Empirical Finance Group
In line with the mission of Cardiff Business School, the objective of the Empirical Finance Group is to produce internationally excellent research.
The specific aims are to publish research in leading academic journals; to encourage research in empirical finance; to provide an environment for interdisciplinary and international collaboration; to provide a working paper series, a workshop series, and occasional conferences; and to provide a formal information exchange in which all members gain an appreciation for the emerging ideas within empirical finance.
Selected publications
- Abdul Wahab, N. S. and Holland, K. 2015. The persistence of book-tax differences. The British Accounting Review 47 (4), pp.339-350. (10.1016/j.bar.2014.06.002)
- Mazouz, K. , Wu, Y. and Yin, S. 2015. Trading activity in options and stock around price-sensitive news announcements. Journal of Futures Markets 35 (12), pp.1173-1194. (10.1002/fut.21691)
- Leung, W. S. , Taylor, N. and Evans, K. P. 2015. The determinants of bank risks: evidence from the recent financial crisis. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money 34 , pp.277-293. (10.1016/j.intfin.2014.11.012)
- Ataullah, A. , Goergen, M. and Le, H. 2014. Insider trading and financing constraints. Financial Review 49 (4), pp.685-712. (10.1111/fire.12053)
- Renneboog, L. and Zhao, Y. 2014. Director networks and takeovers. Journal of Corporate Finance 28 , pp.218-234. (10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2013.11.012)
- Ansari, I. F. , Goergen, M. and Mira, S. 2014. The determinants of the CEO successor choice in family firms. Journal of Corporate Finance 28 , pp.6-25. (10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2013.12.006)
- Goergen, M. , O'Sullivan, N. and Wood, G. 2014. The employment consequences of private equity acquisitions: The case of institutional buy outs. European Economic Review 71 , pp.67-79. (10.1016/j.euroecorev.2014.06.015)
- Chahine, S. and Goergen, M. 2014. Top management ties with board members: How they affect pay-performance sensitivity and IPO performance. Journal of Corporate Finance 27 , pp.99-115. (10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2014.04.007)
- Chen, D. et al., 2014. The effect of government quality on corporate cash holdings. Journal of Corporate Finance 27 , pp.384-400. (10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2014.05.008)
- ap Gwilym, O. , Kita, A. and Wang, Q. 2014. Speculate against speculative demand. International Review of Financial Analysis 34 , pp.212-221. (10.1016/j.irfa.2014.03.001)
- Kuang, P. , Schröder, M. and Wang, Q. 2014. Illusory profitability of technical analysis in emerging foreign exchange markets. International Journal of Forecasting 30 (2), pp.192-205. (10.1016/j.ijforecast.2013.07.015)
- Agyei-Ampomah, S. , Gounopoulos, D. and Mazouz, K. 2014. Does gold offer a better protection against losses in sovereign debt bonds than other metals?. Journal of Banking & Finance 40 , pp.507-521. (10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.11.014)
- Tolikas, K. 2014. Unexpected tails in risk measurement: Some international evidence. Journal of Banking & Finance 40 , pp.476-493. (10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.07.022)
- Chen, J. and Hill, P. 2013. The impact of diverse measures of default risk on UK stock returns. Journal of Banking & Finance 37 (12), pp.5118-5131. (10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.06.013)
- Mira, S. and Taylor, N. J. 2013. An international perspective on risk management quality. European Financial Management 19 (5), pp.935-955. (10.1111/j.1468-036X.2011.00611.x)
- Lindop, S. and Holland, K. 2013. Dividend taxation and the pricing of UK equities. Journal of Applied Accounting Research 14 (3), pp.203-223. (10.1108/JAAR-01-2013-0003)
- Ezzamel, M. and Xiao, J. Z. 2012. Accounting in transitional and emerging market economies. European Accounting Review 20 (4), pp.625-637. (10.1080/09638180.2011.629798)
- Abdallah, A. A. , Abdallah, W. and Ismail, A. 2012. Do accounting standards matter to financial analysts? An empirical analysis of the effect of cross-listing from different accounting standards regimes on analyst following and forecast error. The International Journal of Accounting 47 (2), pp.168-197. (10.1016/j.intacc.2012.03.002)
- Abdallah, A. A. , Abdallah, W. and Saad, M. 2011. The effect of cross-listing on trading volume: reducing segmentation versus signaling investor protection. Journal of Financial Research 34 (4), pp.589-616. (10.1111/j.1475-6803.2011.01303.x)
- Evans, K. P. and Speight, A. E. H. 2011. Intraday euro exchange rates and international macroeconomic announcements. The European Journal of Finance 17 (2), pp.83-110. (10.1080/13518470903448457)
- Renneboog, L. and Zhao, Y. 2011. Us knows us in the UK: on director networks and CEO compensation. Journal of Corporate Finance 17 (4), pp.1132-1157. (10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2011.04.011)
Co-ordinator
Dr Qingwei Wang
Senior Lecturer in Finance
- Email:
- wangq30@caerdydd.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2087 5514
Academic staff
Dr Yao Chen
Lecturer in Accounting and Finance
- Email:
- cheny131@caerdydd.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2087 0041
Dr Alpa Dhanani
Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance
- Email:
- dhananiav@caerdydd.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2087 6952
Dr Kevin Evans
Senior Lecturer in Finance
- Siarad Cymraeg
- Email:
- evansk1@caerdydd.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2087 4558
Yr Athro Khelifa Mazouz
Professor of Finance
- Email:
- mazouzk@caerdydd.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2087 0973
Yr Athro Jason Xiao
Professor of Accounting
- Email:
- xiao@caerdydd.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2087 5374
Dr Izidin El Kalak
Lecturer in Finance
- Email:
- elkalaki@caerdydd.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2087 4961
Dr Hossein Jahanshahloo
Lecturer in Finance
- Email:
- jahanshahlooh@caerdydd.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2087 0768
Yr Athro Arman Eshraghi
Professor of Finance and Investment
- Email:
- eshraghia@caerdydd.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)29 2251 0880
