Dr TAN, Weiqiang   譚偉強
Associate Professor
Department of Social Sciences
Phone No: (852) 2948 8540
Email: wqtan@eduhk.hk
Contact
ORCiD
0000-0002-6466-7002
Phone
(852) 2948 8540
Email
wqtan@eduhk.hk
Address
10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Website
https://pappl.eduhk.hk/rich/web/person.xhtml?pid=275791&name=TAN, Weiqiang
Scopus ID
35212045500
ResearcherID
C-7232-2019
Research Interest

Household finance, Financial Literacy Education, Financial Technology (FinTech), Sustainable Finance

Teaching Interest

Personal Finance, Financial Technology (FinTech), ESG investment

External Appointment
  • Scholar, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research (HKIMR), December 2021 - May 2022
  • 廣東省高層次人才評審專家庫 專家
  • Topic Editor, Journal of Risk and Financial Management (ISSN: 1911-8074)
  • Editorial board, The Asian Journal of Sustainability and Social Responsibility (ISSN: 2365-6417)
Personal Profile

Dr. Tan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences. He is the Programme Leader of Master of Arts in Personal Finance Education. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Atmospheric Science from Nanjing University and a Ph.D. in finance from the Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China.


His research interests focus on Household finance, Financial education, and Financial Technology. His research papers have been published in the international peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Business Ethics, Financial Management, and Journal of Banking and Finance.


He has extensive experience in providing consultancy service to the industrial enterprises. He has received the Faculty Awards for Outstanding Performance in Teaching (Individual Award) 2018/19 and Research Output Award of Dean’s Research Fund 2021/22. He also won the 2022 Investor and Financial Education Award (Teacher Division) – Bronze Award.

Research Interest

Household finance, Financial Literacy Education, Financial Technology (FinTech), Sustainable Finance

Teaching Interest

Personal Finance, Financial Technology (FinTech), ESG investment

External Appointment
  • Scholar, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research (HKIMR), December 2021 - May 2022
  • 廣東省高層次人才評審專家庫 專家
  • Topic Editor, Journal of Risk and Financial Management (ISSN: 1911-8074)
  • Editorial board, The Asian Journal of Sustainability and Social Responsibility (ISSN: 2365-6417)
Prizes and awards
第十屆中國投資學年會論文三等獎The 10th Annual Conference of China Investment Association

Date of receipt: 6/11/2022, Conferred by: 中國投資協會 China Investment Association
 
Investor and Financial Education Award (Teacher Division) – Bronze Award 投資者及理財教育獎（教師組） – 銅獎
To recognize the efforts of the stakeholders in advancing investor and financial education in Hong Kong, Investor and Financial Education Council organizes the “Investor and Financial Education Award” (IFEA). The IFEA 2022 awardees were reviewed and selected unanimously by the respective Assessment Committees, comprising of government representatives, IFEC Board members and industry experts.
Date of receipt: 29/11/2022, Conferred by: Hong Kong Investor and Financial Education Council (IFEC) 香港投資者及理財教育委員會
 
Research Output Prize (ROP) of Dean’s Research Fund 2021/22

Date of receipt: 23/6/2022, Conferred by: Faculty of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Education University of Hong Kong
 
Semifinalist of Best Paper Awards at the 2021 Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting
The paper "Proprietary Information and the Choice Between Public and Private Debt" was identified as a semifinalist for one of six best paper awards to be given at the 2021 FMA Annual Meeting.
Date of receipt: 7/9/2021, Conferred by: Financial Management Association
 
The Best Paper Award of the 7th World Business Ethics Forum

Date of receipt: /12/2018, Conferred by: World Business Ethics Forum
 
The Emerald Literati Award – 2018 Highly Commended Award

Date of receipt: /7/2018, Conferred by: Emerald press
 
The Best Paper Award of the 4th World Business Ethics Forum.

Date of receipt: /12/2012, Conferred by: the 4th World Business Ethics Forum
 
第二屆中金金融學優秀博士論文獎一等獎
“中金論文獎”是由中金公司發起成立的專項獎金，用於獎勵國內經濟學/金融學領域的優秀博士論文作者。其參選者必須是全國範圍內（含港澳臺地區）的經濟學/金融學博士生或與經濟和金融研究相關學科的應屆博士生。
Date of receipt: /11/2010, Conferred by: 中國國際金融有限公司
 
The Hong Kong Asian Capital Markets Research Prize

Date of receipt: /11/2009, Conferred by: CFA Institute and The Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts (HKSFA).
 
“全國優秀博士學位論文獎”提名獎

Date of receipt: /1/2009, Conferred by: 國家教育部
 
Project
Financial Literacy Education and Poverty Alleviation Symposium
The project is funded by Jiangsu-Hong Kong-Macao University Alliance (JHMUA) Open Bid Funding under UGC. Dr. Tan is the Principle Investigator (PI). The co-organizers are Nanjing Normal University and City University of Macau.

The project focuses on “Financial Literacy Education and Poverty Alleviation” to increase the awareness and understanding of the importance of financial literacy on poverty alleviation in both Hong Kong SAR and Mainland China.
Project Start Year: 2022, Principal Investigator(s): TAN, Weiqiang 譚偉強
 
Financial Literacy Education Programme for Low-income Group in Greater Bay Area: Survey Pilot Programme Design and Implementation

Project Start Year: 2022, Principal Investigator(s): TAN, Weiqiang 譚偉強
 
Adopting Experiential Pedagogy in Teaching and Learning in Finance Courses
The project has two purposes: (1) to introduce a new initiative in experiential learning to strengthen students’ interest, capability, and knowledge application in finance-related courses; and (2) to examine whether the experiential learning pedagogy is effective in improving a student’s learning.
Project Start Year: 2022, Principal Investigator(s): TAN, Weiqiang 譚偉強
 
The Trade Secret Protection and Investment-price Sensitivity
This project will examines how trade secret protection affects investment-q sensitivity.
Project Start Year: 2021, Principal Investigator(s): TAN, Weiqiang 譚偉強
 
Limited Attention and Asset Mispricing: Models and Empirical Research
The grant is funded by Guangdong Province Natural Science Foundation. Dr. Tan was the Principle Investigator (PI). This project investigates how the investor's inattention affects asset mispricing. We will develop theoretical model and provide empirical evidence on the effect of limited attention on the capital market efficiency.

