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Gary Gang Tian is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with a specialization in several subfields including Accounting, Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics, Finance, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientific work of Tian spans various important topics, particularly within Corporate Finance and Governance. Other key areas of research include Auditing, Earnings Management, and Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting; Political Influence and Corporate Strategies; Financial Markets and Investment Strategies; Corporate Taxation and Avoidance; and Private Equity and Venture Capital.

Tian has published extensively, with a notable presence in several academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The British Accounting Review
  • Pacific-Basin Finance Journal
  • Journal of Business Finance & Accounting
  • Journal of Business Ethics

Some of Tian's recent research articles demonstrate a focus on the Chinese economic environment and corporate behavior, including studies on trade credit, government intervention, accounting conservatism, bank ownership, and stock price crash risk. Examples of recent papers are:

  • CEOs' hometown connections and access to trade credit: Evidence from China (2020, Journal of Corporate Finance)
  • Labor cost, government intervention, and corporate innovation: Evidence from China (2020, Journal of Corporate Finance)
  • CEOs' experience of the Great Chinese Famine and accounting conservatism (2020, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting)
  • How does bank ownership affect firm investment? Evidence from China (2020, Journal of Banking & Finance)
  • Bearing an imprint: CEOs' early-life experience of the Great Chinese Famine and stock price crash risk (2020, International Review of Financial Analysis)

Tian has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, indicating an extensive research network. Consistent collaborators include Yanling Wu, Yue Pan, Fenghua Wen, Jinli Xiao, and Daifei Yao.

Best Publications

  • Capital structure and corporate performance: evidence from Jordan

    Rami Zeitun;Gary Gang Tian

  • Controlling shareholder, expropriations and firm's leverage decision: Evidence from Chinese Non-tradable share reform

    Qigui Liu;Gary Gang Tian

  • Political connections and corporate investments: Evidence from the recent anti-corruption campaign in China

    Xiaofei Pan;Gary Gang Tian

  • Does ownership affect a firm's performance and default risk in Jordan?

    Rami Zeitun;Gary Gang Tian

  • Political Promotion, CEO Incentives, and the Relationship Between Pay and Performance

    Xiaping Cao;Michael Lemmon;Xiaofei Pan;Meijun Qian

  • Managerial Ownership, Capital Structure and Firm Value: Evidence from China’s Civilian-run Firms

    Wenjuan Ruan;Gary Tian;Shiguang Ma

  • CEOs' hometown connections and access to trade credit: Evidence from China

    Dongmin Kong;Yue Pan;Gary Gang Tian;Pengdong Zhang

  • Does political capital create value in the IPO market? Evidence from China

    Qigui Liu;Jinghua Tang;Gary Gang Tian

  • Family control and corporate cash holdings: Evidence from China

    Qigui Liu;Tianpei Luo;Gary Gang Tian

  • Disproportional ownership structure and pay–performance relationship: evidence from China's listed firms

    Jerry Cao;Xiaofei Pan;Gary G Tian

  • To what extent did the economic stimulus package influence bank lending and corporate investment decisions? Evidence from China

    Qigui Liu;Xiaofei Pan;Gary Gang Tian

  • Labor cost, government intervention, and corporate innovation: Evidence from China

    Jianqiang Li;Yaowen Shan;Gary Tian;Xiangchao Hao

  • Board structure and survival of new economy IPO firms

    Nongnit Chancharat;Chandrasekhar Krishnamurti;Gary G Tian

  • Political capital and CEO entrenchment: Evidence from CEO turnover in Chinese non-SOEs

    Xiaping Cao;Xiaofei Pan;Meijun Qian;Gary Gang Tian

  • The relationship between stock returns and the foreign exchange rate: the ARDL approach

    Gary Gang Tian;Shiguang Ma

  • Managerial professional connections versus political connections: Evidence from firms- access to informal financing resources

    Qigui Liu;Jinbo Luo;Gary Gang Tian

  • Ownership and ownership concentration: which is important in determining the performance of China’s listed firms?

    Shiguang Ma;Tony Naughton;Gary Tian

  • Mandatory CSR disclosure, monitoring and investment efficiency: evidence from China

    Li Liu;Gary Gang Tian

  • The effect of ownership structure on leverage decision: new evidence from Chinese listed firms

    Qigui Liu;Gary Tian;Xiaoming Wang

  • Interday and intraday volatility: Additional evidence from the Shanghai Stock Exchange

    Gary Gang Tian;Mingyuan Guo

  • Causality Between Exports and Economic Growth: The Empirical Evidence from Shanghai

    Jordan Shan;Gary Gang Tian

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael L. Lemmon
Michael L. Lemmon BlackRock (United States)
Alex Frino
Alex Frino University of Notre Dame Australia
Dongmin Kong
Dongmin Kong Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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