Tian, Gloria

Area Chair and Faculty

Dhillon School of Business - Finance

Phone
(403) 332-4699
Email
gloria.tian@uleth.ca
Campus
Calgary

Calgary Campus

About Me

Ph.D. of Finance (University of Alberta)
Bachelor of Economics, finance major (Nankai University)
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA Institute)

Biography

Jul 2016 - present: Associate Professor, University of Lethbridge, Canada
Jan 2014 - Jun 2016: Assistant Professor, University of Lethbridge, Canada
Nov 2005 - Dec 2013: Senior Lecturer (with tenure), University of New South Wales, Australia

Publications

Cui, Xin, Yan Han, Gloria Y. Tian, and Peipei Wang. Bayesian Investor Belief Updating Speed and Market Underreaction to Earnings Announcements. Australian Accounting Review, forthcoming.

Faleye, Olunbunmi, Wilson Kung, Jerry Parwada, and Gloria Y. Tian. Are entrepreneurs special? Evidence from board appointments. Journal of Business Venturing, 2020, Vol. 35.

Huang, Xuxing, Yixuan Rui, Jianfeng Shen, and Gloria Y. Tian. U.S. class action lawsuits targeting foreign firms: The country spillover effect. Journal of Corporate Finance, 2017, vol. 45, 378-400.

Morck, Randall, and Gloria Y. Tian, 2017. The Rise and Fall, and Rise and Fall Again, of Business Groups in Canada. In A.M. Colpan and T. Hikino (editors) Business Groups in the West: The Evolutionary Dynamics of Big Business, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Chou, Hsin-I Daisy, Gloria Y. Tian, and Xiangkang Yin. Takeover Rumors: Returns and Pricing of the Rumored Targets. International Review of Financial Analysis, 2015, vol. 41, 13-27.

Xiang, Erwei, Gloria Y. Tian, Fan Yang, and Zhiyuan Liu. Do Mutual Funds Have Information Advantage? Evidence from Seasoned Equity Offerings in China. International Review of Financial Analysis, 2014, vol. 31, 70-79.

Tian, Gloria Y., and Garry Twite. Corporate Governance, External Market Discipline and Firm Productivity. Journal of Corporate Finance, 2011, vol. 17(3), 403-417.

Asem, Ebenezer, and Gloria Y. Tian. Market Dynamics and Momentum Profits. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2010, vol. 45(06), 1517-1547.

Morck, Randall, Michael Percy, Gloria Y. Tian, and Bernard Yeung, 2005. The Rise and Fall of Widely Held Firms: the History of Corporate Ownership in Canada, in R Morck (editor) The History of Corporate Governance around the World: Family Business Groups to Professional Manager, NBER, University of Chicago Press.

Research Interests

Corporate finance, corporate governance & executive compensation, capital markets, and financial regulations

Creative Works

(Details of major research awards can be found in my Curriculum Vitae)

2022: Chinese Ministry of Education Research Fund (co-investigator).
2021: AFAANZ Research Fund (co-investigator).
2016: Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grant (principal investigator).
2012: Australian Research Council (ARC) DECRA Award (principal investigator).

In The Media

Wall Street Journal, May 2016, "Why Entrepreneurs Bring Benefits to Corporate Boards" (http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-entrepreneurs-bring-benefits-to-corporate-boards-1462155378)

Harvard Law School (HLS) Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, March 2016, "Business Groups in Canada: Their Rise and Fall, and Rise and Fall Again" (https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2016/03/17/business-groups-in-canada-their-rise-and-fall-and-rise-and-fall-again/)