Adrian (Wai Kong) CHEUNG, PhD in Finance


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Adrian (Wai Kong) CHEUNG, PhD Finance

 

Professor of Finance and Dean

 

Contact Details

Tel: 8590-2984

Email: adriancheung@cityu.edu.mo

WOS Researcher ID: AAH-9468-2021

Scopus ID: 15061177900

ORCID: 0000-0002-4369-2129

 

Academic Qualifications

PhD in Finance, HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Master of Science, Financial Economics (Distinction), UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

Master in Business Administration (Finance), UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING, SCOTLAND.

Diploma in Law and Business Administration , SHUE YAN UNIVERSITY, HONG KONG.  

 

Bibliography

Dr. Wai Kong (Adrian) Cheung is currently the Dean and Professor of Finance, Faculty of Finance at City University of Macau. He received his PhD in finance from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.  He previously taught at Lingnan University, Griffith University, Curtin University, and Flinders University. Before joining City University, he served as Head of Department of Finance and Banking at Curtin University and Research Section Head (equivalent to Associate Dean (Research)) in the College of Business, Governance and Law at Flinders University, respectively. Adrian's research interest is empirical issues in finance. His long-standing research interest is in understanding the finance mechanisms underlying contemporary business issues. Currently he seeks to understand issues like CSR, intangible capital, LGBT, social media, bitcoin, and trade credit from a finance perspective. He has been the recipient of various research grants, including National Natural Science Foundation of China, Australia-China Future Dialogues Fund, and AFAANZ Research Grant. He was also a visiting scholar at Peking University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His publications have appeared in international journals: Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Business Ethics, British Accounting Review, Financial Review, International Review of Economics and Finance, International Journal of Finance and Economics, Australian Journal of Management, Accounting and Finance, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Journal of Business Research, Economic Modelling, Energy Economics, Applied Economics, and the Journal of Asian Economics. 

On October 4, 2023, Stanford University released the latest ranking of "World's Top 2% Scientists". In the "2022 Science Impact Rankings", Dr. Cheung was included in Finance's "Science Impact Rankings of the Year". He was previously included in the 2021 list.

 

 

Teaching Areas

Corporate Finance; Business Finance; International Finance

 

 

Research Area

Empirical finance

 

Work Experience

·         2019-present:   Professor of Finance and Dean, City University of Macau

·         2018-2019:       Professor of Commerce and Head of Research Section, Flinders University

·         2015-2018:       Associate Professor in Finance and Banking, Curtin University

·         2011-2014:       Senior Lecturer in Finance and Banking, Curtin University

·         2004-2011:       Lecturer in Finance and Economics, Griffith University

·         1991-2002:       Assistant Lecturer/Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, Lingnan University

