Rate My Professor Joye Khoo

Dr Joye Khoo is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance within the Faculty of Business and Law at Curtin University. She serves as the Finance Honours Co-ordinator and holds a PhD from Curtin University, where she completed her doctoral dissertation. Khoo's career at Curtin University encompasses teaching and research in finance, with a focus on corporate finance and managerial decision-making. Her work examines critical areas such as organization capital, debt maturity, trade credit dynamics, vintage capital, managerial ability, skilled labor risk, leverage adjustments post-mergers and acquisitions, and the effects of distracted institutional shareholders and common ownership on financial policies.

Khoo has published several key papers in prominent finance journals. These include 'Leverage adjustment after mergers and acquisitions' (Accounting & Finance, 2017), 'Managerial ability and trade credit' (Financial Review, 2022), 'Does skilled labor risk matter to suppliers? Evidence from trade credit' (Financial Review, 2023), 'The hidden cost of organisation capital: Evidence from trade credit' (2023), 'Vintage capital and trade credit' (Accounting & Finance, 2024), and 'The beneficial effect of common ownership: Evidence from bank liquidity creation' (Journal of Banking & Finance, 2024). She collaborates with scholars including Adrian (Wai-Kong) Cheung, Shams Pathan, Robert B. Durand, and Xinwei Fang. Her research has been presented at conferences such as the FIRN Annual Conference, Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, and New Zealand Finance Meeting. With over 230 citations on ResearchGate, Khoo's contributions influence empirical corporate finance studies. As Finance Honours Co-ordinator, she supports advanced student training in the Business & Economics discipline.