grant, Centre for Governance, Institutions & Organizations (CGIO)
2011 Academic Research Fund, the Ministry of Education in Singapore
2010 Academic Research Fund, the Ministry of Education in Singapore
2005 Academic Research Fund, the Ministry of Education in Singapore
2003 Research Grant by the Research Foundation of CFA Institute
Research Awards
2014 Runner-up, FMA, “Litigation and Mutual Fund Runs.”
2011 Best Paper Award in Corporate Governance at the 2nd Finance and Corporate Governance Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
2004 Second Prize, Best Paper Award at the 12th Annual Chinese Finance Association. Conference, Boston, October. “China’s Financial System: Past Present, and Future.”
2005 NYSE grant at the Western Finance Association, Portland, OR.
2005 S&P consortium at the Financial Management Association, Chicago, IL.
2005 American Finance Association travel grant, Philadelphia, PA.