Selected Academic Publications

  1. Khoo, J., Cheung, A., Wang, R., (2024) “Distracted Institutional Shareholders and Debt Maturity” (accepted) Journal of Financial Research (SSCI; ABDC: A)
  2. Lin, L., Cheung, A., Yan, W. (2024) “Volatility Spillovers of Cloud Stocks: Evidence from China Using the Dynamic Connectedness Approach” (accepted) Accounting and Finance (SSCI; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.13248.
  3. Li, W., Wang, S., Cheung, A., Xu, C. (2023) “Shadow Banking, Investment and Interest Rate Transmission: Evidence from Macroprudential Policy in China” (accepted) Economic Analysis & Policy (SSCI; Q1) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2023.11.013
  4. Lin, L., Cheung, A. (2023) "Pricing cloud stocks: Evidence from China" (accepted)  Accounting and Finance (SSCI; ABDC: A) http://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.13162
  5. Khoo, J., Cheung, A. (2023) “Hidden cost of organization capital: evidence from trade credit” (accepted) British Accounting Review (SSCI; Q1; ABDC: A*) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2023.101238
  6. Khoo, J., Cheung, A. (2023) “Vintage capital and trade credit” (accepted) Accounting and Finance (SSCI; ABDC: A) http://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.13153
  7. Qu, Y., Cheung, A. (2023) “Organization Capital and Green Innovation: Evidence from China” Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management (SSCI; Q1) http://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2536
  8. Song, S., Cheung, A., Jun, A., Ma, S. (2023) “Mandatory CSR disclosure and CEO pay performance sensitivity: evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China" International Journal of Managerial Finance (ABDC: A)) https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMF-04-2022-0181
  9. Hasan, M. and Cheung, A. (2023) “Organization Capital and Firm Risks” China Accounting and Finance Review 25(3) (ABDC: A)) https://doi.org/10.1108/CAFR-05-2022-0044
  10. Zheng, C., Cheung, A., Zhang, A., and Haider, I. (2023) “Corporate social responsibility and bank liquidity creation” Journal of Financial Research (SSCI; ABDC: A; ABS: 3) https://doi.org/10.1111/jfir.12322
  11. Omura, A., Cheung, A., Su, J. (2023) “Does natural gas volatility affect Bitcoin volatility? Evidence from the HAR-RV model”  Applied Economics (SSCI, ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2023.2168608
  12. Chu, C. C., Su, X.F., Lin Y E., Omura A., Li B., Cheung, A. (2023) “Love thy neighbor: Evidence from capital structure decisions” Accounting and Finance 63 (3): 2907-2933 (SSCI; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12995
  13. Khoo, J. and Cheung, A. (2022) “Skilled labour risk and trade credit” Financial Review (ABDC: A; ABS:3) https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12332
  14. Yan, W., and Cheung, A. (2023) “The Dynamic Spillover Effects of Climate Policy Uncertainty and Coal Price on Carbon Price: Evidence from China” Finance Research Letters 53, 103400 (SSCI; Q1; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.103400
  15. Zheng, C., Cheung, A., Cronje, T., (2022) “Social capital and bank liquidity hoarding” Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money (SSCI; Q1: ABDC: A)) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2022.101653
  16. Jing, X.M., Mai Y., and Cheung, A. (2022) “Corporate Financialization and Fixed Investment Rate: Evidence from China” Finance Research Letters (SSCI; Q1; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.102898
  17. Hasan, M., Cheung, A. and Marwick, T. (2022) “Corporate sexual orientation equality policies and the cost of equity capital” Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance (SSCI: Q1; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2022.100664
  18. Zheng, C., Cheung, A., Cronje, T. (2022) “The Impact of TARP Capital Infusion on Bank Liquidity Creation: Does Bank Size Matter?”, International Journal of Central Banking 18(2): 283-347 (SSCI; ABDC: A) https://www.ijcb.org/journal/ijcb22q2a7.pdf
  19. Lin, L. and Cheung, A. (2022) “The cloud economy and its relationship to the economy in China – a capital market-based approach” Financial Innovation 8:50 (SSCI; Q1) https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-022-00350-9
  20. Khoo, J.  and Cheung, A. (2022) “Managerial ability and debt maturity” Journal Contemporary Accounting and Economics 18(1) 100295 (SSCI; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcae.2021.100295
  21. Khoo, J.  and Cheung, A. (2021) “Managerial ability and trade credit” Financial Review (ESCI; ABDC: A; ABS:3) https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12289
  22. Cheng, L. Cheung, A., (2021) “Is there a dark side of managerial ability? Evidence from the use of derivatives and firm risk in China”, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics (accepted) (SSCI; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcae.2021.100258.
  23. Hasan, M., Cheung, A., Tunas, L. and Kot, H. (2021) “Firm life cycle and trade credit”, Financial Review 56(4):743-771 (ESCI; ABDC: A; ABS:3) https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12264
  24. Cheung, A., Hasan, M. and Khoo, J. (2021) “Distracted institutional investors and corporate cash holdings” International Review of Economics and Finance 71: 453-466. (SSCI; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2020.08.018
  25. Lu, R., Cheung, A., Vu, T., and Islam, S. (2021) "Which measure of systematic risk should we use? An empirical study on systematical risk and Treynor measure using the economic index of riskiness and operational measure of riskiness", International Journal of Finance & Economics 26(2): 1739-1744 (SSCI; ABDC: B; ABS: 3) https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.1875
  26. Khoo, J.  and Cheung, A. (2021) “Does geopolitical uncertainty affect corporate financing? Evidence from MIDAS regression” Global Finance Journal 47: 100519 (ESCI; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfj.2020.100519
  27. Wong, M., Cheung, A., and Wei, H. (2021) “When Two Anomalies Meet: Volume & Timing Effects on Earnings Announcements”, Financial Review 56(2): 355-380, (ESCI; ABDC: A; ABS:3) https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12255
  28. Hasan, M., Cheung, A., and Taylor, G. (2020) “Financial statement comparability and bank risk-taking” Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics 16(3): 100206 (SSCI; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcae.2020.100206.
  29. Cheung, A., Kot, H., Lam, E., & Leung, H. (2020) “Toward understanding short-selling activity: Demand and supply” Accounting and Finance 60: 2203-2230 (SSCI; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12430
