Associate Professor in Finance
Overview
Dr Tan is an Associate Professor in Finance at the UQ Business School.
Dr Tan has earned a reputation as a researcher with expertise in capital structure and econometrics. His work has been published in leading academic and practitioner journals, such as Organization Science (Financial Times Top-50 Journal list, and UTD-24), Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Banking and Finance, and Nature Profolio's Scientific Reports. Five of his papers have also been named as the Best Papers at the following five conferences: (1) the Asian Finance Association Conference, (2) the European Real Estate Society Conference, (3) the Western Risk and Insurance Conference; (4) the 6th Behavioural Finance Conference; and (5) the 4th International Conferences on Advances in Business & Law. In addition, he was recently awarded the 2016 Early Career Researcher Excellence in Research Award by the UQ Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, and the 2017 Award for Excellence in Research by the UQ Business School.
Dr Tan teaches FINM3403 International Financial Management and FINM7402 Corporate Finance at UQ Business School, and was recently awarded the Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 2013 and the Commendation for Postgraduate Teaching in 2017. Besides being an inspiring teaching instructor, Dr Tan is also a great research mentor for junior faculty and Ph.D. students. Dr Tan is particularly proud of all of his Ph.D. students, because all of them had at least one chapter of their theses published in an A* journal (ABDC ranked) and/or received at least a research award before their Ph.D. graduation. In addition, his current first-year PhD students have also been awarded a few numerous best paper awards at various prestigious international conferences. In recognition of his contribution to research supervision, he was awarded two research supervision awards in 2020: (1) the UQ Business School Award for Excellence in PhD Supervision; and (2) the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law (BEL) Award for Excellence in Higher Degree Research (HDR) Supervision.
His research has been featured in UQ News and over 100 media outlets across the globe, such as Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, 7News, ABC Radio, Yahoo News, International Business Times, MedicalXpress etc. As of 2022 June, his research was ranked in the Top 0.2% of all research outputs (21,383,946) ever tracked by Altmetric. In recognition of his contribution to cross-disciplinary research, he was awarded the Cross-Discipline Research Award by the UQ Business School in 2022.
In terms of service and engagement within the UQ Business School (UQBS), Dr Tan is the Honours Program Leader, who also sits on the UQBS Research Committee and UQBS Education Committee. Dr Tan was a Postgraduate Coordinator for the finance Ph.D. program between 2017 and 2020. Outside UQBS, Dr Tan serves as a Vice President (membership) and a board member for the Asian Finance Association, which is one of the top finance associations in Asia. Dr Tan is currently serving as a Deputy Editor at the Accounting and Finance Journal (ABDC "A" ranked Journal) and a Guest Editor for Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (A*). Dr Tan also served as an Associate Editor at the Accounting Research Journal between 2018 and 2021.
His research interests focus on corporate finance, capital structure, and labor economics.
Research Interests
- Corporate Finance, Capital Structure, Debt Financing, Climate Finance, Labor Economics
Research Impacts
Dr Tan's work has had a substantial impact beyond academic philosophy through media and the finance industry. For instance, his 2016 ‘A*’ publication in the Journal of Corporate Finance attracted some media attention. It was covered in the London School of Economics (LSE) Business Review (UK) on 3 February 2016 with the following headline: “Overconfident CEOs Prefer Short-term Debt”. My work also has had an impact on the finance industry. For example, in conjunction with the Finance and Treasury Association in Australia (FTA), he conducted a survey of CFOs’ corporate capital structure decisions in Australia and New Zealand. This project has produced not only an ‘A’ journal publication but also a practitioner report that was distributed to the FTA’s members, who typically hold senior finance positions. Furthermore, the findings from the survey were the subject of a panel discussion at the 2014 FTA Congress. As a result of this project, the FTA’s members can benchmark their treasury performance and corporate decisions to their peers and improve their current practices.
