Books
1. Research Handbook of Alternative Finance, edited by Franklin Allen and Meijun Qian, Edward Elgar Publishing, London, 2024.
Referred Journal Articles (3UTD,12ABS4; Authors follows the alphabetic order as in the finance field.)
2. Allen, Franklin and Meijun Qian, 2024. "Alternative Finance in the International Business Context, A Review and Future Research”. Journal of International Business Studies (UTD24, ABS4*), https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-024-00739-x.
3. Pan, Xiaofei and Meijun Qian, 2024. " Firm Financing through Insider Stock Pledges”. Review of Finance (ABS4), 28(2), 621–659.
4. Geng, Xin and Meijun Qian, 2024. “Understanding Local Government Debt in China”. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 86, 102456 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102456
5. Allen, Franklin, Meijun Qian, and Jing Xie, 2022. “Implicit Benefits and Financing”. Journal of Financial Intermediation (ABS4), 52, 101000.
6. Michaely, Roni and Meijun Qian, 2022. "Does Stock Market Liquidity Affect Dividend Policy?" Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (JCRQ1), 74, 101788.
7. Allen, Franklin, Jun Qian, and Meijun Qian, 2019. "A Review of China's Institutions". Annual Review of Financial Economics （ABS3）, 11, 39–64.
8. Allen, Franklin, Meijun Qian, and Jing Xie, 2019. "Understanding Informal Financing". Journal of Financial Intermediation (ABS4), 39, 19–33 (the second most cited JFI article published since 2018).
9. Cao, Jerry, Michael Lemmon, Xiaofei Pan, Meijun Qian, and Gary Tian, 2019. "Political Promotion, CEO Incentives, and the Relationship between Pay and Performance". Management Science (UTD24, ABS4*), 65(7), 2947–3448. 10. Deng, Xiaoying Seow Eng Ong, and Meijun Qian, 2018. "Real Estate Risk, Corporate Investment and Financing Choice". Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics (ABS3), 57(1), 87–113.
11. Huang, Yasheng and Meijun Qian, 2018. "How Gradualist Are Chinese Reforms? Evidence from Rural Income Determinants". European Journal of Finance (ABS3), 24, 19–35.
12. Qian, Meijun and Basak Tanyeri, 2017. "Litigations and Mutual Fund Runs". Journal of Financial Stability (ABS3), 31, 119–135 (semi-finalist for the Best Paper Award at FMA 2011).
13. Cao, Jerry, Xiaofei Pan, Meijun Qian, and Gary Tian, 2017. "Political Capital and CEO Entrenchment: Evidence from CEO Turnover in Chinese Non-SOEs". Journal of Corporate Finance (ABS4), 42, 1–14 (lead article).
14. Qian, Meijun and Yasheng Huang, 2016. "Political Institutions, Entrenchments, and the Sustainability of Economic Development: A Lesson from Rural Finance". China Economic Review (JCRQ1), 40, 152–178.
15. Qian, Meijun and Bernard Yeung, 2015. "Bank Financing and Corporate Governance". Journal of Corporate Finance (ABS4), 32, 258–270.
16. Cao, Jerry, Douglas Cummings, Meijun Qian, and Xiaoming Wang, 2015. "Cross-Border LBOs". Journal of Banking and Finance (JCRQ1), 50, 69–80.
17. Allen, Franklin, Rajesh Chakrabarti, Sankar De, Meijun Qian, and Jun Qian, 2012. "Financing Firms in India". Journal of Financial Intermediation (ABS4), 21(3), 409–445 (the second most cited JFI articles published since 2012).
18. Qian, Meijun, 2011. "Is 'Voting with Your Feet' an Effective Mutual Fund Governance Mechanism?" Journal of Corporate Finance (ABS4), 17(1), 45–61(Summarized by Jot K. Yau in CFA Digest 41(2), 10–11, 2011).
19. Qian, Meijun, 2011. "Stale Prices and the Performance Evaluation of Mutual Funds". Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (ABS4), 46(2), 369–394.
20. Allen, Franklin, Jun Qian, and Meijun Qian, 2005. "Law, Finance, and Economic Growth in China". Journal of Financial Economics (UTD24, ABS4*), 77, 57-116. (JFE Hall of Fame, 1974–2012, the 14th most cited).
