Professor Alfred Yawson

Professor Alfred Yawson
 Position Professor, Corporate Finance
 Org Unit Finance and Banking
 Email alfred.yawson@adelaide.edu.au
 Telephone +61 8 8313 0687
 Location Floor/Room 12 ,  Nexus 10 ,   North Terrace

  • Biography/ Background

    Alfred Yawson is a Professor in Corporate Finance and Head, Finance & Banking Discipline, University of Adelaide Business School. Prior to taking up this position he held various academic and administrative positions at the University of Adelaide, the University of New South Wales and City, University London. He has also held a visiting position at Nanyang Technological University. His primary research interests are corporate finance, particularly corporate restructuring (mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, labor & finance, and  investment banking) and corporate governance. He has won competitive grant from the Australian Research Council (ARC) and a number of awards for research excellence. He has published in leading finance journals including the Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Finance, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Journal of Corporate Finance and Journal of Banking and Finance. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Managerial Finance, ABDC, A ranked journal and editor of the Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, ABDC, A* ranked journal. Professor Yawson obtained a first class honours degree in Accounting from the University of Ghana, a Master of Science in Finance with distinction and a PhD in Finance from Queen’s University Belfast in the UK. He is a Chartered Accountant with industry experience from reputable financial institutions. Professor Yawson was part of the government team that pioneered the Value Added Tax policy implementation in Ghana. He consults for both government and private organizations.

  • Qualifications

    BSc (Hons) University of Ghana

    MSc, PhD - Queen's University Belfast

    CA (Ghana)

  • Teaching Interests

     

    Undergaduate and postgraduate teaching interests in the following subject areas: Corporate Finance, Principles of Finance, Managerial Finance, International Finance, Financial Market Theory, Financial Statement Analysis, Mathematics for Finance.

  • Research Interests

    Corporate restructuring & reorganisations

    Mergers & acquisitions, divestitures and bankruptcies

    Investment banking

     

    Corporate governance

      

    Labor & finance

     

  • Research Funding

    Yawson, A., Zurbruegg, R., Tretola, J., 2010-2012. ARC Linkage Grant (LP100100212) with SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia. The adequacy and sustainability of self-managed superannuation funds: Governance, performance, asset allocation, fee structure and compliance. Cash contribution: $137,000.

  • Publications

    Selected Journal Articles 

     

    Sualihu, M. A., Yawson, A., Yusoff, I. M., 2021. Do analyst forecast properties deter suboptimal labor investment? Journal of Corporate Finance, In Press. Elsevier.

     

    Yawson, A., Zhang H. 2021. Central hub M&A advisors. Review of Finance, In Press. Oxford University Press. 

     

    Khedmati, M., Sualihu, M. A., Yawson, A. 2020. CEO-Director ties and labor investment efficiency. Journal of Corporate Finance 65, 101492.  Elsevier.

     

    Liu, C., Yawson A. 2018. Who acquires toxic assets? Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 15, 842-874.

    Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation.

     

    Graham, M., Walter, T., Yawson, A, Zhang H. 2017. The value-added role of industry specialist advisors in M&As.Journal of Banking and Finance 81, 81-104. Elsevier.

     

     Aharony, J., Liu, C., Yawson, A. 2015. Corporate litigation and executive turnover. Journal of Corporate Finance 34, 268-269. Elsevier.

     

    Golubov, A., Yawson, A, Zhang H. 2015. Extraordinary acquirers. Journal of Financial Economics 116, 314-330. Elsevier.

       

    Owen, S., Yawson, A. 2013. Information asymmetry and cross-border strategic alliances, Journal of Banking and Finance 37, 427-440. Elsevier.

     

     Owen, S., Yawson, A. 2010. Corporate life cycle and M&A activity. Journal of Banking and Finance 34, 427-440. Elsevier.

     

    Powell, R., Yawson, A., 2007. Are corporate restructuring events driven by common factors? Implications for takeover prediction. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 34, 1169-1192. Blackwell.

     

    Powell, R., Yawson, A., 2005. Industry aspects of takeovers and divestitures: Evidence from the UK. Journal of Banking and Finance 29, 3015-3040. Elsevier.

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