Biography
Mike Qinghao Mao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Finance in Deakin Business School. Before joining Deakin University, Mike was Associate Professor of Finance at the Erasmus School of Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam and a research fellow at the Tinbergen Institute in the Netherlands.
He has published in the Journal of Finance, Management Science among others. Mike's research specialises in financial market anomalies, analyst forecasts and asset-backed-securitization. His broad teaching and research interests cover topics in asset pricing, corporate finance and accounting.
Read more on Mike's profileResearch interests
- Empirical Asset Pricing
- Empirical Corporate Finance
Affiliations
- Member, European Finance Association.
Teaching interests
- Asset Pricing
- Corporate Finance
Professional activities
Awards
- Top Researcher Award, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2015.
Publications
Banks' investments in fintech ventures
Emma Li, Mike Mao, Hong Zhang, Hao Zheng
(2023), Vol. 149, pp. 1-15, Journal of Banking and Finance, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Why have target-date funds performed better in the COVID-19 selloff than the 2008 selloff?
M Mao, C Wong
(2022), Vol. 135, pp. 1-16, Journal of Banking and Finance, Amsterdam, The Neterlands, C1
Managerial commitment and heterogeneity in target-date funds
Mike Mao, Ching Wong
(2022), Vol. 68, pp. 1-19, Journal of Empirical Finance, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, C1
Customer risk and corporate financial policy: Evidence from receivables securitization
L Liu, M Mao, G Nini
(2018), Vol. 50, pp. 453-467, Journal of Corporate Finance, C1
Cash-flow news and the investment effect in the cross section of stock returns
M Mao, K John Wei
(2016), Vol. 62, pp. 2504-2519, Management Science, C1-1
Analysts' cash flow forecasts, audit effort, and audit opinions on internal control
M Mao, Y Yu
(2015), Vol. 42, pp. 635-664, Journal of business finance and accounting, Chichester, Eng., C1-1
Price and earnings momentum: An explanation using return decomposition
M Mao, K Wei
(2014), Vol. 28, pp. 332-351, Journal of Empirical Finance, C1-1
Securitization and capital structure in nonfinancial firms: an empirical investigation
M Lemmon, L Xiaolei Liu, M Qinghao Mao, G Nini
(2014), Vol. 69, pp. 1787-1825, The journal of finance, Chichester, Eng., C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Industry and Other Funding
Risk-taking by Australian target-date funds
A/Prof Mike Mao
Accounting & Finance Assoc of Australian & New Zealand Grant - Research
- 2022: $4,600
Supervisions
Nitin Vishen
Thesis entitled: Essays on Debt Repayment Behavior
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Finance
Hao Zheng
Thesis entitled: Three Essays in Corporate Finance and Financial Intermediation
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Finance
Ching Hin Wong
Thesis entitled: Essays on Target-Date Funds
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Finance