Dr Peng (Peter) Huang
Senior Lecturer in Finance
Keywords
Corporate Governance; Culture; Economics; Finance; International Finance; Technology
Qualifications: PhD, UNSW; MSc, XMU & SMU; BA, SWUFE
Contact Details
Email: peter.huang@waikato.ac.nzRoom: MSB 2.36
Phone: +64 7 837 9407
Papers Taught
About Peng (Peter)
Dr Huang researches empirical issues in corporate finance, financial management and strategic management, with a particular focus on factors affecting corporate decisions and outcomes. His research expertise also relates to Corporate Governance, Behavioral Economics and Culture. He has been actively serving as a reviewer for international peer-reviewed journals. He has taught Investments, Capital Markets and many other courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Research Supervised
"Firm Performance, Tariff Reduction and Innovation - Evidence from China" (Master, 2019)
"Emotions in the Social and News Media" (PhD, 2018-)
"An Empirical Evidence of Arbitrage Opportunities in the Agricultural Commodity Futures Markets in China" (Master, 2018)
"The Existence of Asymmetry in Price Movements Following the Inclusion and Exclusion of Stocks from the NZX 50 and BMV-IPC" (Master, 2018)
Research Interests
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Capital Structure
- Board of Directors
- Sovereign Governance
- Corporate Innovation
- Behavioral Finance
- Culture
- Empirical Asset Pricing
Recent Publications
Bird, R., Huang, P., & Lu, Y. (2018). Board independence and the variability of firm performance: Evidence from an exogenous regulatory shock. Australian Journal of Management, 43(1), 3-26. doi:10.1177/0312896217708227
Huang, P., Humphery-Jenner, M., & Powell, R. (2016). The choice of acquisition form around the world. In 29th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference. Sydney, Australia: University of New South Wales.
Huang, P., Officer, M. S., & Powell, R. (2016). Method of payment and risk mitigation in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Journal of Corporate Finance, 40, 216-234. doi:10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2016.08.006
Guo, L., & Lu, Y. (2015). Overconfident CEOs as outside directors: Are they better facilitators for innovation?. In 28th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference (pp. 63 pages). Sydney, Australia.