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Tan, David Dr

Senior Lecturer in Finance

Overview

David received his PhD in Finance from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in 2010 and has held academic positions at the Australian National University and UNSW prior to joining the School of Business (Discipline of Finance) at the University of Wollongong. He is a multidisciplinary researcher interested in how quantitative analysis can be used to improve the decision-making process of individuals, organisations, and policy-makers. 

David works closely with industry and is the recipient of a large research grant funded by Qantas Airways. He is an Advisor (Data Science and Credit Risk) for Split - the largest BNPL fintech provider in Malaysia and Singapore; and has recently commenced a joint research project with Lonpac Insurance, UoW and UNSW. David is currently the Director of the Masters in Applied Finance program, a faculty representative on the Academic Senate, and teaches MBA906 (Financial Strategy and Governance). He serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Travel Research, and is the leader of the newly established Research Cluster "Aviation and Tourism Management" at UoW's Centre for Contemporary Australasian Business and Economics Studies. 




Research Overview

  • David enjoys applying quantitative analysis to the areas of corporate finance, asset pricing, algorithmic trading, tourism economics, and aviation management. His research has been published in Quantitative Finance, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Commodity Markets, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Regional Studies, Urban Studies, Journal of Travel Research, and Annals of Tourism Research.

Selected Publications

Presentations

Potential Supervision Topics

  • I'm interested in topics that are novel and innovative within the context of corporate finance, corporate governance, asset pricing, aviation economics, development economics, or tourism economics.   

    Current PhD supervision projects include: 
    • "Airline Fuel Policy Modelling and Uplift Optimisation: Bootstrapping Quick Access Recorder Data" - Agnes Tang (funded by Qantas Airways, Engineering Group), joint supervision with A/Prof Richard Wu (UNSW).
      Status: Graduated. 
    • "In Search of the Right Price for Air Travel: Price-demand Elasticity and Optimal Price Ladder" - Suranga Perera, joint supervision with Dr Searat Ali (UoW).
      Status: Ongoing. 
    • "Essays in Mobile Money and Financial Inclusion" - Andy Umali (funded by Australia Awards), joint supervision with A/Prof Hoang Long Chu (ANU).
      Status: Ongoing. 
    • "Investigating Endogeneity and the Impact of Corporate Governance on the Growth-Profit Trade-off in the Airline Industry" - Yun Muang (funded by UoW UPA scholarship) , joint supervision with Dr Amir Arjomandi (UoW) and Dr Ian Douglas (UoW, UNSW).
      Status: Commencing 2021.
    • "Impact of Politically Connected Outside Directors on Firm Performance" - Muhammad Saleem (funded by Higher Education Commission Pakistan Scholarship), joint supervision with Dr Searat Ali (UoW) and Dr Abdullah Mamun (UoW).
      Status: Commencing 2021.  
    I am also available for Honours supervision. Previous supervised Honours topics include:   
    • Investigating the Performance of Financial Distress Forecasting Models
    • Foreign Currency Hedging and Cost of Equity Capital: A Dynamic Panel Approach
    • The Corporate Governance and Performance Relation: A Small Firm Perspective
    • Rethinking Risk and Productivity in Australia’s International Tourism Portfolio
    • Airline Growth vs Profitability
    • Airline Fuel Hedging and the Impact on Financial Risks
    • Airline Risk Management and Firm Valuation

Advisees

  • Graduate Advising Relationship

    Degree Research Title Advisee
    Doctor of Philosophy In Search of the Right Price for Air Travel: Price-demand Elasticity and Optimal Price Ladder Perera, Suranga
    Doctor of Philosophy The impact of corporate goverenance on the trade-off between corporate social responsibility and airline performance. Maung, Yun
    Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) Determinants and Consequences of Political Connections Saleem, Muhammad

Education And Training

Keywords

  • Applied econometrics 
  • Asset pricing 
  • Aviation economics
  • Corporate finance
  • Corporate governance
  • Machine learning models
  • Tourism economics

Full Name

  • David Tat Wei Tan

Mailing Address

  • School of Business

    Building 40, Northfields Avenue

    University of Wollongong

    New South Wales

    2522

    Australia

Research Overview

  • David enjoys applying quantitative analysis to the areas of corporate finance, asset pricing, algorithmic trading, tourism economics, and aviation management. His research has been published in Quantitative Finance, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Commodity Markets, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Regional Studies, Urban Studies, Journal of Travel Research, and Annals of Tourism Research.

Selected Publications

Presentations

Potential Supervision Topics

  • I'm interested in topics that are novel and innovative within the context of corporate finance, corporate governance, asset pricing, aviation economics, development economics, or tourism economics.   

    Current PhD supervision projects include: 
    • "Airline Fuel Policy Modelling and Uplift Optimisation: Bootstrapping Quick Access Recorder Data" - Agnes Tang (funded by Qantas Airways, Engineering Group), joint supervision with A/Prof Richard Wu (UNSW).
      Status: Graduated. 
    • "In Search of the Right Price for Air Travel: Price-demand Elasticity and Optimal Price Ladder" - Suranga Perera, joint supervision with Dr Searat Ali (UoW).
      Status: Ongoing. 
    • "Essays in Mobile Money and Financial Inclusion" - Andy Umali (funded by Australia Awards), joint supervision with A/Prof Hoang Long Chu (ANU).
      Status: Ongoing. 
    • "Investigating Endogeneity and the Impact of Corporate Governance on the Growth-Profit Trade-off in the Airline Industry" - Yun Muang (funded by UoW UPA scholarship) , joint supervision with Dr Amir Arjomandi (UoW) and Dr Ian Douglas (UoW, UNSW).
      Status: Commencing 2021.
    • "Impact of Politically Connected Outside Directors on Firm Performance" - Muhammad Saleem (funded by Higher Education Commission Pakistan Scholarship), joint supervision with Dr Searat Ali (UoW) and Dr Abdullah Mamun (UoW).
      Status: Commencing 2021.  
    I am also available for Honours supervision. Previous supervised Honours topics include:   
    • Investigating the Performance of Financial Distress Forecasting Models
    • Foreign Currency Hedging and Cost of Equity Capital: A Dynamic Panel Approach
    • The Corporate Governance and Performance Relation: A Small Firm Perspective
    • Rethinking Risk and Productivity in Australia’s International Tourism Portfolio
    • Airline Growth vs Profitability
    • Airline Fuel Hedging and the Impact on Financial Risks
    • Airline Risk Management and Firm Valuation

Advisees

  • Graduate Advising Relationship

    Degree Research Title Advisee
    Doctor of Philosophy In Search of the Right Price for Air Travel: Price-demand Elasticity and Optimal Price Ladder Perera, Suranga
    Doctor of Philosophy The impact of corporate goverenance on the trade-off between corporate social responsibility and airline performance. Maung, Yun
    Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) Determinants and Consequences of Political Connections Saleem, Muhammad

Education And Training

Keywords

  • Applied econometrics 
  • Asset pricing 
  • Aviation economics
  • Corporate finance
  • Corporate governance
  • Machine learning models
  • Tourism economics

Full Name

  • David Tat Wei Tan

Mailing Address

  • School of Business

    Building 40, Northfields Avenue

    University of Wollongong

    New South Wales

    2522

    Australia

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