Dr Jane Luo
Senior Lecturer
School of Accounting and Finance
College of Business and Law
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Jane's research interests include Corporate Governance, Institutional Investors, Equity Issuance, Executive Compensation, Labor market, Mergers and Acquisitions. Her research has been published in top-tier finance and accounting journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Accounting and Economics and Review of Finance. Her papers went to top international conferences, such as AFA annual meeting and European Finance Association Conference. She won best paper awards at 2012 International Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets and 2013 Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting. She also serves as the Ad hoc referee for Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. She’s been teaching Financial Management, Business Finance, Equity Valuation Analysis, and Corporate Investment & Strategy at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Jane's current research mainly focuses on the areas of empirical corporate finance and empirical capital markets analysis, including corporate governance, institutional investors, stock liquidity, equity issuance, merges and acquisitions, earnings management, executive compensation, labour markets, corporate social responsibility and employee engagement.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 - ongoing | Senior Lecturer | The University of Adelaide |
| 2013 - 2017 | Lecturer | The University of Adelaide |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nanyang Technological University, Singapore | Singapore | PhD |
| Date | Title | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Executive Dean’s Award for Research Excellence | Faculty of the Professions | - |
| 2015 | Executive Dean’s Commendation for Excellence in Research | Faculty of the Professions | - |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Liu, X., Luo, J., & Yawson, A. (2025). Equity offering following cyberattacks. Journal of Corporate Finance, 91, 102710. WoS1 |
| 2024 | Wali Ullah, G. M., Luo, J., & Yawson, A. (2024). Managerial ability and supply chain power. Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, 20(2), 100414. Scopus5 WoS3 |
| 2022 | Gan, Q., Luo, J., & Zhou, Z. (2022). Lower Your Weapon: Common Ownership and Innovation (Dis)Incentives. |
| 2020 | Brockman, P., Luo, J., & Xu, L. (2020). The impact of short-selling pressure on corporate employee relations. Journal of Corporate Finance, 64, 1-21. Scopus34 WoS33 |
| 2019 | Li, M., Luo, J., Xu, L., & Zurbruegg, R. (2019). A Hidden Consequence of Share Pledge Business. |
| 2018 | Kang, J. -K., Luo, J., & Na, H. (2018). Are institutional investors with multiple blockholdings effective monitors?. Journal of Financial Economics, 128(3), 576-602. Scopus262 WoS253 |
| 2017 | Luo, J., Xu, L., & Zurbrugg, R. (2017). The impact of housing wealth on stock liquidity. Review of Finance, 21(6), 2315-2352. Scopus5 WoS5 |
| 2015 | Gao, H., Luo, J., & Tang, T. (2015). Effects of managerial labor market on executive compensation: evidence from job-hopping. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 59(2-3), 203-220. Scopus47 WoS40 |
| - | Liu, X., Yawson, A., & Luo, J. (n.d.). The Spillover Effects of Exogenous Events on Managerial Disclosure of Earnings Forecasts: Evidence from U.S. Major Hurricanes. |
| - | Gan, Q., Liu, Y., Luo, J., & Xu, L. (n.d.). Salience-Induced Attention Spillover and Investors’ Response to Analyst Forecast Revisions. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Li, M., Luo, J., Xu, L., & Zurbruegg, R. (2020). A Hidden Consequence of Share Pledge Business. |
Barbara Kidman Professions Women’s Fellowship, 2016
Financial Management, Business Finance, Equity Valuation Analysis, Corporate Investment & Strategy, Corporate Investment Evaluation
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Principal Supervisor | Firm's Information Transparency and Institutional Shareholders' Reliance on Proxy Advisors | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Nanjun Xu |
| 2021 | Principal Supervisor | Firm's Information Transparency and Institutional Shareholders' Reliance on Proxy Advisors | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Nanjun Xu |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 - 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Are ESG Controversies Fueling Inventors’ Job-Hopping? | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Mr Xiaohang Yao |
| 2021 - 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Three Essays on Corporate Finance | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Yanlin Liu |
| 2020 - 2023 | Co-Supervisor | Strategic Corporate Responses to External Shocks and Competitive Pressures | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Xiaohui Liu |
| 2019 - 2020 | Co-Supervisor | Does Firm-Level Political Risk affect Mergers and Acquisitions? | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Ms Yanlin Liu |
| 2018 - 2022 | Co-Supervisor | Three Essays on Corporate Finance | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr G M Wali Ullah |
| Date | Role | Committee | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 - ongoing | Member | FIRN Corporate Finance Research Meeting Program Committee | FIRN | Australia |
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