21. Ferson, Wayne and Meijun Qian, 2004. "Conditional Performance Evaluation, Revisited". Monograph by The Research Foundation of CFA Institute, September 2004. ISBN: 0943205700.
Chapters / Reports
22. Allen, Franklin and Meijun Qian, 2023. “Theories, Practices, and Prospects of Alternative Finance”, Chapter 1 in Research Handbook of Alternative Finance, edited by Franklin Allen and Meijun Qian, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
23. Allen, Franklin, Elena Carletti, Meijun Qian, and Patricio Valenzuela, 2023. “The International Comparison of Alternative Finance”, Chapter 14 in Research Handbook of Alternative Finance, edited by Franklin Allen and Meijun Qian, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
24. Allen, Franklin and Meijun Qian, 2023. “The Competitiveness of Alternative Finance”, Chapter 14 in Research Handbook of Alternative Finance, edited by Franklin Allen and Meijun Qian, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
25. Nan, Li and Meijun Qian, 2023. “Alternative Financial Institutions in China”, Chapter 11 in Research Handbook of Alternative Finance, edited by Franklin Allen and Meijun Qian, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
26. Allen, Franklin, Meijun Qian, and Jing Xie, 2022. “Informal Financing of Entrepreneurs”, with, Chapter 5 in De Gruyter Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance”, edited by David Lingelbach, De Gruyter, 2022.
27. Qian, Meijun, 2020. Book review, on "Paper Tigers, Hidden Dragons: Firms and the Political Economy of China's Technological Development, by Douglas B. Fuller. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. The Journal of Asian Studies, 79(2), 462–464. Cambridge University Press
28. Qian, Meijun, 2015. "Women’s Leadership and Corporate Performance”, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Economics Working Paper Series, No.472, January 2016.
29. Marleen Dieleman, Meijun Qian, Muhammad Ibrahim, and Vivien Lim, 2015. “Diversity Matters: Adding Colour to Boards in APAC, 2015”.
30. Marleen Dieleman, Meijun Qian, and Muhammad Ibrahim, 2014. “Singapore Board Diversity Report 2014: Picture the Performance Premium”.
31. Marleen Dieleman and Muhammad Ibrahim, 2013. “Singapore Board Diversity Report 2013: Time for Women to Rise, 2013”.
32. Qian, Meijun, 2010. “The Impact of the U.S. Subprime Crisis on China’s Financial System”, (solo author), Chapter 2 in Managing Economic Crisis in East Asia, edited by Saw Swee-Hock
and John Wong, EAI, 2010.
33. Allen, Franklin, Jun Qian, and Meijun Qian, 2009. “China’s Financial System: Past, Present and Future”, Chapter 14 in China’s Great Economic Transformation, edited by L. Brandt and T. Rawski, Cambridge University Press, 2008. [Translated into Chinese in 2009].
34. Allen, Franklin, Rajesh Chakrabarti, Sankar De, Jun Qian, and Meijun Qian, 2009. “Law, Institutions and Finance in China and India”, Chapter 5 in Emerging Giants: China and India in the World Economy, edited by B. Eichengreen, P. Gupta, and R. Kumar, Oxford University Press, 2009.
35. Allen, Franklin, Jun Qian, Meijun Qian, and M. Zhao, 2009. “A Review of China's Financial System and Initiatives for the Future”, lead chapter in China’s Emerging Financial Markets: Challenges and Opportunities, edited by J. Barth and J. Tatom, Milken Institute Series on Financial Innovation and Economic Growth, Springer, 2009.
36. Allen, Franklin, Jun Qian, and Meijun Qian, 2005. “Will China’s Financial System Stimulate or Impede the Growth of Its Economy?” in China’s Economy: Retrospect and Prospect, Asia Program Special Report No. 129, 33–41, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington D.C., 2005.
37. Allen, Franklin, Jun Qian, and Meijun Qian, 2003. “Comparing China’s Financial System”, with, China Journal of Finance, 1(1), 1–28, lead article.
38. Allen, Franklin, Jun Qian, and Meijun Qian, 2003, “Building China’s Financial System in the 21st Century”. Harvard China Review, 4(1), 36–41.
Policy Commentaries
39. Qian, Meijun, "China’s regulatory restructuring targets conflicting roles”, Nikkei Asia, March 17, 2023.
40. Allen, Franklin, Meijun Qian, and Jing Xie, “Is Relationship-Based Lending Really the Second Best?” World Bank, All about Finance, June 2022.
