Bang Dang Nguyen
University Lecturer in Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education
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- Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education
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Biography
Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education
University Lecturer in Finance
BA (FTU Hanoi), MBA (CFVG Hanoi), MPA (ENA Paris), MA (EHESS Paris), PhD (HEC Paris)
Research interests
Corporate finance; empirical finance; corporate governance.
Subject group: Finance
Professional experience
Bang was an intern and working as a Credit and Corporate Banking Analyst at Credit Lyonnais Vietnam in 1996. He was an intern of the Ecole Nationale d''Administration in 1997 and 1998 at the Cabinet of the Pr_éfet des Ardennes (Pré_fectures des Ardennes, Champagne Region, France.) He also gained experience when working for AXA Investment Managers Paris as a graduate summer intern in the Fixed Income Division.
Previous appointments
Before joining Cambridge Judge Business School in September 2010, Bang was an assistant professor of finance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He graduated from HEC Paris in July 2006 with a PhD degree in finance. From January 2003 to April 2004, Bang was a visiting scholar in the Finance Department at Stern School of Business, New York University.
Awards & honours
- Best Corporate Finance Paper Award, "Political Connections and Firm Value: Evidence from Regression Discontinuity Design of Close Gubernatorial Elections", Society of Financial Studies Finance Cavalcade, Florida, USA, 2013
- Xia Yihong Best Paper Award, "The Value of Independent Directors: Evidence from Sudden Deaths," China International Conference in Finance (organised by MIT Sloan School of Management and Tsinghua University), Guangzhou, China, July 2009
- Barclays Global Investors'' Best Doctoral Paper Award, European Finance Association (EFA) Meetings, Zurich, Switzerland, August 2006
- French National Foundation for Education in Management (FNEGE) & French Finance Association (AFFI) Best PhD Dissertation Award in France, 2006
Selected publications
Here are a selection of Bang Dang Nguyen''s publications. Please see the "Selected publications" tab above for a more comprehensive list.
Nguyen, B.D. (2015) "Is more news good news? Media coverage of CEOs, firm value, and rent extraction." Quarterly Journal of Finance, 5(4): 1-38 (DOI: 10.1142/S2010139215500202) (also available online via the SSRN)
Nguyen B.D. and Nielsen, K.M. (2014) "What death can tell: are executives paid for their contributions to firm value?" Management Science, 60(12): 2994-3010 (DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2014.2011) (also available online via the SSRN)
Lee, Y.T., Do, Q.A., Nguyen B.D. and Nguyen, K.T. (2013) "Political connections and firm value: evidence from the regression discontinuity design of close gubernatorial elections." Social Science Research Network Working Papers Series, No.2190372. Rochester, NY: Social Science Electronic Publishing.
Nguyen, B.D. (2012) "Does the Rolodex matter? Corporate elite''s small world and the effectiveness of boards of directors." Management Science, 58(2): 236-252 (DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1457)
Nguyen, B.D. (2011) "Ownership structure and board characteristics as determinants of CEO turnover in French-listed companies." Finance, 32(2): 53-89
Nguyen, B.D. and Nielsen K.M. (2010) "The value of independent directors: evidence from sudden death." Journal of Financial Economics, 98(3): 550-567 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.07.004)
Journal articles
Nguyen, B.D. and Nielsen K.M. (2010) "The value of independent directors: evidence from sudden death." Journal of Financial Economics, 98(3): 550-567 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.07.004)
Nguyen, B.D. (2011) "Ownership structure and board characteristics as determinants of CEO turnover in French-listed companies." Finance, 32(2): 53-89
Nguyen, B.D. (2012) "Does the Rolodex matter? Corporate elite''s small world and the effectiveness of boards of directors." Management Science, 58(2): 236-252 (DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1457)
Nguyen, B.D. (2013) "It''s not what you know, it''s who you know: CEO-director social connections and the effectiveness of boards of directors." Strategic Direction, 29(3): 3-4 (DOI: 10.1108/02580541311304553)
Nguyen B.D. and Nielsen, K.M. (2014) "What death can tell: are executives paid for their contributions to firm value?" Management Science, 60(12): 2994-3010 (DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2014.2011) (also available online via the SSRN)
Nguyen, B.D. (2015) "Is more news good news? Media coverage of CEOs, firm value, and rent extraction." Quarterly Journal of Finance, 5(4): 1-38 (DOI: 10.1142/S2010139215500202) (also available online via the SSRN)
Books, monographs, reports & case studies
Boubaker, S., Nguyen, B.D. and Nguyen, D.K. (eds.) (2012) Corporate governance: recent developments and new trends. Berlin: Springer Verlag.
Working papers
Nguyen B.D., Do, Q.A., Lee, Y.T. and Nguyen, K.-T. (2012) "Out of sight, out of mind: the value of political connections in social networks." Social Science Research Network Working Papers Series, No.1884820. Rochester, NY: Social Science Electronic Publishing.
Nguyen, B.D. and Nielsen K.M. (2013) "When blockholders leave feet first: do ownership and control affect firm value?" Social Science Research Network Working Papers Series, No.2285453. Rochester, NY: Social Science Electronic Publishing.
