Chelsea Liu

APrf Chelsea Liu

Associate Professor

School of Accounting and Finance

College of Business and Law

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD as Principal Supervisor - email supervisor to discuss availability.

See Personal Website (https://sites.google.com/view/chelsealiu/home)

Year Citation
2026 Liu, C., Nguyen, L. H. G., & Tan, K. J. K. (2026). The dual roles of short sellers in the lifecycle of securities litigation. Journal of Banking & Finance, 192, 107801.
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2026 Liu, C. (2026). Institutional Ownership and Corporate Exposure to Equal Employment Opportunity Lawsuits. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 38 pages.
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2024 Sarker, O., Jayatilaka, A., Haggag, S., Liu, C., & Babar, M. A. (2024). A Multi-vocal Literature Review on challenges and critical success factors of phishing education, training and awareness. Journal of Systems and Software, 208, 111899-1-111899-25.
DOI Scopus49 WoS34
2024 Liu, C., & Babar, M. A. (2024). Corporate cybersecurity risk and data breaches: A systematic review of empirical research. Australian Journal of Management, 51(1), 31 pages.
DOI Scopus20 WoS13
2024 Sarker, O., Jayatilaka, A., Haggag, S., Liu, C., & Babar, A. (2024). Understanding Practitioners’ Challenges and Requirements in the Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Anti-phishing Intervention. Journal of Systems and Software, 225, 26 pages.
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2023 Feng, Y., Liu, C., & Yawson, A. (2023). Economic shocks, M&A advisors, and industry takeover activity. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 82, 102156-1-102156-27.
DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2023 Osei Bonsu, C., Liu, C., & Yawson, A. (2023). The impact of CEO attributes on corporate decision-making and outcomes: a review and an agenda for future research. International Journal of Managerial Finance, 20(2), 503-545.
DOI Scopus50 WoS45
2023 Sarker, O., Haggag, S., Jayatilaka, A., & Liu, C. (2023). Personalized Guidelines for Design, Implementation and Evaluation of Anti-phishing Interventions.. CoRR, abs/2311.12827.
2022 Richardson, G., Obaydin, I., & Liu, C. (2022). The effect of accounting fraud on future stock price crash risk. Economic Modelling, 117, 23 pages.
DOI Scopus31 WoS24
2021 Liu, C. (2021). CEO gender and employee relations: Evidence from labor lawsuits. Journal of Banking and Finance, 128, 106136.
DOI Scopus49 WoS42
2020 Liu, C., Cheong, C. S., & Zurbruegg, R. (2020). Rhetoric, Reality, and Reputation: Do CSR and Political Lobbying Protect Shareholder Wealth against Environmental Lawsuits?. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 55(2), 679-706.
DOI Scopus49 WoS46
2020 Lin, B., Liu, C., Tan, K. J. K., & Zhou, Q. (2020). CEO turnover and bankrupt firms’ emergence. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 47(9-10), 1238-1267.
DOI Scopus11 WoS11
2020 Liu, C. (2020). Judge political affiliation and impacts of corporate environmental litigation. Journal of Corporate Finance, 64, 21 pages.
DOI Scopus25 WoS20
2019 Li, M., Liu, C., & Scott, T. (2019). Share pledges and firm value. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 55, 192.
DOI Scopus98 WoS87
2019 Liu, C., & Elms, P. (2019). Animating student engagement: The impacts of cartoon instructional videos on learning experience. Research in Learning Technology, 27(0), 2124-2154.
DOI Scopus79 WoS50
2019 Liu, C. (2019). The value of more women on board. Environmental Forum, 36(5), 38-42.
2018 Liu, C. (2018). Social media as a student response system: new evidence on learning impact. Research in Learning Technology, 26(0), 2043-2071.
DOI Scopus14 WoS7
2018 Lanis, R., Richardson, G., Liu, C., & McClure, R. (2018). The Impact of Corporate Tax Avoidance on Board of Directors and CEO Reputation. Journal of Business Ethics, 160(2), 463-498.
DOI Scopus53 WoS53
2018 Liu, C., & Yawson, A. (2018). Who Acquires Toxic Targets?. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 15(4), 842-874.
DOI Scopus6 WoS5
2018 Liu, C. (2018). Are Women Greener? Corporate Gender Diversity and Environmental Violations. Journal of Corporate Finance, 52, 118-142.
DOI Scopus602 WoS552
2016 Liu, C., Aharony, J., Richardson, G., & Yawson, A. (2016). Corporate litigation and changes in CEO reputation: guidance from U.S. Federal Court lawsuits. Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, 12(1), 15-34.
DOI Scopus27 WoS27
2015 Aharony, J., Liu, C., & Yawson, A. (2015). Corporate litigation and executive turnover. Journal of Corporate Finance, 34, 268-292.
DOI Scopus96 WoS88
2014 Liu, C., Gould, G., & Burgan, B. (2014). Value-relevance of financial statements: evidence from A- and B-share markets in China. International Journal of Managerial Finance, 10(3), 332-367.
DOI Scopus7 WoS5