41. Qian, Meijun, “Do We Understand China? A Lesson from Dealing with COVID-19”, The China Story, June 12, 2020.
42. Qian, Meijun, “Rethinking State Ownership”, East Asian Forum, May 2020.
43. Qian, Meijun, “China’s Incomplete Financial Reform”, East Asian Forum, December 2019.
44. Allen, Franklin, Meijun Qian, and Jing Xie, “The Power of Family and Trade Finance in Growing Wealth: How Family and Business Networks Can Help Solve the Low Wealth QiAccumulation and Poor Capital Market Trap,” with Franklin Allen and Jing Xie. See Far, Wells Fargo Advisors Center for Finance and Accounting Research (WFA-CFAR), 2018.
45. Qian, Meijun “Why S-Chip Fraud Cases Keep Cropping Up?”, The Business Times, February 17, 2012.
46. Qian, Meijun “Stale Pricing a Possible Cause of Underperforming Mutual Funds”, The Business Times, December 7, 2011.
47. Qian, Meijun, “Fixing the SME Financing Gap”, The Business Times, Nov 25, 2010.
48. Qian, Meijun, “How China Grows Economically”, The Business Times, Feb 25, 2010.
WORKING PAPERS
49. Textbook: Financial Markets in Asia", by Meijun Qian, Taylor & Francis Publishing, London, 2021 (contracted and in process)
50. Ben, S., Chou, H., Geng, X., Qian, M., 2023. The Monitoring Role of the Supervisory Board with State Ownership. Working paper.
51. Agarwal, Sumit, Xiaofei Pan, and Meijun Qian, 2022. “Policy Clarity, Bank Green Loans and Firm Environmental Activities”.
52. Lu, Xiaomeng and Meijun Qian, 2022. "Wealth, Political Rights, and the Well-Being of Chinese People".
53. Lu, Xiaomeng and Meijun Qian, 2022. "The Impact of COVID-19 on Chinese Household Financial Well-Being".
54. Chen, Jason, Xiaofei Pan, Meijun Qian, Yiping Wu, and Xing Xia, 2022. “Does Property Rights Protection Affect Firm Innovation? Evidence from the Chinese Property Rights Law Enactment”.
55. Davis, Steven, Meijun Qian, and Wen Zeng, 2022. “A Comprehensive GIS dataset for China’s surface transport network”.
56. Davis, Steven, Jiajun Lu, Meijun Qian, and Wen Zeng, 2024. “Understanding the Development of China’s transportation”.
57. Davis, Steven and Meijun Qian, 2021. “Transportation Infrastructure and Productivity: The China Experience”.
58. Pan, Xiaofei and Meijun Qian, 2022. “Prefecture Tournament Incentive in the State Sector”
59. Pan, Xiaofei and Meijun Qian, 2022. “Stock Pledge and Shareholder Wealth”.
60. Lu, Xiaomeng, Ronghua Luo, Meijun Qian, and Jing Song, 2022."Marriage Market Competition and Household Asset Allocation".
61. Nguyen, Viet and Meijun Qian, 2021, "Executive Team Diversity and Financial Performance".
62. Qian, Meijun, 2020 "The Political Economy of Financial Markets."
63. Qian, Meijun, 2020. “Social Norms and Relative Income."
64. Hu, Lin, Kun Li and Meijun Qian, “Inefficient Entry“.
65. Qian，Meijun, “Understanding Glass Cliff".
PRESENTATIONS
Policy Panel Discussion
2024 NGFS （The Network for Greening the Financial System by central banks and financial Supervisors), 3rd Expert Network Research Seminar, Bogota, Colombia (online), Dec.
2024 International Finance and Banking Society, Panelist. Shanghai, China, December
2024 PBC-IMF High Level Conference, Moderator, Shenzhen, China, June
2024 UN-PRME (the United Nation-initiatived Principles for Responsibible Management Education) Global Forum 2024, Eastern Hemisphere Finance Session, Moderator.
2023 International Monetary Institute (IMI) Round table, Zhejiang, China, April. Forum on AI applications in Finance, jointly hosted by the People’s Bank of China, China Finance Association, and Zhijiang Lab, Hangzhou, May.
