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Dr Mei Qiu BE, PhD, MMgt, DipBusAdmin

Senior Lecturer in Finance

Doctoral Co-Supervisor
School of Accountancy, Economics and Finance

As a Senior Lecturer in Finance, Dr. Mei Qiu works span teaching, research, supervision and administration and services. She has taught corporate finance, international finance, financial planning, financial modelling, and financial asset management courses, at both postgraduate and undergraduate levels. She also supervise PhD and master’s research students, act as a faculty advisor for the MBS Student Investment Fund.
Dr. Qiu's research focuses on empirical corporate finance and market efficiency, with particular interest in how firm characteristics and economic or geopolitical uncertainty shape corporate productivity and financial decisions. Her broader interests include market reactions to information, foreign exchange predictability, and regulatory and institutional effects on the global financial markets. Overall, her work enhances understanding of how corporations, investors, and financial markets respond to risk, uncertainty, and structural shocks, with practical and policy relevance. She has published in high ranked international journals including Journal of International Money and Finance, Energy Economics, International Review of Economics and Finance, China Economic Review, Economics Letters, Applied Economics, International Journal of the Economics of Business, and International Journal of Managerial Finance.
Before joining Massey University, Mei worked in the financial industry in China taking various roles including financial analyst, investment advisor, fund manager and manager of the trading department.

Dr. Mei Qiu earned her PhD in Finance (Massey University) in 2006. She is experienced in teaching and researching in the fields of investment, corporate finance and international finance. Before joining Massey, she worked in the financial industry in China after being awarded her first degree in Bachelor of Engineering (Zhejiang University).      

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Professional

Contact details

  • Ph: (09) 4140800 extension 43167
    Location: QB2.30A, QB
    Campus: Albany

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Engineering - Zhejiang Unviersity, China (1989)
  • Doctor of Philosophy - Massey University (2006)
  • Master of Management - Massey University (2003)
  • Diploma in Business and Administration - Massey University (2001)

Certifications and Registrations

  • Licence, Co-Supervisor, Massey University

Prizes and Awards

  • I am a member of the School of Accountancy, Economics & Finance Chinese Financial Research Cluster since 2022. The cluster has received fundings from the MURF every year to 2026. - MURF (Massey University Researcg Fund) (2022)
  • On 11/06/2010, I received a total of $3,451 Massey University Women's Award in support of a research on overnight return anomaly in international stock markets. - (2010)
  • I was awarded the Degree of Doctoral of Philosophy in Finance by Massey University with a dissertation titled "The predictive power of cumulative exchange rate deviations and its applications". - (2003)
  • On 24/09/2007, I received a total of $3,431.00 Massey University Research Fund (MURF) in support for a research project "The predictive power of historic exchange rate deviation from purchasing power parity: Evidence from long-span multi-currency data". A paper co-authored with Larry Rose and John Pinfold was published with a title "A currency preferential approach to international equity investment" in Applied Economics (ABDC: A) in 2015. - Massey University (2008)

Research Expertise

Research Interests

Investment，Corporate Finance，International Finance

Thematics

Design – for Commerce, Community and Culture

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Banking, Finance and Investment (150200): Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services (150000): Investment and Risk Management (150205)

Keywords

Corporate Finance， Foreign Exchange， Stock and Futures Markets， Investment，Risk Management

Research Outputs

Journal

Dang, THN., Balli, F., Balli, HO., Qiu, M., & Nguyen, H. (2026). The global geopolitical-energy uncertainty index and total factor productivity: New evidence from firm-level analysis. Energy Economics. 153
[Journal article]Authored by: Balli, F., Ozer Balli, H., Qiu, M.
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Qiu, M., & Li, XM. (2023). A Study of the Abnormal Dividend Decisions of New Zealand Firms during COVID-19. Journal of Risk and Financial Management. 16(10)
[Journal article]Authored by: Li, X., Qiu, M.
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Li, XM., & Qiu, M. (2023). How are economic policy uncertainty shocks transmitted to capital structure? Chinese evidence. International Journal of Managerial Finance. 19(4), 910-929
[Journal article]Authored by: Li, X., Qiu, M.
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Li, X., & Qiu, M. (2021). The joint effects of economic policy uncertainty and firm characteristics on capital structure: Evidence from US firms. Journal of International Money and Finance. 110, Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261560620302357
[Journal article]Authored by: Li, X., Qiu, M.
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Yin, Z., Qiu, M., & Gan, L. (2019). Information contents of collateral under heterogeneous borrower qualities on the bank loans market in China. China Economic Review. 57, Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043951X19300872
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Qiu, M., & Balbinotti, SA. (2016). Merger announcement effects and the amendment of insider trading laws in Brazil. Journal of Modern Accounting and Auditing. 12(5), 284-293 Retrieved from http://www.davidpublisher.com/
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Qiu, M., Pinfold, JF., & Rose, LC. (2015). A currency preferential approach to international equity investment. Applied Economics. 47(49), 5247-5261
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Ho, JC., Qiu, M., & Tang, X. (2013). Do airlines always suffer from crashes?. Economics Letters. 118(1), 113-117
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Qiu, M., Pinfold, JF., & Rose, LC. (2011). Predicting foreign exchange movements using historic deviations from PPP. International Review of Economics and Finance. 20(4), 485-497
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Qiu, M., & La, B. (2010). Firm characteristics as determinants of capital structures in Australia. International Journal of the Economics of Business. 17(3), 277-287
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Kerr, J., Qiu, M., & Rose, LC. (2008). Privatisation in New Zealand and Australia: An empirical analysis. Managerial Finance. 34(1), 41-52
[Journal article]Authored by: Qiu, M.
Qiu, M., & Pinfold, JF. (2008). Price and trading volume reactions to index constitution changes: The Australian evidence. Managerial Finance. 34(1), 53-69
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Thesis

