Leo Luong

Dr. Leo Luong is a Lecturer in Finance at the School of Business, University of Queensland. He specializes in corporate finance, institutional investing, and ESG-related financial markets. Contact: h.luong@business.uq.edu.au, Room 309 Colin Clark Building (39), St. Lucia Campus. Research focuses on stock liquidity, corporate governance, media effects on markets, and cross-border institutional impacts.

• PhD in Finance (2014) from School of Banking and Finance, University of New South Wales

Research interests include analyzing CEO incentives, political uncertainty’s impact on liquidity, media coverage effects on stock synchronicity, and ESG disclosures’ role in IPO pricing. He contributed to the Management Science Reproducibility Collaboration addressing reproducibility challenges in management research.

His publications (2015–2024) explore themes such as foreign institutional investors’ innovation impacts, M&A laws’ effects on stock crash risk, and cultural influences on financial markets. Current work extends to mandatory ESG disclosures and IPO underpricing dynamics.

No scientific awards explicitly listed. Advising/mentoring details not provided in available texts. Engaged with international collaborations and participates in academic conferences (e.g., 2023 FMA Annual Meeting).