Dr Jane Luo
| Position | Senior Lecturer |
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| Org Unit | Finance and Banking |
| jane.luo@adelaide.edu.au | |
| Telephone | +61 8 8313 0133 |
| Location |
Floor/Room
12
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Nexus 10
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North Terrace
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Biography/ Background
After receiving her PhD from Nanyang Technological University, Dr Jane Luo joined University of Adelaide in 2013 as a lecturer in finance. Her research interests lie in the areas of empirical corporate finance and empirical capital markets analysis, which include corporate governance, institutional investors, stock liquidity, equity issuance, executive compensation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate social responsibility and employee engagement. Her research has been published in top-tier finance and accounting journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Accounting and Economics and Review of Finance. Her papers went to top international conferences, such as AFA annual meeting and European Finance Association Conference. She won Top-Journal Paper Award from Korea America Finance Association in 2017, the Best Paper Award at the 2013 Eastern Finance Association Annual Conference and the Best Paper Award at the 2012 International Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets Conference. Her research speaks to end-users outside of academia and has been disseminated in leading media outlets around the world, including in “Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation”, “The Economist” and “The Wall Street Journal”. She also serves as the Ad hoc referee for a number of peer-reviewed journals, such as Journal of Corporate Finance, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Australian Journal of Management and Corporate Governance: An International Review. She’s been teaching Financial Management, Business Finance, Equity Valuation Analysis, and Corporate Investment & Strategy at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
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Qualifications
Nanyang Technological University, Ph.D. in Finance
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Teaching Interests
Jane has been teaching Financial Management, Business Finance, Equity Valuation Analysis, and Corporate Investment & Strategy at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
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Research Interests
Jane's research interests lie in the areas of empirical corporate finance and empirical capital markets analysis, which include corporate governance, institutional investors, stock liquidity, equity issuance, executive compensation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate social responsibility and employee engagement.
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Publications
PUBLICATIONS
Effects of Managerial Labor Market on Executive Compensation: Evidence from Job-hopping, with Huasheng Gao and Tilan Tang, 2015, Journal of Accounting and Economics 59, 203-220.
The Impact of Housing Wealth on Stock Liquidity with Limin Xu and Ralf Zurbruegg, 2017, Review of Finance 21, 2315-2352.
Are Institutional Investors with Multiple Blockholdings Effective Monitors? with Jun-Koo Kang and Hyun Seung Na, 2018, Journal of Financial Economics 128, 576-602.
The Impact of Short-Selling Pressure on Corporate Employee Relations with Paul Brockman and Limin Xu, Journal of Corporate Finance, forthcoming.
WORKING PAPERS
A Hidden Consequence of Share Pledge Business, with Maoliang Li, Limin Xu and Ralf Zurbruegg.
Spillover Effects of SEO Announcements in Institutional Blockholding Networks, with Jun-Koo Kang.
CONFERENCES and PRESENTATIONS
Annual meeting of Financial Management Association (FMA), 2020
Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Annual conference, 2020
FIRN Corporate Finance Research Meeting, Adelaide, 2019
FIRN Corporate Finance Research Meeting, Adelaide, 2018
30th Australasian Finance & Banking Conference, Sydney, 2017
Asian Financial Association Meeting, Seoul, 2017
RSFAS (ANU) summer research camp, 2016
University of Sydney, Sydney, 2016
Deakin University, Melbourne, 2016
Auckland Finance Meeting, 2015
China’s Finance & Accounting Conference, Xiamen, 2014
26th Australasian Finance & Banking Conference, Sydney, 2013
Sirca's Third Young Researcher Workshop, Sydney, 2013
Financial Management Association (FMA), Chicago, 2013
European Finance Association Conference (EFA), Cambridge, UK, 2013
Eastern Finance Association Annual Meetings, Florida, 2013
AFA annual meeting, San Diego, 2013
International Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, Seoul, Korea, 2012
25th Australasian Finance & Banking Conference, Sydney, 2012
FMA Doctoral Student Consortium, Atlanta, 2012
Centre for Governance, Institutions and organizations Academic Conference, Singapore, 2012
Asian institute of Corporate Governance Seminar series, Korea, 2012
SOCIAL IMPACT OF RESEARCH (SELECTED MEDIA MENTIONS)
"Are Institutional Investors with Multiple Blockholdings Effective Monitors?" Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, July 16, 2018.
"Neither Rigged Nor Fair", The Economist, June 25, 2016.
"The Morning Risk Report: Why Firms Overpay Executives", The Wall Street Journal, March 23, 2015.
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Professional Associations
Jane has been serving as the Ad hoc referee for a number of peer-reviewed journals, such as Journal of Corporate Finance, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Australian Journal of Management, and Corporate Governance: An International Review.
Professional Memberships: WFA, AFA, AEA, EFA, FMA, FIRN, AFAANZ
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