2022 ESG in China and the World Series (host) featured speakers include: Franklin Allen (Imperial College) on China’s economic growth (2022) Darrel Duffie (Stanford University) on central bank digital currency (CBDC), 2022; Christensen Hans (Chicago Booth) on ESG disclosure requirements, 2023
2017 ANU Council on “Asia-Pacific Policy and Leadership,” Canberra, Australia, August.
2016 “Economic Growth and the Role of Women, Implications of the Group of Seven for Gender Equality," Tokyo, Japan, April.
2014 “Female Leadership in Corporations,” The Asian Development Bank, Manila, July.
2003 “Financial Markets Developments in China”, Development Research Center for the State Council, Beijing, January.
Conferences
2023 China International Conference of Finance, Shanghai, China, July
2022 Financial Management Association (FMA) – Middle East meeting, Dubai, Nov.
2022 University of Chicago, BFI-China Research Conference, Chicago, USA, April.
2021 Asian Bureau of Finance and Economics Research, Singapore, May.
2020 Public lecture series, ANU CBE Alumni network, Canberra, Australia, May.
2018 China International Forum on Finance and Policy, UIBE, Beijing China, July.
2017 WFA-CFAR and JFI Conference on the Post-Crisis Evolution of Bank and Financial Markets, Washington University in St. Louis, USA, October;
FIRN Banking and Financial Stability Meeting, Canberra, Australia, July; China International Conference of Finance, Hangzhou, China, July;
The 2nd Entrepreneurial Finance Conference, Ghent, Belgium, July.
2016 Finance Workshop, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, November;
Bitcoins, Hedge Funds, and Tennis Balls, Melbourne, Australia, January;
AREUEA International Conference, Alicante, Spain, July;
“Economic Growth and the Role of Women, Implications of the Group of Seven for Gender Equality," Tokyo, Japan, April.
2015 AREUEA-ASSA Annual Meeting, Boston, USA, January;
MIT-NUS-Maastricht Symposium, Singapore, November;
The Emerging Economies Workshop, UNSW, Sydney, Australia November.
2014 China International Conference of Finance, Chengdu, China, July;
European Financial Management Association, Rome, Italy, June.
2013 Southern Economic Association (SEA) meeting, Tampa Florida, November;
Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research, inaugural conference, Singapore, May;Financial Globalization and Sustainable Finance: Implications for Policy and Practice, Cape Town, May.
2012 Centre for Governance, Institutions & Organizations (CGIO) Academic Conference, Singapore, August;
The Emerging Economies Workshop, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, August;
Financial Management Association — Asian, Thailand, July;
Asian Financial Association, Taiwan, July;
China International Conference of Finance, Chongqing, China, July;
Financial Management Association — Europe, Turkey, June.
2011 Centre for Governance, Institutions & Organizations (CGIO) Academic Conference, Singapore, August;
Asian Finance Association Meeting, Macau, China, July;
China International Conference of Finance, Wuhan, China, July;
American Law & Economics Association Meeting, New York, May;
3rd International Conference on Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets, Seoul, South Korea, May;
9th NTU International Conference on Economics, Finance and Accounting, Taipei, Taiwan, May;
The Academic and Practioners’ Law Conference, “Addressing Current Issues Affecting International Business Activity,” Beijing, China, May;
2nd Finance and Corporate Governance Conference, Melbourne, Australia, April [Best Paper Award].
2010 Midwest Finance Association Meeting, Las Vegas, February;
WHU Campus for Finance Private Equity Conference [keynote speech by co-author] Germany, March;
Northern Finance Association Meeting, Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada, September.
2009 American Finance Association Meeting (paper presenter and discussant — ACES), San Francisco, January;
NTU International Conference of Economics, Finance and Accounting, Taipei, May Asian Finance Association Meeting, Brisbane, July;
China International Conference in Finance (paper presenter and discussant), Guangzhou, July;
European Finance Association Meeting, Bergen, Norway, August;
East Asian Institute “Managing Economic Crisis in East Asia,” Singapore, November.
2008 Association of Financial Economists Meeting, New Orleans, January;
CAF-FIC-SIFR Conference on Emerging Market Finance, Stockholm, April;
European Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Athens, Greece, June;
China International Conference in Finance (paper presenter and discussant), Dalian, July;
The Capital Boards of Turkey, Ankara, October.
