Professor Buhui Qiu
Prof. Buhui Qiu is a Professor of Business and Finance at the University of Sydney Business School. He received his PhD in Finance from the University of Cincinnati in 2009. He also holds an Advanced Diploma from Moore Theological College, a Master of Arts in Accounting from Sun Yat-sen University, a Graduate Diploma from the Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies, and a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Fudan University. Prior to joining the University of Sydney Business School, he was a faculty member at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Before pursuing an academic career, he worked as a financial analyst and advanced financial consultant at Ford, PwC Consulting, and IBM. Buhui’s research interests encompass corporate finance, accounting, and capital markets. He has published over 30 papers in major journals in finance, accounting, management, international business and operations management, many of which are in FT50/UTD24 journals.
Corporate Finance; Capital Markets; Climate Finance; Banking
FINC6013 International Business Finance
BUSS4413 Finance Honours B (Advanced Corporate Finance)
BUSS4001 Business Honours Research Methods
FINC3013 Mergers and Acquisitions
FINC6001 Intermediate Corporate Finance
American Economic Association
American Finance Association
Western Finance Association
| Project title | Research student |
|---|---|
| Geopolitical risk in the supply chain | Yinglin GU |
| Three Essays on Empirical Corporate Finance | Yunying HUANG |
| CEO Characteristics and IPO Success: An Empirical Analysis | Baoying ZHANG |
Publications
Journals
- Qiu, B., To, T. (2025). Board Reforms, Stock Liquidity, and Stock Market Development. Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 14(1), 261-303. [More Information]
- Asad, S., Hasan, M., Qiu, B. (2025). Corporate culture and debt maturity. International Review of Finance, 25(1), e12481. [More Information]
- He, Q., Qiu, B. (2025). Environmental enforcement actions and corporate green innovation. Journal of Corporate Finance, 91, 102711. [More Information]
Conferences
- Gao, M., Hasan, I., Qiu, B., Wu, E. (2023). Lone (Loan) Wolf Pack Risk. Western Finance Association Annual Meeting 2023, United States: Western Finance Association. [More Information]
Magazine / Newspaper Articles
- Qiu, B. (2014). Do CEOs trade premiums for personal gain in M&As? Management Knowledge.
2025
- Qiu, B., To, T. (2025). Board Reforms, Stock Liquidity, and Stock Market Development. Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 14(1), 261-303. [More Information]
- Asad, S., Hasan, M., Qiu, B. (2025). Corporate culture and debt maturity. International Review of Finance, 25(1), e12481. [More Information]
- He, Q., Qiu, B. (2025). Environmental enforcement actions and corporate green innovation. Journal of Corporate Finance, 91, 102711. [More Information]
2024
- Qiu, B., Xu, F., Yeung, A., Zeng, C. (2024). Contagious Stock Price Crashes Along the Supply Chain. Production and Operations Management, 33(8), 1679-1699. [More Information]
- Qiu, B., Tian, G., Wu, Y. (2024). Politicians' Hometown Favouritism and Capital Resource Allocation. Journal of Management Studies, Published online: 31 July 2024. [More Information]
- He, Q., Leung, H., Qiu, B., Zhou, Z. (2024). The Effect of Social Media on Corporate Innovation: Evidence from Seeking Alpha Coverage. Management Science, Published online: 4 October 2024. [More Information]
2023
- Choy, S., Davis, T., Ding, H., Gao, M., Garbuio, M., Hardy, C., Leung, H., Luong, T., Patmore, G., Peter, S., Qiu, B., Riemer, K., Shields, J., Sutton-Brady, C., Vazquez Hernandez, C., Wu, E. (2023). Closer than ever: Growing business-level connections between Australia and Europe. European Management Journal, 41(2), 181-190. [More Information]
- Guo, H., Qiu, B. (2023). Conditional Equity Premium and Aggregate Corporate Investment. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 55(1), 251-295. [More Information]
- Gao, M., Leung, H., Liu, L., Qiu, B. (2023). Consumer behaviour and credit supply: Evidence from an Australian FinTech lender. Finance Research Letters, 57, 104205. [More Information]
2022
- Dyakov, T., Harford, J., Qiu, B. (2022). Better Kept in the Dark? Portfolio Disclosure and Agency Problems in Mutual Funds. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 57(4), 1529-1563. [More Information]
- Qiu, B., Tian, G., Zeng, H. (2022). How Does Deleveraging Affect Funding Market Liquidity? Management Science, 68(6), 3975-4753. [More Information]
- Nguyen, J., Qiu, B. (2022). Right-to-Work laws and corporate innovation. Journal of Corporate Finance, 76, 102263. [More Information]
2021
- Liu, Y., Qiu, B., Wang, T. (2021). Debt Rollover Risk, Credit Default Swap Spread and Stock Returns: Evidence from the COVID-19 Crisis. Journal of Financial Stability, 53, 100855. [More Information]
