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Dr Justin Nguyen

Senior Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 2965
Email: hung.nguyen@ecu.edu.au
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6583-4856

Justin is the Senior Lecturer in Finance in the School of Business and Law.

Biography

Justin has established an internationally recognised research profile in corporate finance, corporate governance, and sustainability. He has received Best Paper Awards at prestigious finance conferences, including FMA, FIRN, AsianFA, FMCG, and NZFC. His research has been published in leading international journals (FT50/ABDC A*), including Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Corporate Finance (three papers), Journal of Banking and Finance (two papers), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, European Accounting Review, and Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, among others.

Justin has developed productive collaborations with 18 prominent scholars across Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and China/Hong Kong. He currently serves as Associate Editor of the European Journal of Finance (ABDC A/SJR Q1) and on the Scientific Committee of the Vietnam International Conference in Finance. His research has attracted more than 1,700 Google Scholar citations and an h-index of 14, supported by over $350,000 in competitive research funding. The impact of his work extends beyond academia through external recognition, including citation in an economic brief published by the Washington-based Cato Institute and dissemination through the Sydney-based practitioner RBV Consulting Group.

Justin works closely with Higher Degree by Research (HDR) candidates through structured mentoring, timely feedback, and the progressive development of independent research capability, with a strong emphasis on publication-quality research. One notable supervision outcome is a co-authored publication in the Journal of Banking and Finance (ABDC A*) before PhD completion. He also actively mentors early- and mid-career researchers across the University, strengthening research capability and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration. His research leadership includes serving on the ECU School of Business and Law Research Ethics Committee, co-organising the West Coast Finance Colloquium, delivering a keynote at the Finance and Investment Research Cluster Seminar, and serving as a panellist at the joint ECU HDR Symposium on Advancing Sustainable Futures: Research, Policy, and Practice in Governance.

Justin is also a dedicated educator who leads research-informed, practice-relevant curriculum innovation. He systematically integrates his research expertise in finance and sustainability with extensive industry experience as a stock analyst, bank auditor, central banker, and business finance manager to create authentic learning experiences that connect theory, evidence, and professional practice. Through this approach, students engage directly with contemporary economic and financial challenges while developing the analytical, research, and critical thinking skills valued by employers. His consistently strong UTEI results reflect positive student feedback on teaching quality and career readiness.

Current Teaching
  • Corporate Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Investment Management

Awards and Recognition
  • 2024 – INFINZ Best Paper Award for Investments, New Zealand Finance Colloquium, Auckland, New Zealand
  • 2023 – Top Research Output Awards (Overall & Emerging Researcher), Massey University, School of Economics and Finance, Auckland, New Zealand
  • 2023 – NZX-CGI Best Paper in Corporate Governance, New Zealand Finance Colloquium, Wellington, New Zealand
  • 2019 – Finalist for Best Paper Award, 11th FMA Asia-Pacific Conference, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
  • 2018 – Semi-finalist for Best Paper Award, 22nd FMA European Conference, Kristiansand, Norway
  • 2018 – Semi-finalist for Best Paper Award, 10th FMA Asia-Pacific Conference, Hong Kong
  • 2017 – Best Paper Award, 29th AsianFA Annual Conference, Seoul, South Korea
  • 2016 – Emerging Scholar Best Paper Award, 8th FMCG Conference, Wellington, New Zealand
  • 2016 – Best PhD Student Presentation, FIRN Annual Conference, Adelaide, Australia
  • 2014 – Finalist, 3 Minute Thesis Competition, College of Business, RMIT University, Melbourne
  • 2013-2017 – Australia Awards Scholarship (AAS), PhD Full Scholarship, Australian Government

Research Areas and Interests
  • Corporate Finance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Climate Finance
  • Labor Finance
  • CSR/ESG

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 2018.

Research Outputs

2025

Journal Articles

  • Nguyen, J., Truong, C., Zhang, B. (2025). The price of carbon risk: Evidence from the Kyoto Protocol ratification. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 130(March 2025), Article number 103118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2025.103118.
  • Sarkodie, H., Boasiako, K., Keefe, MO., Nguyen, J., Tawiah, B. (2025). Right-to-work laws and venture capital investment. Journal of Banking and Finance, 172(March 2025), Article number 107383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2025.107383.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Nguyen, J., Pham, P., Qiu, B. (2023). Proprietary Knowledge Protection and Product Market Performance. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 58(8), 3521-3546. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022109022001247.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Nguyen, J. (2022). How do labor adjustment costs affect corporate tax planning? Evidence from labor skills. International Review of Financial Analysis, 83(2022), article number 102293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2022.102293.
  • Nguyen, J., Qiu, B. (2022). Right-to-Work laws and corporate innovation. Journal of Corporate Finance, 76(2022), article number 102263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2022.102263.
  • Nguyen, J., Qiu, B. (2022). The effect of skilled labor intensity on corporate dividend payouts. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 49(5-6), 963-1010. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbfa.12573.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Marshall, BR., Nguyen, J., Nguyen, NH., Visaltanachoti, N. (2021). Does a change in the information environment affect labor adjustment costs?. International Review of Financial Analysis, 74(2021), article number 101665. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2021.101665.
  • Nguyen, J. (2021). Tax Avoidance and Financial Statement Readability. European Accounting Review, 30(5), 1043-1066. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2020.1811745.
  • Nguyen, J., Shi, J. (2021). Are banks really special? Evidence from a natural experiment. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 72(2021), article number 101336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2021.101336.

2020

Journal Articles

2018

Journal Articles

  • Balachandran, B., Nguyen, J. (2018). Does carbon risk matter in firm dividend policy? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in an imputation environment. Journal of Banking and Finance, 96(2018), 249-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2018.09.015.
  • Nguyen, J. (2018). Carbon risk and firm performance: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment. Australian Journal of Management, 43(1), 65-90. https://doi.org/10.1177/0312896217709328.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, An Empirical Study of Medical Marijuana Legalisation and Corporate Finance Outcomes.

Completed Supervisions

No data available
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