Lee, Y.T., Do, Q.A., Nguyen B.D. and Nguyen, K.T. (2013) "Political connections and firm value: evidence from the regression discontinuity design of close gubernatorial elections." Social Science Research Network Working Papers Series, No.2190372. Rochester, NY: Social Science Electronic Publishing.
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Gubernatorial spoils study: ‘All politics is local’
Companies whose directors are connected to winning US gubernatorial candidates increase in value and are more likely to receive state subsidies, loans …
CEO media coverage
For firm valuation, more news (good and bad) about CEOs is good news. More news about a company’s chief executive – positive …
CEO sudden death research answers vexed question of top executives’ pay
All sides on the debate into top executives’ pay have usually found common ground on just one thing – that there is …
Six reasons why … good bankers will always turn bad
They want to be good, they promise to be good, but will they be good? Cambridge Judge Business School faculty Professor Raghavendra …
Dr Bang Dang Nguyen, Cambridge Judge Business School: How social connectivity can hamper a board a directors
The Cadbury Archive at Cambridge Judge Business School has been completed with the addition of copies of all the speeches on corporate …
Bonus cap for euro bankers is a step forward
The European Union’s move to cap bonuses at the region’s largest financial institutions has been hailed as a step in the right …
Bonus cap for euro bankers is a step forward
The European Union’s move to cap bonuses at the region’s largest financial institutions has been hailed as a step in the right …
It’s not what you know, it’s who you know
They graduate from the same universities, support the same charities and are members of the same clubs, but does the fact that …
‘Shareholder Spring’ failed to make waves
Professor Raghavendra Rau and Dr Bang Dang Nguyen agree that the so-called ‘Shareholder Spring’ has proved to be a damp squib Two …
‘Shareholder Spring’ failed to make waves
Professor Raghavendra Rau and Dr Bang Dang Nguyen agree that the so-called ‘Shareholder Spring’ has proved to be a damp squib Two …
Does the Rolodex matter?
Can membership of the same social networks as directors offer protection for a poorly performing CEO? And what is the impact on …
Does the Rolodex matter?
Can membership of the same social networks as directors offer protection for a poorly performing CEO? And what is the impact on …
Good CEOs are underpaid!
Too many CEOs are paid too little not too much – research in the United States has lessons for the UK too …
Cambridge Business Magazine: Link between elections and company directors highlighted
Companies whose directors are connected to winning US gubernatorial candidates increase in value and are more likely to receive state subsidies, loans …
BBC World Service: Business Matters
Study co-authored by Cambridge Judge Business School’s Bang Dang Nguyen found that companies whose directors are connected to winning gubernatorial candidates immediately …
The Economist: Who wins when a politician wins
Companies whose directors are connected to winning US gubernatorial candidates increase in value and are more likely to receive state subsidies, loans …
Business Review Europe: CEOs? Publish and be damned!
More news about a company’s chief executive – positive and not – is good news when it comes to the firm’s valuation, …
Director: No such thing as bad press
More news about a company’s chief executive – positive and not – is good news when it comes to the firm’s valuation, …
Financial Times: Column inches aid share prices
The more media coverage a chief executive gets the better his company’s shares perform, says research by Bang Dang Nguyen, University Lecturer …
Education Times: Are CEOs underpaid?
A large body of research, and many politicians and leaders, argue that executive compensation is excessive. But, without a measure of their …
Yahoo! News Spain: How sudden death of CEO impacts company’s stock market
The report links the stock market reaction to executive pay, calculating gain or loss if the value of the firms after a …
The Economist: The final reckoning
In their study, Bang Dang Nguyen from Cambridge Judge Business School and Kasper Meisner Nielsen of the Hong Kong University of Science …
Management Today: Study: even dead CEOs get paid too much
A five-year study has concluded that 42% of top bosses are in fact overpaid, by examining what happens when one suddenly dies. …
Financial Times: Market reaction to a CEO’s death can reveal attitudes to pay
Share price reaction to the sudden death of a senior executive can show whether bosses are paid too much, according to research …
The Harvard Law School: Do ownership and control affect firm value?
In their paper Dr Bang Dang Nguyen, University Lecturer in finance at Cambridge Judge Business School and Kasper Meisner Nielsen of the Department of Finance …
The Independent: Boards braced for more trouble from investors
City investors are gearing up for the 2013 annual meeting season with Prudential and National Express likely to be in the line …
The Sunday Times: Why my directors are a lot like me
Personal connections are powerful things. Chief executives who have social links to the non-executive directors on their boards are much less likely …
The Times of India: Does the Rolodex matter
New research by Dr Bang Dang Nguyen of Cambridge Judge Business School, entitled, ‘Does the Rolodex matter’ summarises an investigation into how …
Cambridge News: Old pals could be bad for business, says Cambridge Judge Business School
The old pals act can be very bad for business… New research from Dr Bang Dang Nguyen at Cambridge Judge Business School …
TIME Magazine: The John Lewis economy: why is Downing Street looking to Britain’s most beloved department store?
In Britain, big department stores tend to be as concerned about pedigree as the country’s consumers… Unlike with publicly-traded firms, employee-owned companies …
IEDP.com: Corporate governance and the old boys’ network
When BTR acquired Thomas Tilling in 1983 it was the largest hostile takeover in British history… In a recent paper new research, …
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