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Bin Chang
PhD

Associate Professor

Finance

Faculty of Business and Information Technology

Contact information

Business and Information Technology Building - Room 3002
North Oshawa
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5

905.721.8668 ext. 3802

bin.chang@ontariotechu.ca

Research topics

  • Corporate Payout Policy
  • Corporate Governance
  • Cash policy
  • Innovation
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Pension

Background

Prior to joining Ontario Tech University, Dr. Bin Chang was a credit derivatives risk analyst at CIBC and an instructor at the University of Toronto. Before she came to Canada, she was a foreign exchange trader at the Bank of China.

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario
  • Master of Arts (MA) Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario
  • Master of Arts (MA) Wuhan University in China
  • Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Wuhan University in China
  • Bachelor of Arts (BA) Wuhan University in China

Research and expertise

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) - Insight Development Grant 2021. Principal Investigator: Bin Chang, Co-investigator: Nelson Amaral
    • $43,279
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) – Insight Development Grant 2013: Does Corporate Governance Impact Cash? International Evidence. Principal Investigator: Bin Chang; Co-investigators: Shantanu Dutta and Samir Saadi.
    • $24,077
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) – Standard Research Grant 2010: Impact of Financial Crisis and Corporate Governance on Dividend Policy. Principal Applicant: Shantanu Dutta; Co-applicant: Bin Chang.
    • $27,075
  • Corporate Payout Policy
  • Corporate Governance
  • cash policy, Innovation
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Pension

Involvement

  • Selected referred journal articles
    • Amaral, N.B, Chang, B., and Burns, R. 2021. "Understanding consumer stockpiling: Insight provided during the COVID-19 pandemic". Journal of Consumer Affairs. Dec 2021. 
    • Chang, B., Chang, M. and Dutta, S. 2020.  “National Culture, Firm Characteristics, and Dividend Policy”, Emerging Markets Finance & Trade. 56(1), 149-163. 
    • Chang, B., Dutta, S., Saadi, S., Zhu, P. 2018. “Corporate Governance and Dividend Payout Policy: Beyond Country‐Level Governance”. Journal of Financial Research 41 (4), 445-484.
    • Booth, L., Chang, B., and Zhou, J. 2014. Which Analysts Lead the Herd in Stock Recommendations, Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance, 29(4), 464-491.
    • Booth, L., Chang, B., and Zhou, J. 2013. Import Competition and Disappearing Dividends. Journal of International Business Studies, 44(2), 138-154.
    • Baker, H.K., Chang, B., Dutta, S., and Saadi, S. 2013. Canadian Corporate Payout Policy. International Journal of Managerial Finance, 9(3), 164-184.
    • Baker, H.K., Chang, B., Dutta, S., and Saadi, S. 2012, Why Firms Do Not Pay Dividends: The Canadian Experience. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 39 (9-10), 1330-1356.
    • Chang, B. and Dutta, S. 2012. “Dividends and Corporate Governance: Canadian Evidence”. The IUP Journal of Applied Finance, 18(4), 5-30.
    • Booth, L. and Chang, B. 2011. Target-date Funds: Good News and Bad News. Journal of Risk 13(3), 1-28.
    • Booth, L., Chang, B., Hejazi, W., and Shum, P. 2011. The Influence of Productivity Growth on Equity Market Performance. Journal of Wealth Management 14(1), 78-92.
    • Booth, L. and Chang, B. 2011. Information Asymmetry, Dividend Status and SEO Announcement Day Returns. Journal of Financial Research 34(1), Spring 2011, 155-177.
    • Booth, L. and Chang, B. 2011. Target-date Funds. Rotman International Journal of Pension Management 4 (2), Fall 2011.
    • Chang, B. 2009. Bias in Recommendations on Canadian Stocks. Canadian Investment Review, December 2009, 14-21.
  • Selected referred book chapters
    • Chang, B. Decimalization of Stock Exchanges. E-Government Service Maturity and Development: Cultural, Organizational and Technological Perspective, IGI Global, July 2011.
    • Chang, B., and Dutta, S. Internet Banking and Online Trading. E-Government Service Maturity and Development: Cultural, Organizational and Technological Perspective, IGI Global, July 2011.