Welcome to Johnny Chan's website
Gordon Ford College of Business
Western Kentucky University




 
 

Brief Bio

Johnny Chan is the Leon Page Professor of Banking and Financial Planning. He received his B.Soc.S degree in economics at Chinese University of Hong Kong (1984), M.A. in economics (1987), M.A. in finance (1989), and Ph.D. in finance (1990) at the University of Alabama. His teaching interests are investments and international finance. Research interests include derivative securities, mutual funds, fixed income, and financial education.  He has published more than 100 journal articles in leading finance and business journals such as Accounting and Business Research, Accounting and Finance, Accounting Organizations and Society, European Financial Management, Financial Management, Financial Review, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Financial Education, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of Futures Markets, Journal of International Business Studies,  Journal of Portfolio Management, Journal of Real Estate Research, Real Estate Economics, among others.  He held tenured faculty positions at the University of Dayton, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, and Moorhead State University before he joined WKU in 2003. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder and was a director of Midwest Finance Association (2004-2007). He won the College public service award in 2007, College research award in 2005 and 2008, and the Vitale Award for Innovation, Initiative, and Leadership in 2008.
 
 

Communication


Class (Fall 2009)

1. Finance 330 Principles of Finance (Section  04175)


2. Finance 330 Principles of Finance (Section 04177)


 


Recent Research (2006 to present)


Article in Western Scholar:  "Enjoying the process" (Fall 2004)

 


Gordon Ford College of Business Working Papers (click here)

 



Research in academic topics 

                   Erratum (corrected Table 3 of the paper; minor corrections in Tables 1, 2, and 4 not included)
                       Full ranking results (not in paper)   
                      Full institutional ranking results (not in paper)

                      Top-50 Author ranking results (not in paper)


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Professional Services




last modified on August 20, 2009