VITA
BUSINESS ADDRESS
Department of Finance
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Clear Water Bay, Kowloon
Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 2358-7680
Fax: (852) 2358-1749
E-mail: Kachan@ust.hk
Homepage: http://www.bm.ust.hk/~kachan/index.html
EDUCATION
Ohio State University, Ph.D. in Finance
Chinese University of Hong Kong, B.S. in Economics
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,
Department of Finance, Visiting Associate Professor, 1995-97; Associate
Professor, 1998 ¡V 2000; Professor, 2000 - Present.
National University of Singapore, Visiting
Professor, July-Aug, 2001 & 2002.
Arizona State University, Department of Finance,
Assistant Professor, 1990-95; Associate Professor, 1995-97.
City University of Hong Kong, Department of
Economics & Finance, Visiting Fellow, June-August 1994.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Hong Kong Research Grant Council, Competitive
Earmarked Research Grant, 1996-97 (HK$460,000),
1998-99 (HK$405,000), 2000-01 (HK$ 450,000),
2002-03 (HK $560,000).
Postdoctoral Matching Fund (HKUST), 2000-02.
Senior Wei Lun Fellow (HKUST), 2000 - 03.
Wei Lun Fund Fellowship (HKUST), 1997-98.
Pacific-Basin Capital Markets (PACAP) Conference,
Competitive Research Grant, 1994.
Pacific-Basin Capital Markets (PACAP) Research
Fellow, 1994.
PUBLICATION
Refereed publication:
¡§What If Trading Location is Different from
Business Location? Evidence from Jardine Group Trading¡¨, with Allaudeen
Hameed and Sie-Ting Lau, 2002, Journal of Finance, forthcoming.
"The Informational Role of Stock and Option Volume," with Peter Chung and Wai-Ming Fong, 2002, Review of Financial Studies, forthcoming.
¡§Limit Orders, Depth, and Volatiltiy,¡¨ with Hee-Joon Ahn and Kee-Hong Bae, Journal of Finance, 2001, Vol 56, 767-788.
"Depository Receipts, Country Funds, and the Peso Crash: The Intraday Evidence", with Warren Bailey and Peter Chung, Journal of Finance, 2000, Vol 55, 2693-2717.
"Overnight Information and Intraday Trading Behavior: Evidence from NYSE Cross-Listed Stocks and their Local Market Information", with Mark Chockalingam and Wan Lai, Journal of Multinational Financial Management, 2000, Vol 10, 495-509.
¡§Trade Size, Order Imbalance, and the Volatility-Volume Relation,¡¨ with Wai-Ming Fong, Journal of Financial Economics, 2000, Vol 57, 247-273.
"Profitability of Momentum Strategies in the International Equity Markets", with Allaudeen Hameed and Wilson Tong, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2000, Vol 35, 153-172.
"Bid-Ask Spread and Arbitrage Profitability: A Study of the Hong Kong Index Futures and Options Market", with Kee-Hong Bae and Yan-Leung Cheung, Journal of Futures Market , 1998, Vol 18, 743-763.
"Market Efficiency and the Returns to Technical Analysis", with Hank Bessembinder, Financial Management, 1998, Vol 27, No 2, 5-17.
"Asian Stock Market Bubbles", with Grant McQueen and Steve Thorley, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal , 1998, Vol 6, 125-152.
"An Empirical Examination of Information, Differences of Opinion, and Trading Activity," with Hank Bessembinder and Paul Seguin, Journal of Financial Economics, 1996, Vol 40, 105-134.
"Intraday Bid-Ask Spread Pattern in the Stock and Option Market," with Peter Chung and Herb Johnson, Journal of Finance and Quantitative Analysis, 1995, Vol 30, 329-346.
"Vector Autoregression or Simultaneous Equations Model? The Intraday Relationship Between Index Arbitrage and Market Volatility," with Peter Chung, Journal of Banking and Finance, 1995, Vol 19, 173-179.
"The Profitability of Technical Trading Rules in the Asian Stock Markets," with Hank Bessembinder, .Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 1995, Vol 3, 257-284.