- Luong, T., Qiu, B., Wu, A. (2021). Does it pay to be socially connected with wall street brokerages? Evidence from cost of equity. Journal of Corporate Finance, 68, 101939. [More Information]
- Gao, M., Leung, H., Qiu, B. (2021). Organization capital and executive performance incentives. Journal of Banking & Finance, 123, 106017. [More Information]
2019
- Gan, Y., Qiu, B. (2019). Escape from the USA: Government debt-to-GDP ratio, country tax competitiveness, and US-OECD cross-border M&As. Journal of International Business Studies, 50(7), 1156-1183. [More Information]
- Qiu, B., Slezak, S. (2019). The Equilibrium Relationships between Performance-Based Pay, Performance, and the Commission and Detection of Fraudulent Misreporting. The Accounting Review, 94(2), 325-356. [More Information]
2018
- Qiu, B., Wang, T. (2018). Does Knowledge Protection Benefit Shareholders? Evidence from Stock Market Reaction and Firm Investment in Knowledge Assets. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 53(3), 1341-1370. [More Information]
- Li, K., Qiu, B., Shen, R. (2018). Organization Capital and Mergers and Acquisitions. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 53(4), 1871-1909. [More Information]
2017
- Fu, R., Gao, F., Kim, Y., Qiu, B. (2017). Performance volatility, information availability, and disclosure reforms. Journal of Banking & Finance, 75, 35-52. [More Information]
2016
- Guo, H., Qiu, B. (2016). A Better Measure of Institutional Informed Trading. Contemporary Accounting Research, 33(2), 815-850. [More Information]
2014
- Qiu, B. (2014). Do CEOs trade premiums for personal gain in M&As? Management Knowledge.
- Qiu, B., Trapkov, S., Yakoub, F. (2014). Do target CEOs trade premiums for personal benefits? Journal of Banking & Finance, 42(1), 23-41. [More Information]
- Guo, H., Qiu, B. (2014). Options-implied variance and future stock returns. Journal of Banking & Finance, 44(1), 93-113. [More Information]
2008
- Qiu, B. (2008). The Effects of the Bank Holding Equity of the Firm: From a Moral Hazard Perspective. Corporate Ownership and Control, 6(1), 459-466. [More Information]
2000
- Tan, J., Qiu, B. (2000). On the Transition of Property Rights Arrangements of the Firm and its Impact on Accounting. Finance and Accounting, (6), 18-21.
- Tan, J., Qiu, B., Lin, J. (2000). The Economic Considerations of Improving Accounting Information Quality. Accounting Research, (6), 14-20. [More Information]
1999
- Qiu, B. (1999). On Determining the Goal of Accounting in China. Sichuan Accounting, (4), 18-21.
Selected Grants
2021
- Reshaping the landscape of bank monitoring and risk disclosures, Qiu B, Wu E, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)
In the media
'Not good news for us': How Donald Trump's tariffs could impact the Australian economy[3 Feb 2025]
SBS
SBS interviewed Prof. Buhui Qiu about what President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China mean for Australia.
Tariff hikes unnerve Wall Street as trade war seen jolting markets[3 Feb 2025]
Reuters
Reuters interviewed Prof. Buhui Qiu about the implications of the new U.S. tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China.
Politicians' Hometown Favoritism and Capital Resource Allocation [12 Sep 2024]
The Management Studies Insights Blog
The Management Studies Insights Blog published an article by Prof. Buhui Qiu, Prof. Gary Tian and Dr. Yanling Wu on the effect of politicians' hometown favoritism on capital resource allocation.
U.S. Stock Sell-off Causes Global Slump! Japanese Stocks Plunge over 2,200 Points, Second Largest in History [2 Aug 2024]
TVBS News
TVBS News of Taiwan quoted Prof. Buhui Qiu on the global economy in a news report.
Australia's Guzman y Gomez Plans Big Expansion after Splashy IPO [10 July 2024]
NIKKEI Asia
NIKKEI Asia quoted Prof. Buhui Qiu in a recent article on the IPO of Guzman y Gomez.
FTX Found the Money [9 May 2024]
Bloomberg
Bloomberg quoted Prof. Buhui Qiu's research showing that firms under increased lender scrutiny after their relationship banks fail stress tests engage in fewer but higher-quality M&A deals.
Australian Stock Market Faces Tech Company Exodus [14 April 2024]
NIKKEI Asia
NIKKEI Asia quoted Prof. Buhui Qiu on the implication of recent delistings of tech companies from Australian Stock Exchange.
Climate-related Disclosure Commitment of the Lenders, Credit Rationing, and Borrower Environmental Performance [12 Feb 2024]
Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance published an article by Prof. Buhui Qiu (together with Prof. Iftekhar Hasan, Dr. Haekwon Lee and Prof. Anthony Saunders) on climate-related disclosure commitment of the lenders, credit rationing, and borrower environmental performance.
The U.S. Federal Reserve paused interest hike in June but signalled future rate hikes [15 Jun 2023]
TVBS News
TVBS News of Taiwan quoted Dr. Buhui Qiu on the effect of U.S. Federal Reserve’s recent interest rate policy on global stock markets.