His research has been featured in UQ News and over 100 media outlets across the globe, such as Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, 7News, ABC Radio, Yahoo News, International Business Times, MedicalXpress etc. As of 2022 June, his research was ranked in the Top 0.2% of all research outputs (21,383,946) ever tracked by Altmetric.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor (Honours) of Commerce, The University of Queensland
Publications
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Journal Article: Labor unions and corporate financial leverage: the bargaining device versus crowding-out hypotheses
Woods, Keegan, Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng and Faff, Robert (2019). Labor unions and corporate financial leverage: the bargaining device versus crowding-out hypotheses. Journal of Financial Intermediation, 37, 28-44. doi: 10.1016/j.jfi.2017.05.005
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Journal Article: Deviation from target capital structure, cost of equity and speed of adjustment
Zhou, Qing, Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng, Faff, Robert and Zhu, Yushu (2016). Deviation from target capital structure, cost of equity and speed of adjustment. Journal of Corporate Finance, 39, 99-120. doi: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2016.06.002
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Journal Article: CEO overconfidence and corporate debt maturity
Huang, Ronghong, Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng and Faff, Robert W. (2016). CEO overconfidence and corporate debt maturity. Journal of Corporate Finance, 36, 93-110. doi: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2015.10.009
Grants
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Climate regulatory risk and eco-friendly innovation
(2022–2023) Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand
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(2018–2019) Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand
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(2018) Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Supervision
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Determinants of SPAC Investment Performance
Doctor Philosophy
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Three Essays on Contracting and Compensation
(2023) Doctor Philosophy
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Three Essays on Disclosure and Organization Capital in Firms
(2022) Doctor Philosophy
Publications
Featured Publications
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Labor unions and corporate financial leverage: the bargaining device versus crowding-out hypotheses
Woods, Keegan, Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng and Faff, Robert (2019). Labor unions and corporate financial leverage: the bargaining device versus crowding-out hypotheses. Journal of Financial Intermediation, 37, 28-44. doi: 10.1016/j.jfi.2017.05.005
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Deviation from target capital structure, cost of equity and speed of adjustment
Zhou, Qing, Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng, Faff, Robert and Zhu, Yushu (2016). Deviation from target capital structure, cost of equity and speed of adjustment. Journal of Corporate Finance, 39, 99-120. doi: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2016.06.002
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CEO overconfidence and corporate debt maturity
Huang, Ronghong, Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng and Faff, Robert W. (2016). CEO overconfidence and corporate debt maturity. Journal of Corporate Finance, 36, 93-110. doi: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2015.10.009
Journal Article
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Effect of stock liquidity on the economic value of patents: Evidence from U.S. patent data
Im, Hyun Joong, Selvam, Srinivasan and Tan, Kelvin J.K. (2024). Effect of stock liquidity on the economic value of patents: Evidence from U.S. patent data. International Review of Financial Analysis 103314, 103314. doi: 10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103314
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Missing the boat: regulatory approval delay and investment project outcomes
Ye, Qiaozhi, Huang, Ronghong and Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng (2023). Missing the boat: regulatory approval delay and investment project outcomes. The British Accounting Review, 55 (6) 101186, 1-27. doi: 10.1016/j.bar.2023.101186
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Do exchange traded funds affect corporate cash holdings?
Lin, Beiqi, Mei, Shunji, Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng and Zhang, Lei (2023). Do exchange traded funds affect corporate cash holdings?. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 1-46. doi: 10.1111/jbfa.12755
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Corporate cash holdings through economic policy uncertainty: An Australian study
Heeney, Luke, Yang, Shanelle, Chowdhury, Hasibul and Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng (2023). Corporate cash holdings through economic policy uncertainty: An Australian study. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 79 102008, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2023.102008
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To see is to believe: Corporate site visits and mutual fund herding
Quan, Xiaofeng, Xiang, Cheng, Li, Donghui and Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng (2023). To see is to believe: Corporate site visits and mutual fund herding. Financial Management, 52 (4), 711-740. doi: 10.1111/fima.12421
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The determinants of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality across countries
Chang, Dianna, Chang, Xin, He, Yu and Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng (2022). The determinants of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality across countries. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 5888, 5888. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-09783-9
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Nowhere to hide: response of corporate restructuring activities to mandatory segment disclosure
Le, Trinh Hue, Oliver, Barry and Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng (2022). Nowhere to hide: response of corporate restructuring activities to mandatory segment disclosure. Journal of Corporate Finance, 76 102251, 1-22. doi: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2022.102251
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Toxic emissions and corporate green innovation
Li, Wenquan, Neupane-Joshi, Suman and Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng (2022). Toxic emissions and corporate green innovation. SSRN Electronic Journal, 1-82. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4113290
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Do external labor market incentives improve labor investment efficiency?
