Print this pageAdd this page to your favoritesSelect a font sizeSelect a small fontSelect a medium fontSelect a large font

Cindy Chen

Email: xchen@csulb.edu

Cindy Chen joined the deparment of Finance as an assistant professor in 2006. She has her Bachelor's degree in Banking, MA in Financial Economics and Phd in Finance.

Teaching Interests: International Finance, Corporate Finance, Applied Statistics

Research Interests: Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation, Currency Risk Exposure, Market Efficiency

Education

  • Ph D, Kent State University, 2006
    Major: Finance-- Applied Statistics
  • MA, Kent State University, 2002
    Major: Economics
  • BA, Jilin University, 1999
    Major: Banking

Past Experience

  • Assistant Professor, California State University, Long Beach (2006 - Present)
  • Ad-hoc Reviewer, Review of Futures Markets (2005 - Present)
  • Instructor, Kent State University (2000 - 2006)
  • Research Assistant, Arcetype Risk Advisors Inc., New Haven, CT (2005 - 2005)
  • Instructor, Jilin University, Changchun, China (1999 - 2000)
  • Investment Advisor, China Haitong Security Company, China (1998 - 1999)
  • Research Intern, Jilin Province Security Company, China (1996 - 1996)

Research and Scholarly Activities

Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • "Can Secondary Disseminated Information Energize Market Reaction? " (2008), Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences.
  • "Re-measuring Agency Costs: The Effectiveness of Blockholders" (2007), Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance.
Conference Proceeding
  • "Detecting Earnings Management Based on the Quality of Total Accruals" (2009), American Accounting Academy.
  • "An Investigation of Option Compensation to American CEOs" (2008), Midwest Finance Association 2008 Annual Meeting.
  • "Can Default Risks Explain Stock Returns in Negative Book Equity Stocks?" (2008), 2008 Midwest Finance Association 2008 Annual Meeting.
  • "Revealing Foreign Exposure of Chinese Companies" (2008), Western Decision Sciences Institute (WDSI) 2008 Annual Meeting.
  • "Can Analysts Energize the Market Reactions?- Empirical Evidence of Barron's Research Report" (2007), Southwest Decision Science Institute.
  • "Can Investors Benefit from Secondary Disseminated Information? - Contracting Market Evidence of Barron's Research Report" (2007), American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences.
  • "Large Shareholders and Dividends: Game Theoretic Analysis of Shareholder Power in Corporate Finance" (2007), American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences.
Journal Article, Professional Journal
  • "Efficiency and Its Determinants in the Pharmaceutical Industries: Ownership, R & D, and Scale Economy" (2008), Applied Economics.

Presentations

  • Finance Department Research Workshops, "Downward Wage Rigidity of Chief Executives," CSULB Finance Department, CSULB (April , 2009)
  • Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting, "Risk-Return or Mispricing, from a Negative Prospective," Midwest Finance Association, Chicago, Illinois (March , 2009)
  • Midwest Finance Association 2008 Annual Meeting, "An Investigation of Option Compensation to American CEO," Midwest Finance Association, San Antonio, Texas ( , 2008)
  • Midwest Finance Association 2008 Annual Meeting, "Can Default Risks Explain Stock Returns in Negative Book Equity Stocks?," Midwest Finance Association, San Antonio, Texas ( , 2008)
  • Western Decision Sciences Institute 2008 Annual Meeting, "Revealing Foreign Exposure of Chinese Companies," Western Decision Sciences, San Diego, California ( , 2008)
  • 2007 Annual Meeting of FMA, "Voting Power of large Shareholders and Stock Repurchase," Financial Management Association, Orlando, Florida ( , 2007)
  • 2007 MFA, "Re-Measuring Agency Cost: The Effectiveness of Blockholders from Expanding Market to Contracting Market," Midwest Financial Association, ( , 2007)