  30. Shi, Q., Li, B., Chung, R., and Cheung, A. (2020) “Investigating linear multi-factor models in asset pricing: considerable supplemental evidence”, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics 27: 242-260 (SSCI; ABDC: B) https://doi.org/10.1080/16081625.2017.1419878.
  31. Chen, Z., Cheung, A., and Cronje T., (2019) “The moderating role of capital on the relationship between bank liquidity creation and failure risk” Journal of Banking and Finance 108: 105651 (SSCI; ABDC: A*, Scimago: Q1) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2019.105651.
  32. Cheung, A., and Pok, W. (2019) “Corporate social responsibility and provision of trade credit” Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics 15(3): 100159 (SSCI; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcae.2019.100159
  33. Kot, H., Chen, M., Cheung, A., Huang, H. (2019) “Understanding short selling activity in the hospitality industry” International Journal of Hospitality Management 82: 136-148 (SSCI; ABDC: A*, Scimago: Q1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2019.03.029
  34. Cheung, A., and Hu, W. (2019) "Information disclosure quality: correlation vs precision", Accounting and Finance 59: 1033–1053 (SSCI; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12282
  35. Zhou, D., Zhao, Y., Li, B., Lin, T., and Cheung, A. (2019) “Can Microblogging Information Disclosure Reduce Stock Price Synchronicity? Evidence from China”, Australian Journal of Management 44(2) 282–305. (SSCI; ABDC: A; Schimago: Q1) https://doi.org/10.1177/0312896218796884
  36. Cheung, A., Hu, M., and Schwiebert, J. (2018) "Corporate Social Responsibility and Dividend Policy", Accounting and Finance 58: 787-816 (SSCI; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12238
  37. Hasan, M., and Cheung, A. (2018) “Organization capital and firm life cycle”, Journal of Corporate Finance 48: 556–578 (SSCI; ABDC: A*) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2017.12.003
  38. Wang, Y., Xiang, E., Cheung, A., Ruan, W., Hu, W. (2017) "International oil price uncertainty and corporate investment: Evidence from China's emerging and transition economy", Energy Economics 61: 330-339. (SSCI; ABDC: A*) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2016.11.024
  39. Shi, Q., Cheung, A., Li, B., and Chung, R. (2017) "Augmenting the intertemporal CAPM with inflation: Some further evidence from alternative models", Australian Journal of Management, 42(4) (SSCI; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1177/0312896216686153
  40. Su J.J., Cheung, A.W., and Roca E. (2017) “Quantile Serial Dependence in Crude Oil Markets: Evidence from Improved Quantilogram Analysis with Quantile Wild Bootstrapping” Applied Economics 49(29), 2817–2828 (SSCI; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2016.1248356
  41. Cheung, A. (2016) “Corporate social responsibility and corporate cash holdings” Journal of Corporate Finance 37, 412-430. (SSCI; ABDC: A*) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2016.01.008
  42. Cheung, A.W., Su J.J. and Roca E. (2015) “Crypto-Currency Bubbles - An application of the Phillips-Shi–Yu (2013) methodology on Mt. Gox bitcoin prices” Applied Economics 47:23, 2348- 2358. (SSCI; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2015.1005827
  43. Hasan, M., M. Hossain, A. Habib, A. Cheung (2015), “Corporate Life Cycle and Cost of Equity Capital” Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics 11: 46–60. (SSCI; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcae.2014.12.002
  44. Jin, Y, E. Roca, B. Li. V. Wong and A.W. Cheung (2014) “Sprinkle your investment portfolio with water!” International Journal of Water Vol. 9, No. 1, 43-59. (ERA 2010: B). https://doi.org/10.1504/IJW.2015.067445
  45. Su, J., A. W. Cheung, and E. Roca (2014) "Does Purchasing Power Parity hold? New evidence from wild-bootstrapped nonlinear unit root tests in the presence of heteroskedasticity" Economic Modelling 36:161–171. (SSCI; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2013.09.029.
  46. Cheung, A. W., and E. Roca. (2013) “The effect on price, liquidity and risk when stocks are added to and deleted from a sustainability index: Evidence from the Asia Pacific Context.” Journal of Asian Economics 24: 51-65. (SSCI; ERA 2010: A; ABDC: B) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asieco.2012.08.002
  47. Su, J., A. W. Cheung, and E. Roca. (2013) “Lag selection of the Augmented Kapetanios-Shin-Snell Nonlinear Unit Root Test.” Journal of Mathematics and Statistics 9 (2): 102-111. (ERA 2010: B) https://doi.org/10.3844/jmssp.2013.102.111
  48. Su, J., A. W. Cheung, and E. Roca. (2012) “Are securitised real estate markets efficient? New international evidence based on an improved automatic Portmanteau test.” Economic Modelling 29: 684-690. (SSCI; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2012.01.015
  49. Cheung, A. W., J. Su, and A. K. Choo. (2012) “Are exchange rates serially correlated? New evidence from the Euro FX markets.” Review of Financial Economics 21 (1): 14-20. (SSCI; ABDC: B) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rfe.2011.12.001
  50. Cheung, A. W. (2011) “Do stock investors value corporate sustainability? Evidence from an event study.” Journal of Business Ethics 99: 145-165. (SSCI; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-010-0646-3
  51. Cheung, A. W. (2010) “Managerial Ownership and Performance: A Commentary Essay.” Journal of Business Research 63: 292-293. (SSCI; ABDC: A) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.04.002
  52. Li, J., A. Cheung, and E. Roca. (2010) "Yes, Indeed, Idiosyncratic Risk Matters for Socially Responsible Investments!" International Research Journal of Finance and Economics 54: 64-74. (ABDC: C) https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1703750
  53. Li, J., A. Cheung, and E. Roca. (2010) "Socially Responsible Investment in Good and Bad Times" International Research Journal of Finance and Economics 54: 152-165. (ABDC: C) https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1703750
  54. Su, J., A. W. Cheung, and A. K. Choo. (2010) "On the power of modified Kapetanios-Snell-Shin (KSS) tests" Economics Bulletin 30: 2028-2036. (ABDC: C) http://hdl.handle.net/10072/34286
  55. Awirothananon, T. and A. W. Cheung. (2009) "On joint determination of the number of states and the number of variables in Markov-switching models: A Monte Carlo study" Communications in Statistics – Simulation and Computation 38: 1757-1788. (SCI_Expanded; ERA 2010: B; ABDC 2010: B) https://doi.org/10.1080/03610910903121982
  56. Cheung, A. W., and K. J. Wei. (2006) “Insider Ownership and Corporate Performance: Evidence from the Adjustment Cost Approach.” Journal of Corporate Finance 12 (5): 906-925. (SSCI; ABDC: A*) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2006.02.002