Chowdhury, Hasibul, Hossain, Ashrafee, Tan, Kelvin and Zheng, Jiayi (2022). Do external labor market incentives improve labor investment efficiency?. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 34 100648, 100648. doi: 10.1016/j.jbef.2022.100648
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Business shocks and corporate leverage
Keng Tan, Kelvin Jui, Zhou, Qing, Pan, Zheyao and Faff, Robert (2021). Business shocks and corporate leverage. Journal of Banking and Finance, 131 106208, 1-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2021.106208
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CEO turnover and bankrupt firms’ emergence
Lin, Beiqi, Liu, Chelsea, Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng and Zhou, Qing (2020). CEO turnover and bankrupt firms’ emergence. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 47 (9-10) jbfa.12482, 1238-1267. doi: 10.1111/jbfa.12482
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The role of blockholders in the corporate debt maturity structure
Pan, Zheyao and Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng (2019). The role of blockholders in the corporate debt maturity structure. Economics Letters, 185 108740, 108740. doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2019.108740
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Labor unions and corporate financial leverage: the bargaining device versus crowding-out hypotheses
Woods, Keegan, Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng and Faff, Robert (2019). Labor unions and corporate financial leverage: the bargaining device versus crowding-out hypotheses. Journal of Financial Intermediation, 37, 28-44. doi: 10.1016/j.jfi.2017.05.005
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Why do overconfident REIT CEOs issue more debt? Mechanisms and value implications
Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng (2017). Why do overconfident REIT CEOs issue more debt? Mechanisms and value implications. Abacus, 53 (3), 319-348. doi: 10.1111/abac.12111
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Deviation from target capital structure, cost of equity and speed of adjustment
Zhou, Qing, Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng, Faff, Robert and Zhu, Yushu (2016). Deviation from target capital structure, cost of equity and speed of adjustment. Journal of Corporate Finance, 39, 99-120. doi: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2016.06.002
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A contemporary view of corporate finance theory, empirical evidence and practice
Faff, Robert W., Gray, Stephen and Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng (2016). A contemporary view of corporate finance theory, empirical evidence and practice. Australian Journal of Management, 41 (4), 662-686. doi: 10.1177/0312896216632032
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CEO overconfidence and corporate debt maturity
Huang, Ronghong, Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng and Faff, Robert W. (2016). CEO overconfidence and corporate debt maturity. Journal of Corporate Finance, 36, 93-110. doi: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2015.10.009
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Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng, Lee, Jia Min and Faff, Robert (2015). Short-selling pressure and last-resort debt financing: evidence from 144A high-yield risk-adjusted debt. Accounting and Finance, 56 (4), 1149-1185. doi: 10.1111/acfi.12125
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Joint leverage and maturity choices in real estate firms: the role of the REIT status
Alcock, Jamie, Steiner, Eva and Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng (2014). Joint leverage and maturity choices in real estate firms: the role of the REIT status. Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 48 (1), 57-78. doi: 10.1007/s11146-012-9379-7
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The determinants of debt maturity in Australian firms
Alcock, Jamie, Finn, Frank and Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng (2012). The determinants of debt maturity in Australian firms. Accounting and Finance, 52 (2), 313-341. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2010.00397.x
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An empirical investigation of the mergers decision process in Australia
Breunig, Robert, Menezes, Flavio M. and Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng (2012). An empirical investigation of the mergers decision process in Australia. Economic Record, 88 (283), 459-475. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2012.00831.x
Other Outputs
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Kelvin Jui Keng Tan (2011). Corporate Debt Maturity. PhD Thesis, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland.
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An empirical examination of corporate capital structure in Australia
Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng (2006). An empirical examination of corporate capital structure in Australia. Honours Thesis, School of Business, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/221491
Grants (Administered at UQ)
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Climate regulatory risk and eco-friendly innovation
(2022–2023) Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand
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(2018–2019) Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand
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(2018) Commonwealth Bank of Australia
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Can business shocks explain the failure of empircal tests of capital structure theories?
(2017–2018) Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand
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CEO Overconfidence and Corporate Debt Issuance: Evidence from Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
(2016–2017) Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand
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What drives the firm's heterogeneous speed of adjustment toward an optimal capital structure?
(2016) UQ Early Career Researcher
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Managerial Overconfidence and Corporate Debt Maturity
(2012–2013) Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand
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The Role of Australian CFOs Survey in Capital Structure Theories
(2010–2012) UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
PhD and MPhil Supervision
Current Supervision
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Determinants of SPAC Investment Performance
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
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Corporate Social Responsibility, Firm-Level Emissions and Emerging Climate Laws: Cross-country Analysis
Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
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Firm-level political risks, CEO turnover, and CEO compensation
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
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Essays on Debt Contracting
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
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Analyzing the Intrinsic Heterogenous Dynamic Sensitivities in PE/VC Returns to Real Shocks within Institutional Portfolios
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
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Essays on environmental finance
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
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Climate Change Risk and Labor Investment Efficiency
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Completed Supervision
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Three Essays on Contracting and Compensation
(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
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Three Essays on Disclosure and Organization Capital in Firms
(2022) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
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Three essays on the impact of exchanged-traded funds
(2022) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Asymmetric Information, Fraud, and Switching Costs in Healthcare Insurance Markets
(2021) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
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Essays on Labour Unions and Corporate Finance
(2018) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Managerial Overconfidence and Corporate Finance Policies
(2017) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