Qiu, M. (2006). The predictive power of cumulative exchange rate deviations and its applications. (Doctoral Thesis, Massey University)
[Doctoral Thesis]Authored by: Qiu, M.
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Qiu, M., & Pinfold, J. (2007). Price and trading volume reactions to index constitution changes : The Australian evidence. (Master's Thesis)
[Masters Thesis]Authored by: Qiu, M.
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Report

Qiu, M., Rose, LC., & Elayan, FA. (2002). Mortgage-backed pass-through securities: Risk and return. Massey University, Department of Commerce.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Qiu, M.

Conference

Gu, K., Li, XN., & Qiu, M.Climate Risk Disclosure and Return Anomalies: A Textual Analysis of Chinese A-Shares. . Nanjing, China
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Li, X., Qiu, M.
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Qiu, M., Qiu, H., & Yin, Z.(2025). Household digital transformation and financial resilience: Evidence from China. . Nanjing, China
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Qiu, M.
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Qiu, M., & Li, X-M.The effect of dividend cancellations triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic: Evidence from Australia and New Zealand. . Waikato Management School, University of Waikato, Tauranga, New Zealand
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Li, X., Qiu, M.
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Li, X-M., & Qiu, M.The Joint Effects of Economic Policy Uncertainty and Firm Characteristics on Capital Structure: Evidence from US Firms. . The University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Qiu, M.
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Qiu, M.Does Economic Policy Uncertainty Affect the Capital Structure Decisions of Growth and Mature Firms Equally in China?. . Paris, France
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Qiu, M.
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Qiu, M., & Xiaoming Li, . (2017). Capital structure and economic policy uncertainty: US versus German firms. EFMA 2017 Working Papers. Vol. 26 (pp. 42 - 42). : The 26th European Financial Management Association (EFMA) conference
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Qiu, M.
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Ban, Y., Li, X., & Qiu, M. (2016, December). Capital structure under economic policy uncertainty: Evidence from the US. Presented at The 2016 meeting of World Finance & Banking Symposium. Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Li, X., Qiu, M.
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Mei Qiu, ., Sonia Aparecida Balbinotti, ., & Qiu, M.M&A announcement effects in two insider trading law regimes in Brazil. . Prague, Czech Republic
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Qiu, M.
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Qiu, M., Pinfold, J., & Lawrence, R.International portfolio diversification: A currency timing approach. . Izmir, Turkey
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Qiu, M.
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Wang, W., & Qiu, M. (2013, January). Index reconstitution effects of the Chinese stock market. Presented at Value Partners Centre for Investing Conference: China Securities Market and Valuation Conference. Hong Kong, China.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Qiu, M.
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Qiu, M., & Cai, T. (2013, February). On overnight return premiums of international stock markets. Presented at 17th New Zealand Finance Colloquium. Dunedin, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Qiu, M.
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Qiu, M., & Cai, T.(2013). On overnight return premiums of international stock markets. . Dunedin, New Zealand
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Qiu, M.
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Wang, W., & Qiu, M.(2013). Index reconstitution effects of the Chinese stock markets. . Hong Kong
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Qiu, M.
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Aparecida Balbinotti, S., & Qiu, M. (2012, July). Market reactions to M & A announcements and the enforcement of insider trading law in Brazil. Presented at III World Finance Conference. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Qiu, M.
Balbinotti, SA., & Qiu, M.Market reactions to merger acquisition announcement effects and the enforcement of insider trading law in Brazil. . Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Qiu, M.
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Ho, C., Qiu, M., & Tang, X.The catalyst in the air crash-stock market performance relationship: The aviation disaster fatality. . Denver, U.S.A
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Qiu, M.
