Professor of Finance
Email: hjames@uttyler.edu
Building: COB 350.17
Department: Finance
Hui James
Degrees
- D.B.A., Finance, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, United States, 2010 (Dissertation: Two essays on managerial ownership)
- M.S., Industrial Engineering, Louisiana Tech University, 2007
- B.S., Industrial Engineering, Xidian University, 2003
Biography
Hui Liang James is an associate professor of finance. She has taught both undergraduate and grade courses, such as Principles of Finance, Managerial Finance, Financial Markets and Institutions, and Advanced Financial Management.
Professor James’s research interests are in corporate governance, such as effective executive compensation design, optimal board structure, political corruption, and the interaction of finance and politics. She studies how governance quality affects various firm policies, including CEO compensation, payout policies, trade credit, working capital management, tax avoidance, earnings management, labor and capital investment efficiency, and cash policies. Her work has been published in numerous articles in prestigious academic journals such as Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, and Journal of Business Research. Her work has also been published in many high-quality journals in the field, such as Financial Review, Accounting& Finance, Quarterly Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Economics, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, and Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance,
She received the Best-Paper Award at Financial Management Annual Meeting. She is also the recipient of Crystal Quill Research Reward from The University of Texas at Tyler and the Outstanding Faculty Research Award from the Soules College of Business.
Teaching Interests
FINA 3311- Principles of Finance
FINA 4340- Managerial Finance
Research
- “So far away from me: firm location and the managerial ownership effect on firm value,” with Bradley Benson, Yu Chen, and Jung Chul Park, (2020), Journal of Corporate Finance, 64, 101658.
- “Independent director tenure and dividends,” with Hongxia Wang, (2021), Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 48, 1057-1091.
- “Busy directors and corporate payout: are all busy directors the same?” with Bradley Benson, Travis Davidson, and Hongxia Wang, (2022), Accounting & Finance, 62(3), 3711-3759.
- “CEO fixed effects and inside debt compensation,” with Bradley W. Benson and Jung Chul Park, (2020), Journal of Business Research, 117, 71-86.
- “Heterogeneity in the Effect of Managerial Equity Incentives on Firm Value,” with Bradley W. Benson and Jung Chul Park, (2019), Financial Review, 54(3), 583-638.
- “Major customer and payout flexibility,” with Bo Li, Thanh Ngo, Hongxia Wang, (2022), Quarterly Journal of Finance, 12 (2), 2250002.
- “Working capital management and CEO age,” with Robert Burney and Hongxia Wang, (2021), Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 30, 100496.
- “CEO Age and Tax Planning,” (2020), Review of Financial Economics, 28, 275-299.
- “The effectiveness of board independence in high-discretion firms,” with Nilakshi Borah and Roger Lirely, (2022), The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 85,103-117.
Service
Member, Editorial Reviewer Board, Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 2022-Present