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Min Maung

Acting Department Head, Professor

Edwards Enhancement Chair in Business

306-966-2829 maung@edwards.usask.ca CV

Address
Room 79
25 Campus Drive, Nutrien Centre, University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, SK, S7N 5A7

Biography

Dr. Min Thu Maung received his PhD from the University of Alberta. He also received his B.S., MBA, and M.S. degrees from the University of Utah. His research interests are in the areas of dividend signaling, asymmetric information, corporate governance, and venture capital. His research papers have been published in several academic journals. He has also presented and discussed papers at various departmental seminars and international conferences. Please click here for CV.

Courses

Comm 461: Theory of Finance

MBA 870: Cases in Corporate Finance

FIN 990: Finance Research Seminar

Research and Publications

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant, Min Maung *(Principal Investigator), "Social Norms, Board Gender Diversity, and Firm Performance," $50,213.
June 1, 2022, to May 31, 2024

Maung, M., 2022. Trust and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. International Review of Financial Analysis 83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2022.102262

Maung, M., Tang,Z.,*Wilson, C., and Xu, X, 2021. Religion, risk aversion, and cross border mergers  and acquisitions. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money 70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2020.101262

Chowdhury, R., Maung, M., 2020. Accessibility to external finance and entrepreneurship: A cross-country analysis from informal institutional perspective. Journal of Small Business Management, DOI: 10.1080/00472778.2020.1726125

Maung, M., Tang, Z., Xu, X., 2020. Religion and Venture Investing: A Cross-Country Analysis. Financial Review 55 (3),  433-460.

Maung, M., Miller, D., Tang, Z., and Xu, X, 2020. Value-enhancing social responsibility: Market reaction to donations by family vs. nonfamily firms with religious CEOs, Journal of Business Ethics 163, 745–758.

Maung, M., Wilson, C., Yu, W, 2020. Does Reputation Risk Matter? Evidence from Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money 66, 101 204

Maung, M., Shedden, M., Wang, Y., Wilson C. 2019. The investment environment and cross-border merger and acquisition premiums, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money 59, 19-35

Chowdhury, R. H., Maung, M., 2019. Historical ties between nations: How do they matter in cross-border mergers and acquisitions? International Review of Economics and Finance, 58, 30-48.

Li, J., Maung, M., Wilson, C., 2018. Governance and financial development: A cross-country analysis, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money 52 (C), 227-239. 

Gill, A., Maung, M., Chowdhury, R. H., 2016. Social capital of non-resident family members and small business financing: Evidence from an Indian state, International Journal of Managerial Finance 12 (5), 558 – 582.

Maung, M., Tang, X., Wilson, C., 2016. Political connections and industrial pollution: Evidence based on state ownership and environmental levies in China, Journal of Business Ethics 138 (4), 649–659.

Chen, Q., Maung, M., Shi, Y., Wilson, C., 2014. Foreign direct investment concessions and environmental levies in China. International Review of Financial Analysis 36, 241-250.

Chowdhury, R. H., Maung, M., 2014. Credit rating changes and leverage adjustments: concurrent or continual? Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies 17 (4), 1-29.

Maung, M., Chowdhury, R. H., 2014. Is there a right time for capital investment? Studies in Economics and Finance 31(2), 223-243.

 Chowdhury, R. H., Maung, M., Zhang, W., 2014. Information content of dividends: A case of an emerging financial market. Studies in Economics and Finance 31(3), 272-290.

Chowdhury, R. H., Maung, M., 2014. Time-varying social mood and corporate investment distortion. International Journal of Behavioral Accounting and Finance, 4(2), 153-174.

Maung, M., 2014. Security issuances in hot and cold markets. Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies 17(3), 1-45.

Chowdhury, R. H., Maung, M., 2013. Corporate entrepreneurship and debt financing: Evidence from the GCC countries. International Journal of Managerial Finance 9, 294-313.

Chowdhury, R. H., Maung, M., 2012. Financial market development and the effectiveness of R&D investment: Evidence from developed and emerging countries. Research in International Business and Finance 26, 258– 272.

Research