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Qiu, M., & Cai, T. (2010). Opinion divergence, short sales and overnight return premiums on stock markets around the world. In Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Multinational Finance Society 2010(pp. 72 - 72). , Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Multinational Finance Society: Multinational Finance Society
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Qiu, M.
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Wang, W., & Qiu, M.(2008). Stock price and trading volume reactions to index reconstitutions in China. . Hangzhou, China
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Qiu, M.
Qiu, M., & La, B. (2008). Capital structure, unleveraged equity beta, profitability and other corporate characteristics: Evidence from Australia. Proceedings of the 12th New Zealand Finance Colloquium. (pp. unpaged - 26).
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Qiu, M.
Qiu, M., Pinfold, JF., & Rose, LC.(2007). A country selection strategy for international diversification under a flexible exchange rate regime. . Orlando, FL
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Qiu, M.
La, B., & Qiu, M. (2007). Capital structure difference across Australian companies explained by unleveraged beta. Academy of Financial Services 21st Annual Meeting. (pp. unpaged - 21).
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Qiu, M.
Qiu, M., Pinfold, JF., & Rose, LC.(2006). Improving international share market investment returns through currency risk control: The Australia and New Zealand evidence. . Sydney, NSW
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Qiu, M.
Qiu, M., Pinfold, JF., & Rose, LC. (2006). International asset allocation incorporating reversals of exchange rate deviations from PPP. In JS. Chaput (Ed.) Proceedings of the 10th Annual New Zealand Finance Colloquium.
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Qiu, M.
Qiu, M., Pinfold, JF., & Rose, LC. (2006). International asset allocation: Incorporating reversals of cumulative exchange rate deviations. Asian Finance Association/FMA 2006 Meeting: Bridging Finance Theory and Practice: Proceedings.
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Qiu, M.
Qiu, M., Pinfold, JF., & Rose, LC.(2005). A selective forward hedging strategy - a application of PPP and Forward premium anomaly in managing transaction exposures.
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Qiu, M.
Qiu, M., Pinfold, JF., & Rose, LC.(2005). Exploring long-term abnormal performance on international diversification by incorporating exchange rate predictions. . Chicago, IL, USA
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Qiu, M.
Pinfold, JF., & Qiu, M. (2003). Price and trading volume reactions to index composition changes: the Australian evidence. In C. Rayhorn (Ed.) 17th Acadeny of Financial Services Conference. Vol. 2003 (pp. 42 - 42). Denver, Colorado, United States of America
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Qiu, M.
Kerr, J., Qiu, M., & Rose, LC. (2007). Privatisation in New Zealand and Australia: an empirical analysis. In Managerial Finance Vol. 34 (pp. 41 - 52).
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Qiu, M.
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Other

Qiu, M., & Pinfold, JF. (2005). Price and trading volume reactions to index constitution changes: The Australian evidence. (pp. 1 - 23). : Department of Commerce, Massey University
[Working Paper]Authored by: Qiu, M.
Kerr, J., Qiu, M., & Rose, LC. (2005). Privatisation in New Zealand and Australia: An empirical analysis. (pp. 1 - 18). : Department of Commerce, Massey University
[Working Paper]Authored by: Qiu, M.
Qiu, M., Pinfold, JF., & Rose, LC. (2005). Using PPP puzzle and forward premium anomaly to selectively hedge transaction exposure: A multi-country perspective. In Working Paper Series: Department of Commerce, Massey University
[Working Paper]Authored by: Qiu, M.
Qiu, M., Pinfold, JF., & Rose, LC. (2005). International Asset allocation incorporating reversals to foreign exchange rate deviations from PPP. In Working Paper Series: Department of Commerce, Massey University
[Working Paper]Authored by: Qiu, M.

Consultancy and Languages

Languages

  • English
    Last used: current
    Spoken ability: Excellent
    Written ability: Excellent
  • Chinese
    Last used: current
    Spoken ability: Excellent
    Written ability: Excellent

Teaching and Supervision

Teaching Statement

Course taught: Advanced Business Finance, Financial Management, International Financial Management, FInancial Modelling, and The Financial Planning Process

Contact Supervisor

Graduate Supervision Statement

Dr. Mei Qiu has suprvised more than fifty postgraduate students to the successful completion of their research reports. She is most experienced in supervising students doing reserch projects in relation to investments, corporate finance, market efficiency, and foreign exchange rate studies. 


Dr Mei Qiu is available for Masters and Doctorial supervision.