| Prof Kang Jun-Koo
Distinguished Professor of Finance
Division of Banking & Finance
College of Business (Nanyang Business School)
Email: JKKANG@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65)6790 5662
Office: S3-01B-54 |
| Education |
- PhD (Finance) Ohio State University 1991
- MSc (Finance) Iowa State University 1986
- BA (Business Administration) Korea University 1982
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| Biography |
| Dr. Jun-Koo KANG is Distinguished Professor of Finance at Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University. Prior to this appointment, he was the MSU Federal Credit Union Endowed Chair in Financial Institutions and Investments at Michigan State University. His research has been published in leading finance journals, such as Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Business, and Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. He currently serves as a co-editor of the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal and an associate editor of the International Review of Finance, Japan and the World Economy, and Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies. He is also a research fellow of the Asian Institute of Corporate Governance. Dr. Kang received his Ph.D. in finance from the Ohio State University. |
| Research Interests |
| Dr. Kang's research interests include corporate finance and international finance, particularly cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, capital raising, international portfolio allocation, and banking. |
| Research Grant |
- Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (2009-) [by Ministry of Education (MOE)]
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| Current Projects |
- Geographic Proximity and Stock Returns
| Selected Publications | - Bok Baik, Jun-koo Kang, and Jin-Mo Kim. (2010). Local Institutional Investors, Information Asymmetries, and Equity Returns. Journal of Financial Economics, Forthcoming.
- Jun-Koo Kang and Jin-Mo Kim. (2008). The Geography of Block Acquisitions. Journal of Finance, 63, 2817-2858.
- Gil Soo Bae, Youngsoon Susan Cheon, and Jun-koo Kang. (2008). Intra-Group Propping: Evidence from the Stock-Price Effects of Earnings Announcement by Korean Business Groups. Review of Financial Studies, 21, 2015-2060.
- Jun-koo Kang and Wei-Lin Liu. (2007). Is Universal Banking Justified? Evidence from Bank Underwriting of Corporate Bonds in Japan. Journal of Financial Economics, 84, 142-186.
- Jae-Seung Baek, Jun-koo Kang, and Inmoo Lee. (2006). Tunneling and Business Groups: Evidence from Private Securities Offerings by Korean Chaebols. Journal of Finance, 61, 2415-2449.
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