Dr Mengqian Chen

  • Lecturer in Finance (Accounting & Finance)

telephone: 01413307494
email: Mengqian.Chen@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: She/her/hers

Room 521, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, 2 Discovery Place, Glasgow, G11 6EY

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Biography

Mengqian joined the Adam Smith Business School in 2023 as a Lecturer in Finance. She received a PhD and MSc in Finance from the University of Manchester. Her research interests lie in empirical corporate finance, including cash holdings, security issuance, SEOs, shelf registration, and event studies. 

Research interests

Mengqian is a member of the School's Finance research cluster

Areas of expertise:

  • Corporate finance
  • Cash holdings
  • Corporate security offerings
  • SEOs
  • Announcement returns
  • Event studies

Mengqian is also interested in ESG/gender-related topics.

Grants

  • The Centre for the Analysis of Investment Risk (£600), The University of Manchester, 2022

Teaching

Mengqian has taught courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Current courses

  • International Financial Management (UG)
  • Foundations of Finance (UG)

Past courses

  • Corporate Finance and Valuation (PGT)
  • Behavioural Finance (PGT)
  • Corporate Finance (UG)
  • Financial Markets and Institutions (UG)
  • Investment Analysis (UG)
  • Financial Reporting (UG)