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A/PROF HOWARD WEI-HONG CHAN



Contact Details

Organization: Finance
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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Homepage: http://www.finance.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/fin_staff_webpage.cfm?StaffNo=119

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Market Efficiency, Capital Markets and the Role of Analysts as Information Intermediaries analysts, market effficiency Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Singapore National University of Singapore Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of Philosophy Monash University 25-Oct-2000
Master of Economics Monash University 05-May-1993
Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) University of Melbourne 28-Mar-1987

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) SIRCA Best paper award - 18th Australasian Banking and Finance conference 2005 15-Dec-2005
Other (Award) AFAANZ (Finance area) -2006 AFAANZ conference 04-Jul-2006
Medal Monash University -Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal 15-May-2001

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Three Decades of Financial Distress and Corporate Restructuring in Australia Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2008

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Are the Fama-French Factors Proxying Default Risk?
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Management
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 223-249
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  • Asymmetric market reactions of growth and value firms with management earnings forecasts
    Year: 2007
    Journal: International Review of Finance
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 79-97
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  • Initiating coverage, broker reputation and management earnings forecasts in Australia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Accounting and Finance
    Volume: 47
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 401-421
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  • The relation between R&D intensity and future market returns: does expensing versus capitalization matter?
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 25-51
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Factors or Characteristics? That is the Question
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Pacific Accounting Review
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 21-46
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  • Initiation of brokers' recommendations, market predictors and stock returns
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Multinational Financial Management
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 213-231
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  • Investigating the Performance of Alternative Default Risk Models: Option-based versus Accounting-based Approaches
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Journal of Management
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 207-234
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Asset Pricing and Illiquidity Premium
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Financial Review (Statesboro)
    Volume: 40
    Page numbers: 429-458
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  • Firm Size and the Information Content of Annual Earnings Announcements: Australian Evidence
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Business Finance & Accounting
    Volume: 32
    Page numbers: 211-252
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Anticipating Stocks being Added to an Official Market Index: A Trading Rule Test
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Accounting Accountability and Performance
    Volume: 10
    Page numbers: 1-17
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  • Rights issues versus placements in Australia: regulation or choice?
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Company and Securities Law Journal
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 301-312
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  • What's in a name? Evidence on Corporate Name Changes from the Australian Capital Market
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Pacific Accounting Review
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 57-75
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • An Investigation into the Role of Liquidity in Asset Pricing: Australian Evidence
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Pacific-Basin Finance Journal
    Volume: 11
    Page numbers: 555-572
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  • Further Evidence on the Short-term Contrarian Investment Strategy
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Finance Letters
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 41-45
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  • Short term contrarian investing-is it profitable? Yes and No
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Multinational Financial Management
    Volume: 13
    Page numbers: 385-404
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Additions to and Deletions from an Open-Ended Market Index: Evidence from the Australian All Ordinaries Index
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Journal of Management
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 45-74
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