"Why Option Prices Lag Stock Prices: A Trading-Based Explanation," with Peter Chung and Herb Johnson, Journal of Finance, 1993, Vol 48, 1957-1967.
"Imperfect Information and Cross-Autocorrelation Among Stock Prices," Journal of Finance, 1993, Vol 48, 1211-1230.
"Index Arbitrage, Spot and Futures Price Volatility, and Spot Market Volume: A test with Intraday Transactions Data", with Peter Chung, Journal of Banking and Finance, 1993, Vol 17, 663-688.
"Price Volatility in the Hong Kong Stock Market: A Test of the Information and Trading Noise Hypothesis," with Yue-cheong Chan, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 1993, Vol 1, 189-201.
"Time Varying Risk Premia and Forecastable Returns in Futures Markets," with Hank Bessembinder, Journal of Financial Economics, 1992, Vol 32,169-193.
"A Further Analysis of the Lead-lag Relationship Between the Cash Market and Stock Index Futures Markets", Review of Financial Studies, 1992, Vol 5, 123-152.
"Intraday Volatility in the Stock Market and
Stock Index Futures Market", with K.C. Chan and Andrew Karolyi, Review
of Financial Studies, 1991, Vol 4, 657-684. Also appear in Volatility:
New Estimation Techniques for Pricing Derivatives, Risk Books, June
1998, 163-178.
Other Publications:
Book review: Asian Money Markets, edited by
David Cole, Hal Scott and Philip Wellons, Journal of Comparative Economics
, 1997, Vol 24, 362-364.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND PARTICIPATION
Editorial Service:
Editor, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 1997
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Associate Editor, Asia-Pacific Journal of
Finance, 1996 ¡V 98.
Ad-hoc Reviewer:
Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Communications
in Statistics, Financial Management, Global Finance Journal, Hong Kong
Journal of Business Management, International Review of Economics &
Finance, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Banking & Finance,
Journal of Business, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Journal
of Comparative Economics, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Finance,
Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Financial Markets, Journal
of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Financial Research,
Journal of Financial Services Research, Journal of Futures Markets, Journal
of International Money and Finance, Management Science, Multinational Finance
Journal, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Quantitative Finance, Quarterly
Journal of Business and Economics, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance,
Review of Financial Studies, Review of Financial Markets, City University
of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Oxford University Press.
Conference Program Committee Members:
European Finance Association Meetings (1999),
Financial Management Association Meetings (2002), Pacific-Basin Capital
Market Conference (1997-present), ORSA-TIMS Meetings (1993), Western Finance
Association Meetings (1996 -97)
External examiner and course assessor:
Baptist University (1998), Hong Kong Polytechnic
University (2000), National Universityof Singapore (2000), Open University
of Hong Kong (2001), Tsinghua University (2000),
TEACHING AND CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
Teaching at HKUST:
PhD: Empirical Research in Finance
MSc/MBA: Investment Analysis and Portfolio
Management, Portfolio Management, Financial Analysis and Securities Trading
Undergraduate: Bloomberg Analytics,
Financial Management, Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
Executive/Professional Teaching
Diploma Course in Derivatives and Risk Management,
Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Morgan Stanely Dean Witter, CFA Review
Course (Level I & II).
Consulting Experience:
HSBC, Department of Justice of Hong Kong SAR
UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
HKUST:
Deputy Head, Department of Finance, 2002
Member, University Appointments and Substantiation
Committee (UASC), 2001 - present
Trustee, Staff Superannuation Scheme, Hong
Kong University of Science & Technology, 2002-present
Director of PhD/MPhil Programme, School of
Business and Management, 1996- 2001.
Member, Committee of Postgraduate Studies,
1996 - 2001 .
Member, Committee on Teaching and Learning
Quality, 1998 ¡V2001
Member, School of Appointment and Substantiation
Committee, 2000-01
Member, Advisory Committee on the Choice of
the University¡¦s MPF Service Provider, 2000.
Member, Academic Review Committee, Department
of Finance, 1995 - present .
Community Service:
Advisor, Hong Kong Association of Investors,
2000-present
Member, Working Group for the Development
of Licensing Examinations, Hong Kong Securities Institute, 2002
Member, Asia-Pacific Regional Committee, FTSE,
2001-present