Gary Tian is the Professor of Finance in the School of Accounting and Finance at the University of Wollongong. Before he joined the University, he worked at the Bank of China (1982-1984), Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (1987-1989), Macquarie University (1990-1992), Latrobe University (1994-1996), Flinders University (1996-1998) and the University of Western Sydney (1999-2006). In addition to various finance courses, he has also taught the MBA and Master of Applied Finance courses at Macquarie MGSM, Nanyang Business School, and South China University of Technology. He has also conducted several high-level financial executives training courses overseas. He has supervised students in research at all levels including Honours, Masters and Ph.D. students.
Articles
Managerial Ownership, Capital Structure and Firm Value: Evidence from China’s Civilian-run Firms (with Wenjuan Ruan and Shiguang Ma), Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal (2012)
This paper examines the influence of managerial ownership on firm performance through capital-structure choices, using...
Multiple States of Financially Distressed Companies : Tests using a Competing-Risks Model (with Nongnit Chancharat, Pamela Davy, Michael McCrae, and Sudhir Lodh), Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal (2012)
This study examines the determinants of multiple states of financial distress by applying a competing-risks...
Disproportional Ownership Structure and Pay-Performance Relationship in China (with Xiaping Jerry CAO and Xiaofei Pan), Journal of Corporate Finance (2011)
This paper examines the impact of ownership structure on executive compensation in China's listed firms....
Disproportional ownership structure and pay–performance relationship: evidence from China's listed firms (with Jerry Cao and Xiaofei Pan), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2011)
This paper examines the impact of ownership structure on executive compensation in China's listed firms....
The effect of ownership structure on leverage decision: new evidence from Chinese listed firms (with Qigui Liu and Xiaoming Wang), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2011)
This paper examines the effect of state control and ownership structure on the leverage decision...
Presentations
Board composition, board activity and ownership concentration, the impact on firm performance (with Shiguang Ma), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2009)
This paper provides a parallel investigation on the impact of board composition, board activity and...
Managerial Compensation, Ownership Structure and Firm Performance in China's Listed Firms (with Xiao Fei Pan, Qingliang Tang, Aelee Jun, and Shiguang Ma), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2009)
This paper investigates managerial compensation and its relationship with firm performance in China's listed firms....
The effects of currency appreciation on share market return: ARDL approach (with Shiguang Ma), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2009)
This study employs the ARDL cointegrating approach to examine the impact of financial liberalization on...