Shiguang Ma is a Senior lecturer in finance in the School of Accounting and Finance at the University of Wollongong. Before he joined the School in 2008, he held either teaching or research positions in Universities in Australia, Hong Kong and China. He was also a deputy manager in Investment Banking Branch, Northern International Trust and Investment Corp. Shiguang research interests include market efficiency, initial public offer, corporate governance, earnings management, China’s and emerging financial market. Shiguang has about 50 publications of journal articles, book chapters and books in either English or Chinese. His recent publications appeared in Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Accounting and Finance, Journal of Asian Pacific Economy, Corporate Ownership and Control Problems and Perspectives in Management, and Applied Financial Economics. Shiguang has experienced teaching a number of subjects in the areas of finance, banking and business statistics, and at either undergraduate or postgraduate levels. Shiguang is also an experienced Honours, Masters and PhD mentor.
Articles
Earnings management and the effect of earnings quality in relation to stress level and bankruptcy level of Chinese listed firms (with Feng Li and Indra Abeysekera), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2011)
This paper investigates the link between earnings management and earnings quality for the Chinese firms...
The relationship between stock returns and the foreign exchange rate: The ARDL approach (with Gary G. Tian), Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy (2010)
This study employs the ARDL cointegration approach in order to examine the impact of financial...
Executive compensation, board characteristics and firm performance in China: the impact of compensation committee (with Gary G. Tian and Yuqing Zhu), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2009)
The independent directors of a board can impact CEO payperformancemore effectively if a compensation committeeprovides...
Managerial Ownership, Capital Structure and Firm Value (with Gary G. Tian and Wenjuan Ruan), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2009)
This paper extends prior research to examine the managerial ownership influences on firm performance through...
Related lending: evidence of tunneling and propping in China (with Fei Guo), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2009)
This paper investigates tunneling and propping between Chinese listed firms and their relevant parties from...
Presentations
Board composition, board activity and ownership concentration, the impact on firm performance (with Gary Tian), 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 Gary G. Tian, Xiao Fei Pan, Qingliang Tang, and Aelee Jun), 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 Gary G. Tian), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2009)
This study employs the ARDL cointegrating approach to examine the impact of financial liberalization on...