Wenlan

QIAN, Wenlan

Associate Professor
Dean's Chair


FINANCE

(65) 6516 3015
bizqw@nus.edu.sg
BIZ1 7-67
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Bio

Wenlan Qian is Associate Professor and Dean's Chair in the Department of Finance at the NUS Business School, and Deputy Director of Research at the Institute of Real Estate Studies at the National University of Singapore. She is fellow of the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economics Research, Luohan Academcy at Alibaba Group, and the Homer Hoyt Weimer School of Advanced Studies in Real Estate and Land Economics. Currently, Wenlan Qian is an editor of Real Estate Economics, board member of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, and associate editor of Financial Management.  

Wenlan Qian's main research interests are household finance, real estate, digitization and FinTech, short sellers, and financial intermediaries. She is the recipient of multiple prestigious external grants and has won the best paper awards at leading international conferences in finance and real estate. Her research is published or accepted at top academic journals such as American Economic Review, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Review of Economics and Statistics, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Management Science, Real Estate Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and Review of Finance

Wenlan Qian holds a PhD in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.

Recognition & Awards

  • Best Paper Award, China Finance Research Conference - 2018
  • Among the Most Influential Business Professors 40 and under, Singapore Business Review - 2016
  • Young Researcher Award, NUS Business School - 2015
  • BlackRock Research Award for the Best Paper in Capital Markets, Australasian Banking and Finance Conference - 2014
  • Best paper award in asset pricing, SFS Cavalcade, SFS Cavalcade - 2014
  • Best Paper Award, First prize, Global Chinese Real Estate Congress - 2012
  • Best Paper Award, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association International Meeting - 2009

Educational Qualifications

  • Ph.D., Finance and Real Estate, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 2008
  • B.Econ, Economics, Shanghai International Studies University, China, China, 1998

Academic Experience

  • Associate Professor of Finance, National University of Singapore, 2016 - current
  • Assistant Professor of Finance, National University of Singapore, 2008 - 2015

Selected Publications

Thy neighbor's misfortune: peer effects on consumption

Journal Articles
Qian, Wenlan with Xin Zou
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Year
2020

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The Ownership Complaint Gap: Mutual vs Stock Intermediaries

Journal Articles
Reeb, David M with Jiang Cheng
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 55, (5), 1685-1715

Year
2020

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Disguised corruption: Evidence from consumer credit in China

Journal Articles
Qian, Wenlan with Amit Seru and Jian Zhang
Journal of Financial Economics, 137, (2), 430-450

Year
2020

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Disaggregated Sales and Stock Returns

Journal Articles
Qian, Wenlan with Xin Zou
Management Science

Year
2020

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Age of Decision: Pension Savings Withdrawal and Consumption and Debt Responses

Journal Articles
Qian, Wenlan with Jessica Pan
Management Science, 66, (1), 3254-3270

Year
2020

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Selected Publications

14

Journals

Journal Articles

Thy neighbor's misfortune: peer effects on consumption

Journal Articles
Qian, Wenlan with Xin Zou
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Year
2020

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The Ownership Complaint Gap: Mutual vs Stock Intermediaries

Journal Articles
Reeb, David M with Jiang Cheng
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 55, (5), 1685-1715

Year
2020

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Disguised corruption: Evidence from consumer credit in China

Journal Articles
Qian, Wenlan with Amit Seru and Jian Zhang
Journal of Financial Economics, 137, (2), 430-450

Year
2020

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Disaggregated Sales and Stock Returns

Journal Articles
Qian, Wenlan with Xin Zou
Management Science

Year
2020

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Age of Decision: Pension Savings Withdrawal and Consumption and Debt Responses

Journal Articles
Qian, Wenlan with Jessica Pan
Management Science, 66, (1), 3254-3270

Year
2020

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Mobile Wallet and Entrepreneurial Growth

Journal Articles
Yeung, Yin, Bernard with Sumit Agarwal, Wenlan Qian and Zou, Xin
American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 109, 48-53

Year
2019

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Access to home equity and consumption: Evidence from a policy experiment

Journal Articles
Qian, Wenlan
Review of Economics and Statistics, 99, (1), 40-52

Year
2017

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Speculative investors and transaction tax: Evidence from the housing market

Journal Articles
Yeung, Yin, Bernard with FU YUMING
Management Science, 62, (11), 3254-3270, Best paper award, first prize, Global Chinese Real Estate Congress 2012; IMAS-CAMRI Applied Finance Research Grant 2011

Year
2016

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Playing the Boys Game: Golf buddies and board diversity

Journal Articles
Reeb, David M with SING TIEN FOO
American Economic Review, 106, (5), 272-276, Papers & Proceedings

Year
2016

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How constraining are limits to arbitrage?

Journal Articles
Qian, Wenlan with Ljungqvist A.
Review of Financial Studies, 29, (8), 1975-2028, NBER Working Paper Series No. 19834, Best paper award in asset pricing, SFS Cavalcade 2014; BlackRock Research Award for the Best Paper in Capital Markets, AFBC 2014

Year
2016

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The hidden peril: The role of the condo loan market in the recent financial crisis

Journal Articles
Qian, Wenlan with DENG YONGHENG and LUO C
Review of Finance, 20, (2), 467-500

Year
2016

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Competition of the Informed: Does the Presence of Short Sellers Affect Insider Selling?

Journal Articles
Qian, Wenlan with Massa M, XU W and Zhang H
Journal of Financial Economics, 118, (2), 268-288

Year
2015

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The Composition Effect of Consumption around Retirement: Evidence from Singapore

Journal Articles
Qian, Wenlan with PAN YUNFEN, JESSICA
American Economic Review, 105, (5), 426-431, Papers and Proceedings

Year
2015

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Consumption and Debt Response to Unanticipated Income Shocks: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Singapore

Journal Articles
Qian, Wenlan
American Economic Review, 104, (12), 4205-4320

Year
2014

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Research / Teaching Areas

Household Finance

Real Estate

Digitization And Fintech

Financial Intermediaries

Short Sellers

Courses

  • BMF5332, Foundations of Investments
  • BZD6004, Applied Econometrics (PhD)
  • BFA6002, Finance Theory (PhD)
  • FIN3102, Investments (Undergrad)

Membership & Professional Activities

  • Editor, Real Estate Economics
  • Associate Editor, Financial Management
  • Board, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association
  • Expert Panel, Social Science and Humanities Research, Social Science Research Council, Ministry of Education, Singapore
  • Organizing Committee, European Household Finance Conference, AREUEA-ASSA, NBER/EASE, ABFER(Investment Track), AEA (session organizers), CICF, International AREUEA/AsRES, NUS IRES Symposium
  • Program Review Committee, Asian Finance Association Conference, EFA, Finance Down and Under Conference, IBEFA, FMA Asia, Singapore International Finance Conference, Financial Institutions, Regulation and Corporate Governance Conference,NUS-RMI Annual Risk Management Conference
  • Member, AEA, AFA, WFA and AREUEA
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