Year Citation
2022 Lanis, R., Richardson, G., Liu, C., & McClure, R. (2022). The impact of corporate tax avoidance on board of directors and CEO reputation. In K. Martin, K. Shilton, & J. Smith (Eds.), Business and the Ethical Implications of Technology (pp. 157-192). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
DOI Scopus14
2020 Liu, C., & Yawson, A. (2020). Financial misconduct and market-based penalties. In C. Alexander, & D. Cumming (Eds.), Corruption and Fraud in Financial Markets: Malpractice, Misconduct and Manipulation (pp. 65-134). Chichester, West Sussex; United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons.

Year Citation
2023 Sarker, O., Haggag, S., Jayatilaka, A., & Liu, C. (2023). Personalized Guidelines for Design, Implementation and Evaluation of Anti-Phishing Interventions.. In ESEM (pp. 1-12). Online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus5

Year Citation
2023 Sarker, O. (2023). User-Centric Design, Implementation and Evaluation Support for Phishing Interventions. (PhD Thesis).

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2026 Co-Supervisor Does the use of carbon credits affect seasoned equity offerings pricing? Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Ms Quach Thuy Duong Nguyen
2026 Co-Supervisor CEO–employee pay disparity and ESG resource allocation across pillars Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Haotian Shi
2025 Co-Supervisor The Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation on Corporate Financial Decision-Making Across the Corporate Life-cycle Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Qiuyi Zhang
2025 Co-Supervisor ESG Disclosure and ESG Performance of Australian Listed Firms Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Moruff Adebola Kareem

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2024 - 2025 Principal Supervisor Essays on the Consequences of Mergers and Acquisitions:
Workplace Safety, Market Power, and the Role of Advisors		 Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Yusha Gu
2022 - 2024 Co-Supervisor User-Centric Design, Implementation and Evaluation Support for Phishing Interventions Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Orvila Sarker
2021 - 2025 Co-Supervisor CEO Inside Debt, Corporate Misconduct, Machine Learning in M&As, and Investment Portfolio Performance Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Yun Feng
2021 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Transitioning to the Optimal Stage in Corporate Life Cycle: The Role of Mergers and Acquisitions Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Ms Qiuyi Zhang
2018 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Financial Advisors and Industry Merger and Acquisition Waves Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Yun Feng

Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
2014 - 2014 Co-Supervisor Just promoted? The probability and market valuation effects of the appointments of directors as CEOs The University of Adelaide - Honours - Yaobo Yu

Date Title Engagement Type Institution Country
2014 - ongoing Elected Council Member, Alumni Council Public Community Engagement The University of Adelaide Australia
2011 - 2012 Judge, Governor of South Australia’s International Student Awards Public Community Engagement The Governor of South Australia Australia

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