2007 Western Finance Association Meeting, Big Sky, Montana, June;
Wharton-ISB Joint Conference on India’s Financial System, Wharton School, April China International Conference in Finance, Chengdu, China, July;
Summer Research Conference at the Center of Analytical Finance, India School of Business, India, August;
2006 Columbia Law School Conference on China’s Emerging Financial Markets, New York, January;
Boundaries of SEC Regulations Conference, Claremont, CA, February;
Darden School–World Bank-JFE Conference on Emerging Markets, Washington D.C., March;
Annual Chinese Finance Association Conference, Cambridge, MA, October.
2005 Western Finance Association Meeting, Portland, OR, June;
Financial Management Association (paper presenter and discussant), Chicago, IL, October.
2004 American Economic Association, San Diego, CA, January.
2002 The Future of Chinese Management, Wharton West, San Francisco, CA, April;
The 2nd Asian Corporate Governance Conference, Seoul, Korea, May;
The 1st China International Conference in Finance, Beijing, China, July.
Seminars
2025 Peking University
Tsinghua University
Wuhan University
Nankai University
2021 University of Melbourne
Tsinghua University
Shanghai Jiaotong University
2019 DePaul University
University of Illinois –Chicago
2018 Arizona State University
University of Oregon
2016 University of Washington
University of Texas –Dallas
2015 Simon Fraser University
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Australian National University
2014 Peking University
2013 Tsinghua University
2012 Peking University
University of California—Riverside
2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Southern California
Loyola Marymount University
2009 Australia National University
2008 University of Hong Kong
Bilkent University
2006 National University of Singapore
Singapore Management University
2005 University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee
FEATURED INTERVIEWS
17 March 2023 Understand the Silicon Valley Bank Crisis 98.3 MediaCorp
10 Dec 2021 China and U.S. Monetary Policies This Morning, Korea
16 Dec 2021 How Global Microchip Shortage Impact Canberra The Canberra Times
1 April 2020 DayBreak Asian Program Bloomberg TV
23 June 2019 On G20 Summit Xinhua News
April 2016 The Growth Potential of Asian Economy Japan Spotlight
August 2014 Corporate Governance in Asia CNBC
03 Jun 2014 SME Wages 98.3 MediaCorp
05 May 2014 Retirement Age in Singapore 98.3 MediaCorp
26 Feb 2014 Budget Impact of SMEs, Good Morning Singapore MediaCorp Channel 8
17 Dec 2013 Investment, Good Morning Singapore MediaCorp Channel 8
10 Dec 2013 Investment, Good Morning Singapore MediaCorp Channel 8
2012 Entrepreneurship and Startups in Singapore 98.3 MediaCorp
2010 How Did China Grow? Business Times
2010 Dubai Crisis Channel News Asia
2009 Quantitative Easing (QE) Channel News Asia
2008 Subprime Crisis Channel News Asia
RESEARCH GRANTS AND AWARDS
Research Grants
2024 National Distinguished Grant, “China Initiatives on Knowledge System” (600,000RMB)
（习近平文化思想研究中心重大，社科重大, 课题立项, “构建中国自主知识体系研究）
2018 Australian ARC, DP190103511: “Transport and Productivity, a Study on Australia's Largest Trading Partner” ($164,000)
2017 College Research Committee Grant on Gender Equity Scheme, CBE, ANU
2017 College ARC Reward Scheme, CBE, ANU
2016 Research School Grant, CBE, ANU
2014 Humanity and Social Science Seed Funding (MOE, Singapore)
2012 Research Grant, Centre for Governance, Institutions & Organizations (CGIO)
2011 Academic Research Fund, the Ministry of Education in Singapore
2010 Academic Research Fund, the Ministry of Education in Singapore
2007 Academic Research Fund, the Ministry of Education in Singapore
2003 Research Grant by the Research Foundation of CFA Institute
Research Awards
2014 Runner-up, FMA, “Litigation and Mutual Fund Runs.”
2011 Best Paper Award in Corporate Governance at the 2nd Finance and Corporate Governance Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
2006 Second Prize, Best Paper Award at the 12th Annual Chinese Finance Association. Conference, Boston, October. “China’s Financial System: Past Present, and Future.”
2005 NYSE grant at the Western Finance Association, Portland, OR.
2005 S&P consortium at the Financial Management Association, Chicago, IL.
2005 American Finance Association travel grant, Philadelphia, PA.
