Associate Professor Edward Lin

Biography/ Background

Edward Chien-Ting Lin holds a Ph.D. in Finance from Texas Tech University and is currently an associate professor in Finance with the Business School. His areas of specializing include corporate finance, empirical asset pricings, financial markets and Banking. Before he joins the business school at Adelaide, he has held appointments at Texas Tech University, Otterbein College (Columbus, Ohio), Edith Cowan University and University of South Australia. He has taught different finance courses at all levels including numerous offshore locations in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan.

In addition to his academic pursuits, he is a principal shareholder of Tian Yuan Chemical (Singapore and Shanghai), Boody Menthol Inc. (New Jersey, US), Tai Wu Steel (Malacca, Malaysia), Maybricks (Johore, Malaysia), and Chia Yuan Tradings (Taipei, Taiwan). He also serves as an independent director of Overseas Chinese Commercial Bank (Shanghai), and a financial advisor to Michell Securities in Adelaide.

Qualifications

B.S. (Electrical Engineering) - Pennsylvania State University

MBA (Finance)- University of Houston

Ph.D.(Finance) - Texas Tech University

Teaching Interests

Corporate Finance

Investment

Research Interests

Corporate Finance - Dividend Policy, Initial Public Offerings, and Risk Management.

Investment - empirical asset pricing, portfolio theory, and behavioural finance.

Banking - Bank risk and regulation.

Publications

Recent Publications since 2006:

Asset Pricing/Portfolio Theory:

Lin, C.T., 2006, "The Benefits of International Diversification", Journal of Financial Services Institute of Australasia, Autumn, 1, pp. 24-28.

Mao, W.D. & C.T. Lin, 2008, "A Fuzzy Approach to Water Pricing: The Case of Shanghai", Applied Economic Letters, v.15, pp. 717-722.

Lin, C.T., 2008, "A Multiperiod Capital Asset Pricing Model: Implication for Size and Book to Market Effects", International Journal of Business Research, v.8, pp. 188-196.

Lin, C.T., C.C. Ho, & H.J. Hsu, 2009, "Market Psychology and Aggregate Stock Returns: Evidence from Australian Consumer Sentiment", Review of Applied Economics, v.5.

Banking/Financial Institutions:

Xu, L. & C.T. Lin, 2007, "Can Chinese Banks Compete after Accession to WTO?" Journal of Asian Economics, v.18, pp.883-903. (Hottest article of the Journal from October 2007 to March 2008 according to Science Direct).

Xu, L. & C.T. Lin, 2008, "On the Safety and Soundness of Chinese Banks in the Post WTO Era", Edited by Kim, S.-J. and McKenzie, M., International Finance Review, Elsevier Science, v.8, pp. 447-470.

Corporate Finance:

Fang, V., C.T. Lin, & W. Poon, 2007, "An Examination of Australian Gold Mining Firms' Exposure Over the Collapse of Gold Price in the late 1990s", International Journal of Accounting and Information Management v.15, 37-49. (Received Highly Commended Award at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2008).

Lin, C.T. & V. Hsu, 2008, "Determinants of Initial IPO Performance: Evidence from Hong Kong and Taiwan", Applied Financial Economics, v.18, pp. 955-963.

Ho, C.C., C.L. Huang, C.T. Lin, & G. Lin, "News Management around Initial Public Offerings", Financial Management, Forthcoming.

Financial Markets:

Fang, V., Y.C. Lim, & C.T. Lin, 2006, "Volatility Transmission between Stock and Bond Markets: Evidence from the U.S. and Japan", International Journal of Information Technology, v.12, 6, pp. 120-128.

Fang, V., C.T. Lin, & V. Lee, 2007, "Volatility Linkages and Spillovers in Stock and Bond markets: Some International Evidence", Journal of International Finance and Economics, v.7, pp. 1-10,(Lead Article).

Fang, V., C.T. Lin, & K. Parbhoo, 2008, "Macroeconomic News, Business Cycles, and Australian Financial Markets", Asia Pacific Financial Markets, 15, 185-207.

Professional Associations

Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand

International Congress on Modelling and Simulation

Asia Finance Association

Financial Management Association

Entry last updated: Friday, 5 Jun 2009