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Nanyang Technological University

Nanyang Business School

 

Division of Banking and Finance

S3-B1A-30, Nanyang Avenue

Singapore 639798

 

Tel : +65-6790-6117

Email: aaclow “@” ntu.edu.sg

SSRN Author Page: http://ssrn.com/author= 383608

 

 

CV (pdf)

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Finance (July 2007)

Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Committee: Anil Makhija (Chair), Henrik Cronqvist, David Hirshleifer, and Rüdiger Fahlenbrach

Title: Two Essays in Corporate Finance

 

Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance) with First Class Honors (2001)

Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Corporate Governance, Managerial Compensation, Corporate Culture, Capital Structure

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Hirshleifer, David, Angie Low, and Siew Hong Teoh, 2012, Are overconfident CEOs better innovators? Journal of Finance, forthcoming

 

Fahlenbrach, Rüdiger, Angie Low, and René M. Stulz, 2009, Why do firms appoint CEOs as outside directors?, Journal of Financial Economics 97, pp. 12-32

 

Low, Angie, 2009, Managerial risk-taking behavior and equity-based compensation, Journal of Financial Economics 92, pp. 470-490

 

Ding, David K., and Angie Low, 2004, The designation and removal of trustee stock status: Wealth effects, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 31, pp. 505-537

 

 

WORKING PAPERS

Persistence in firm policies, firm origin, and corporate culture: Evidence from corporate spin-offs (with Henrik Cronqvist and Mattias Nilsson)

 

The dark side of outside directors: Do they quit when they are most needed?  (with Rüdiger Fahlenbrach and René M. Stulz)

 

Career concerns and the busy life of the young CEO (with Anil Makhija and Xiaoyang Li)

 

Employee stock options and corporate innovation (with Xin Chang, Kangkang Fu, and Wenrui Zhang)

 

 

ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS

Researcher of the Year, Division of Banking and Finance, NTU, 2010

René M. Stulz Scholar Development Award, Ohio State University, April 2007

Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal, NTU, 2001

Singapore Investment Banking Association Gold Medal, NTU, 2001

Singapore Society of Financial Analysts Gold Medal, NTU, 2001

NTU-Sumitomo Bank Scholarship, NTU, 1999-2000

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor:    Nanyang Business School,

Nanyang Technological University, 2007-Present

 

Research Assistant:     Ohio State University

                                    Henrik Cronqvist, Winter 2006-Spring 2007

                                    Anthony Sanders, Winter 2004–Fall 2005

                                    Anil Makhija, Spring 2003-Fall 2004

                                    Andrew Karolyi, Fall 2002-Winter 2003

 

Senior Tutor:               Nanyang Business School,

                                    Nanyang Technological University, 2001-2007

 

 

TEACHING

Financial Management (undergraduate course), 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Corporate Finance (Advanced undergraduate course), 2008

Seminar in Corporate Finance (Ph.D. course), 2008

Financial Management (Tutor, undergraduate course), 2002

 

 

 

 

 

Updated: March 2012