Research Papers Presented at Academic Conference

1)     Trevor Marwick, Mostafa Hasan, Adrian (Wai-kong) Cheung (2019) “The cost of corporate sexual equality: Evidence from implied cost of capital”, FMA (Asia) Conference 2019, July 2019, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam.

2)     Adrian (Wai-kong) Cheung, Tianpei Luo, and Siwen Song (2019) “The impact of mandatory CSR disclosure on corporate cash holdings: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China”, Asian FA Conference 2019, July 2019, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam.

3)  Joye Khoo and Adrian (Wai-kong) Cheung (2019) “Does geopolitical uncertainty affect leverage and debt maturity? Evidence from MIDAS regression”, Asian FA Conference 2019, July 2019, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam.

4) Trevor Marwick, Mostafa Hasan, Adrian (Wai-kong) Cheung (2018) “How corporate sexual equality affects firm value? Cash flow or risk?”, Asian FA Conference 2018, 25Jun-27Jun, 2018, Tokyo, Japan; FMCG Conference 2018; May 2018, Melbourne, Australia (shortlisted for the best paper award).

5)     Chen Zheng. Tom Cronje, and Adrian (Wai-kong) Cheung (2018) “TARP Capital Infusion, Bank Liquidity Holdings and Liquidity Creation” FEBS Conference 2018; 4th-6th June 2018, Rome, Italy.

 

Current Research Projects

1)     “Distracted investors and corporate innovations” (Co-authors: Jamie Tong, Frank Zhang, University of Queensland; David Xiang, Edith Cowan University)

2)     “Oil and stock prices – evidence from cross-quantilogram” (Co-authors: Nirodha Imali Jayawardena, Jen-Je Su, Eduardo Roca, Griffith University)

3)     “On the price discovery of Bitcoin prices – evidence from high-frequency data” (Co-authors: Akihiro Omura, Jen-Je Su, Griffith University)

4)     “CSR disclosure and corporate cash holdings – evidence from China” (Co-author: Tianpei Luo, Curtin University)

5)     “CEO pay gap and bank liquidity“ (Co-authors: Shams Pathan & Chen Zheng, Curtin University)

6)     “Learning about heterogeneity in the relationship between insider ownership and corporate performance” (Co-authors:with Professor John K. C. Wei, HKPolyU and Dr. May Hu, Deakin University)

7)     “Do customers’government subsidies have spillover effects on the innovation of their suppliers? Evidence from China” (Co-author: David Xiang, Edith Cowan University)

8)  “Political uncertainty and commodity prices” (Co-authors: Joye Khoo, Curtin University; Yiuman Tse, UMSL)



 
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