We are a group of scholars and researchers who are interested in the finance and finance-related fields and would like to promote theoretical and empirical studies in the area of accounting, banking and finance. Our board members come from a mix of diverse research background and interest that will provide readers a new perspective of looking at the various financial issues that are both relevant and important.

Editors

1. Dr. Beth Cooperman
   Finance & Entrepreneurship
   The Business School
   University of Colorado Denver
   Email: Elizabeth.Cooperman@ucdenver.edu



2. Dr. Hung-Gay Fung
   College of Business Administration & Center for International Studies
   University of Missouri-St. Louis
   Email: fungh@msx.umsl.edu



3. Dr. Chung-Hua Shen
   Department of Finance
   National Taiwan University, Taiwan
   Taiwan
   Email: chshen01@ntu.edu.tw

Associate Editors

1. Dr. James R. Barth
   Milken Institute, USA
   Email: jbarth@milkeninstitute.org



2. Dr. Johnny Chan
   Western Kentucky University, USA
   Email: johnny.chan@wku.edu



3. Dr. Tsang-Yao Chang
   Department of Finance
   Feng Chia University, Taiwan
   Email: tychang@fcu.edu.tw



4. Dr. Iftekhar Hasan
   Email: hasan@rpi.edu



5. Dr. Gary Patterson
   University of South Florida, USA
   Email: Pattersg@stpt.usf.edu

Editorial Board Members

1. Dr. Aigbe Akhigbe
   Department of Finance
   College of Business Administration
   University of Akron
   Akron, Ohio
   Email: aigbe@uakron.edu



2. Dr. Richard Burns
   Department of Finance
   School of Business
   The University of Alabama at Birmingham
   Birmingham, Alabama
   Email: rburns@uab.edu



3. Dr. Fatma Cebenoyan
   Director of Accounting Program
   Hunter College
   The City University of New York
   New York, New York
   Email: fcebenoy@hunter.cuny.edu



4. Dr. Carol Dee
   The Business School, Accounting
   University of Colorado Denver
   Denver, Colorado
   Email: Carol.Dee@ucdenver.edu



5. Dr. Thomas Eyssell
   University of Missouri-St. Louis
   



6. Dr. William E. Jackson
   The Smith Foundation Chair of Business Integrity, College of Business
   The University of Alabama
   Tuscaloosa, Alabama
   Email: wjackson@cba.ua.edu



7. Dr. Susan Jordan
   Gatton College of Business & Economics
   University of Kentucky
   Lexington, Kentucky
   Email: sjordan@uky.edu



8. Dr. Brian Lucey
   Trinity College
   The University of Dublin
   Dublin, Ireland
   Email: Brian.lucey@tcd.ie



9. Dr. Ronnie Phillips
   Department of Economics
   Colorado State University
   Fort Collins, Colorado
   Email: Ronnie.Phillips@colostate.edu



10. Dr. Rob Nash
    Babcock Graduate School of Management
    Wake Forest Univesity
    Charlotte, North Carolina
    Email: Rob.nash@mba.wfu.edu



11. Dr. Charles Register
    Department of Economics
    Florida Atlantic University
    Barry Kaye College of Business School
    Boca Raton, Florida
    Email: registec@fau.edu



12. Dr. Subhrendu Rath
    School of Economics and Finance
    Curtin University of Technology
    Perth, Austrailia
    Email: Subhrendu.Rath@cbs.curtin.edu.au



13. Liu-Rong Sheng
    Deputy General Manager
    China Construction Bank Xiamen Branch
    Email: shengliurong.xm@ccb.com



14. Dr. Steve Swidler
    J. Stanley Mackin Distinguished Professor
    Department of Finance, College of Business
    Auburn University
    Auburn, Alabama
    Email: swidlst@auburn.edu



15. Dr. Amine Tarazi
    Professor of Economics and Department Head
    Director of Research Center LAPE
    Universite de Limoges
    France
    Email: Amine.tarazi@unilim.fr



16. Dr. John Wagster
    Department of Finance
    School of Business Administration
    Wayne State University
    Detroit, Michigan
    Email: j.d.wagster@wayne.edu



17. Dr. Glenn Wolfe
    Department of Accounting
    College of Business Administration
    The University of Toledo
    Toledo, Ohio
    Email: glenn.wolfe@utoledo.edu



18. Dr. Chung-Shu Wu
    College of Management,
    National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
    Email: cwu@mail.ndhu.edu.tw



19. Dr. Jot Yau
    Department of Finance
    Albers School of Business and Economics
    Seattle University
    Seattle, WA 98122
    Email: jyau@seattleu.edu
    



20. Dr. Meng-Nan Zhu
    Deputy Dean of the School of Economics
    Xiamen University
    Email: zmnan@xmu.edu.cn