Regular biography
Associate Professor Kelvin Tan is an Associate Professor in Finance at the UQ Business School, The University of Queensland. His research focuses on corporate finance, capital structure, and labor economics. His work has been published in leading academic and practitioner journals, including Organization Science, Research Policy, Journal of Corporate Finance, and Journal of Financial Intermediation. He has received several awards for research excellence and teaching, including the 2016 Early Career Researcher Excellence in Research Award and the 2017 and 2024 Award for Excellence in Research by the UQ Business School. Dr Tan teaches courses in international financial management and corporate finance and has been recognized for his contributions to research supervision and teaching excellence.
Scholar-generated biography
Kelvin Jui Keng Tan is an Associate Professor of Finance at The University of Queensland, specializing in Corporate Finance, Capital Structure, and Debt Financing. His research explores the determinants of corporate debt maturity, the impact of CEO overconfidence on financial decisions, and the role of labor market dynamics in corporate leverage. Tan's work also examines the influence of institutional factors, such as blockholders and debt covenants, on capital structure choices. His studies often integrate empirical evidence with theoretical frameworks to understand corporate financial behavior and its implications for firm value.