Publications 

1. Tsai, H., Nguyen, H. T. D., & Chen, I. J. (2026). The Choice of Financial Advisors in M&As: Does the Counterparty's Earnings Management Matter? Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. Available at SSRN 4578800. (ESCI, Q2)
2. Chen, I. J., & Nguyen, H. T. D. (2025). Corporate Diversification, Financial Flexibility and Firm Performance during the Covid-19 Pandemic. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 102053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2025.102053 (SSCI, Q2)
3. Nguyen, H. T. D., & Tsai, H. (2024). Relationship Advisors Guiding Financially Weak Targets in M&A Deals: Conflict of Interest and Reputation Concerns. Finance Research Letters, 105013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2024.105013 (SSCI, Q1)
4. Phan, H. T. Q., Tran, P. T., Pham, H. T. T., Nguyen, H. T. D., & Nguyen, L. T. B. (2022). Textbook: Financial Management. Vietnam National University Press, Hanoi.

Conferences

1. Nguyen, H. T. D., & Chen, I. J. Green Bond Issuance and Investor Trading Behaviors. 2026 International Conference of Taiwan Finance Association (2026 TFA), New Taipei, Taiwan, May 2026. (Presenter & Discussant).
2. Nguyen, H. T. D., Tsai, H., & Chen, I. J. Target Cash Flows and Acquirer Advisor Selection in M&As: Evidence from Deal Terms and Post-Merger Outcomes. 2025 Financial Management Association Annual Meeting (2025 FMA), Vancouver, Canada, October 2025.
3. Nguyen, H. T. D., Tsai, H., & Chen, I. J. Target’s Cash Flows and Acquirer’s Advisor Choice in M&As. 2025 European Financial Management Association Annual Meeting (2025 EFMA), Athens, Greece, June 2025.
4. Nguyen, H. T. D., Tsai, H., & Chen, I. J. Target’s Cash Flows and Acquirer’s Advisor Choice in M&As. The 33rd Annual Conference on Pacific Basin Finance, Economics, Accounting, and Management (2025 PBFEAM), Taoyuan, Taiwan, June 2025. (Presenter & Discussant).
5. Chen, I. J., & Nguyen, H. T. D. Corporate Diversification and Firm Performance – Evidence from the Covid19 Pandemic. The 18th NYCU International Finance Conference & 4th Yushan Conference, Hsinchu, Taiwan, December 2024. (Presenter & Discussant).
6. Nguyen, H. T. D., Tsai, H., & Chen, I. J. M&A Advisor Dynamics: Internal Funds, Premiums, and Post-Merger Investment. 2024 Management Innovation Conference (2024 FTIA), Busan, Korea, October 2024.
7. Nguyen, H. T. D., Tsai, H., & Chen, I. J. Target’s internal funds and acquirer’s advisor choice in M&As. 2024 International Conference of Taiwan Finance Association (2024 TFA), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, June 2024. (Presenter)
8. Tsai, H., Nguyen, H. T. D., & Chen, I. J. The Choice of the Financial Advisor in M&As: Does the Counterparty’s Earnings Management Matter? 2023 International Conference for Financial Engineering Association of Taiwan (2023 FEAT), Taoyuan, Taiwan, June 2023. (Presenter).
9. Tsai, H., Nguyen, H. T. D., & Chen, I. J. The Choice of the Financial Advisor in M&As: Does the Counterparty’s Earnings Management Matter? 2022 Annual Conference of the Decision Sciences Institute (2022 DSI), Houston, Texas, USA, November 2022. (Presenter).
10. Tsai, H., Nguyen, H. T. D., & Chen, I. J. The Choice of the Financial Advisor in M&As: Does the Counterparty’s Earnings Management Matter? 2022 International Conference of Taiwan Financial Association (2022 TFA), Hsinchu, Taiwan, June 2022. (Presenter & Discussant).
11. Tsai, H., Nguyen, H. T. D., & Chen, I. J. The Choice of the Financial Advisor in M&As: Does the Counterparty’s Earnings Management Matter? The 30th Annual Conference on Pacific Basin Finance, Economics, Accounting, and Management (2022 PBFEAM) & The 14th SME International Conference, Chiayi, Taiwan, May 2022.
12. Tsai, H., Nguyen, H. T. D., & Chen, I. J. The Choice of the Financial Advisor in M&As: Does the Counterparty’s Earnings Management Matter? 2022 International Conference on Business Administration (2022 ICBA), Taipei, Taiwan, May 2022. (Presenter).
13. Tsai, H., Nguyen, H. T. D., & Chen, I. J. The Choice of the Financial Advisor in M&As: Does the Counterparty’s Earnings Management Matter? The 15th NYCU International Finance Conference, Hsinchu, Taiwan, December 2021. (Presenter).
14. Nguyen, H. T. D., & Tsai, H. When target’s lender becomes its financial advisor in M&A deals: certification or conflict of interest. 2020 International Conference of Taiwan Financial Association (TFA 2020), Nantou, Taiwan, September 2020. (Presenter).

Research Project (Postdoctoral Research Fellows)

Unit : National Science and Technology Council

Project: Green Bond Issuance and Investor Trading Behaviors 

No.: NSTC 114-2811-H-155-001

Honors

1. Best Paper Award of Journal of Financial Studies (JFS), 2024 International Conference of Taiwan Finance Association (TFA 2024), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, June 2024.
2. The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honorary Membership, 2023.
3. Honorable Mention Awards, 2022 International Conference on Business Administration (ICBA 2022), Taipei, Taiwan, May 2022.