Dr Mengqian Chen

  • Lecturer in Finance (Accounting & Finance)

telephone: 01413307494
email: Mengqian.Chen@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: She/her/hers

Room 521, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, 2 Discovery Place, Glasgow, G11 6EY

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Biography

Mengqian joined the Adam Smith Business School in 2023 as a Lecturer in Finance. She received a PhD and MSc in Finance from the University of Manchester. Her research interests lie in empirical corporate finance, including cash holdings, corporate financing decisions, securities issuance, SEOs, and stock market reactions. Mengqian is a reviewer for the British Accounting Review, International Journal of Finance and Economics, The European Journal of Finance, and Economic Modelling.

Research interests

Mengqian is a member of the School's Finance research cluster

Areas of expertise:

  • Corporate finance
  • Cash holdings
  • Corporate securities issuance
  • SEOs
  • Stock market reactions

Mengqian is also interested in FinTech, green finance, and ESG. 

Publications

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2025

Chen, Mengqian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5671-094X, Dutordoir, Marie and Strong, Norman C. (2025) Cash-rich seasoned equity issuers. European Journal of Finance, 31(8), pp. 1058-1087. (doi: 10.1080/1351847X.2024.2445284)

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Articles

Chen, Mengqian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5671-094X, Dutordoir, Marie and Strong, Norman C. (2025) Cash-rich seasoned equity issuers. European Journal of Finance, 31(8), pp. 1058-1087. (doi: 10.1080/1351847X.2024.2445284)

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Grants

  • ASBS Esteem Building Grant, University of Glasgow, 2025
  • Wards Trust Grant, University of Glasgow, 2025
  • The Centre for the Analysis of Investment Risk, The University of Manchester, 2022
  • EFA Travel Grant, European Finance Association, 2022

Supervision

  • Sun, Rongting
    Fintech Innovation and Risk Management
  • Zhang, Zhaolin
    Corporate Finance and Artificial Intelligence in Financial Markets

Teaching

Mengqian has taught courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Current courses

  • International Financial Management (UG)
  • Foundations of Finance (UG)

Past courses

  • Corporate Finance and Valuation (PGT)
  • Behavioural Finance (PGT)
  • Corporate Finance (UG)
  • Financial Markets and Institutions (UG)
  • Investment Analysis (UG)
  • Financial Reporting (UG)