Project Start Year: 2021, Principal Investigator(s): TAN, Weiqiang 譚偉強
 
The Green Finance Education Forum
This project is approved by Beijing-Hong Kong Universities Alliance (BHUA) Activities fund under the UGC. The project aims to increase the awareness and understanding of green investment for the retailed investors in both Hong Kong SAR and Mainland China.
Project Start Year: 2021, Principal Investigator(s): TAN, Weiqiang 譚偉強
 
Host Country's Economic Policy Uncertainty and Bank Loan Contracting
The project investigates whether and how lenders react to the change of host country EPU the globalized firm faces and change the borrowers’ loan contracting terms.
Project Start Year: 2021, Principal Investigator(s): TAN, Weiqiang 譚偉強
 
Human Capital Mobility and Analyst Forecast Accuracy
This project investigate how the human capital mobility affects the analyst forecast accuracy in the US.
Project Start Year: 2020, Principal Investigator(s): TAN, Weiqiang 譚偉強
 
The Effect of Terrorist Attack on Household Consumption: Evidence from India
This project investigate how the terrorist attack nearby affects the individual's consumption behavior in short-term.
Project Start Year: 2020, Principal Investigator(s): TAN, Weiqiang 譚偉強
 
Selected Output
Journal Publications
Dai, Y., Kordsachia, O., and Tan, W. (2022). How does firm prestige affect the cost of bank loans?. The European Journal of Finance Doi:10.1080/1351847X.2022.2057807.
Shu, H. & Tan, W. (2022). Investor limited attention, opinion divergence, and post-earnings-announcement drift: Evidence from China. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade Doi:10.1080/1540496X.2022.2079975.
Haw, I-M, Song, B.Y., Tan, W. and Wang, W. (2021). Bankruptcy, overlapping directors, and bank loan pricing. Journal of Corporate Finance, 71, 1-50
Kong, D., Lin, C., Liu, S. and Tan, W. (2021). Whose money is smart? Individual and institutional investors’ trades based on analyst recommendations. Journal of Empirical Finance, 62, 234-251
Cheung, Y.-L., Tan, W. and Wang, W. (2021). Where do banks value corporate social responsibility (CSR) more? Evidence on the role of national culture. Journal of Banking and Finance, 118, 1-20
Cheung, Y.-L., P. R. Rau, A. Stouraitis, and W. Tan (2021). Does the market understand the ex-ante risk of expropriation by controlling shareholders?. Journal of Corporate Finance, 1, 1-40
Tan, W. and J. Zhang (2021). Good days, bad days: Stock market fluctuation and taxi tipping decisions. Management Science, 1, 1-40
Cheung, Y.-L., I. Haw, W. Tan, and W. Wang (2021). Auditor Appointment Strategy and Intragroup Value Transfers: Evidence from Family Business Groups. Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, forthcoming, 1-40
Chen, F., Chen, X., Tan, W., and Zheng, L., (2020). Religiosity and cross-country differences in trade credit use. Accounting and Finance, 60, 909-941
Dai, Y., Rau, P.R., Stouraitis, A., and Tan, W. (2020). An ill wind? Terrorist attacks and CEO compensation. Journal of Financial Economics, 135, 379-398
Tan, W., Tsang, A., Wang, W., and Zhang, W., (2020). Corporate social responsibility reporting and the choice between bank debt and public debt. Accounting Horizons, 34, 151-173
孔東民, 劉莎莎 & 譚偉強 (2019)。 分析師評級與投資者交易行為。 管理世界，2019(1)，167-178 Doi:10.19744/j.cnki.11-1235/f.2019.0012。
Cheung, Y.L., W. Tan, and W. Wang (2018). National stakeholder orientation, corporate social responsibility and bank loan cost. Journal of Business Ethics, 150, 505-524
Cheung, Y.L., Y.o Dai, Z. Ouyang, and W. Tan, (2018). Who leaves money on the table? The role of founder identity in Hong Kong. Applied Economics, 50, 774-788
Cheung, Y.L. Y. Dang, P. Jiang, T. Lu, and W. Tan (2018). Does the market care about investor protection practices in China?. Applied Economics, 50, 492-509
Chen, X., Dai, Y., Kong, D., & Tan, W. (2017). Effect of international working experience of individual auditors on audit quality: Evidence from China. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 44(7-8), 1073-1108 Doi:10.1111/jbfa.12257.
Hu, F., Stewart, J., & Tan, W. (2017). CEO’s political connections, institutions and audit opinions. Pacific Accounting Review, 29(3), 283-306 Doi:10.1108/PAR-04-2016-0047.
SU, W., PENG, M. W., TAN, W. & CHEUNG, Y. L. S., (2017). Institutional relatedness behind product diversification and international diversification. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 34(2), 339-366 Doi:10.1007/s10490-016-9498-4.
Sun, S. L., Peng, M. W., Lee, R. P., & Tan, W. (2015). Institutional open access at home and outward internationalization. Journal of World Business, 50(1), 234-246 Doi:10.1016/j.jwb.2014.04.003.
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