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Duc Duy (Louis) Nguyen is Professor in Finance at Durham University Business School. Prior to joining Durham in 2021, he was a Senior Lecturer in Finance at King’s College London and a Lecturer in Banking and Finance at the University of St Andrews.

Louis holds a BSc (Hons) in Computing from the National University of Singapore, an MSc (Distinction) in Accounting, Finance, and Management from the University of Bristol, and a PhD in Finance from the University of Edinburgh. His research was recognised by the David Hume Publication Prize in 2015.

Louis’ research and teaching interests include empirical corporate finance, banking, and climate finance. His research has appeared in Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Finance, Review of Corporate Finance Studies, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Journal of International Business Studies, and several other journals across disciplines in finance, accounting, and management. His research has been featured in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, the BBC, the Boston Globe; and been funded by the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust and the Carnegie UK Trust. Louis serves as Associate Editor to the European Journal of Finance and the British Accounting Review.

Louis is a regular speaker at international conferences and meetings organised by central banks, governments, and international organisations, including the Federal Reserve Banks of New York & St Louis.

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Duc Duy (Louis) Nguyen is Professor in Finance at Durham University Business School. He holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Edinburgh.

• Banking
• Climate Finance
• Corporate Finance
• Social Finance

Chapter in book

• Nguyen, D., Hagendorff, J., & Eshraghi, A. (2020). Misconduct in Banking: The Role of the Board of Directors. In C. Alexander, & D. Cumming (Eds.), Corruption and Fraud in Financial Markets: Malpractice, Misconduct and Manipulation
• Nguyen, D., Hagendorff, J., & Eshraghi, A. (2015). When Do Individual Bank Executives Matter for Bank Performance?. In S. Rossi, & R. Malavasi (Eds.), Financial Crisis, Bank Behaviour and Credit Crunch (125-138). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17413-6%5C_9

Journal Article

• Nguyen, D., Hagendorff, J., & Eshraghi, A. (online). Study: A CEO’s decision-making is shaped by whether their parents were immigrants
• Lim, I., Nguyen, D., & Nguyen, H. (2024). Regulatory Spillovers in Local Mortgage Markets. The Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 13(3), 775–817. https://doi.org/10.1093/rcfs/cfac035
• Lim, I., Nguyen, L. D. D., Nguyen, L., & Wilson, J. O. (2024). Proximity to Bank Headquarters and Branch Efficiency: Evidence from Mortgage Lending. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, https://doi.org/10.1111/jmcb.13142
• Shi, X., Nguyen, . D. D. (., & Wang, M. (2023). Earnings Expectations and the Quality of Financial Services. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 42(4), Article 107115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2023.107115
• Hagendorff, J., Lim, S., & Nguyen, D. (2023). Lender Trust and Bank Loan Contracts. Management Science, 69(3), 1758-1779. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.4371
• Brogaard, J., Le, N., Nguyen, D. D., & Sila, V. (2023). Does Shareholder Litigation Risk Cause Public Firms to Delist? Evidence from Securities Class Action Lawsuits. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 1-55. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022109023000571
• Hagendorff, J., Nguyen, D., & Sila, V. (2022). Does Marriage Equality Promote Credit Access? Evidence from Same-sex Marriage Laws. Journal of Corporate Finance, 77, Article 102315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2022.102315
• Hagendorff, J., Le, N., & Nguyen, D. (2022). The Walls Have Ears: Local Information Environments and Corporate Fraud. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 54(8), 2377-2410. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmcb.12906
• Nguyen, D., Ongena, S., Qi, S., & Sila, V. (2022). Climate Change Risk and the Cost of Mortgage Credit. Review of Finance, 26(6), 1509-1549. https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfac013
• Lim, I., & Nguyen, D. D. (2021). Hometown Lending. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 56(8), 2894-2933. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022109020000769
• Le, N., Nguyen, D., & Sila, V. (2021). Does Shareholder Litigation Affect the Corporate Information Environment?. Journal of Financial Markets, 56, Article 10060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.finmar.2020.100600
• Qi, S., & Nguyen, D. (2021). Government connections and credit access around the world: Evidence from discouraged borrowers. Journal of International Business Studies, 52(2), 321-333. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-020-00341-x
• Nguyen, D., Nguyen, L., & Vathunyoo, S. (2019). Does Corporate Culture Affect Bank Risk-Taking? Evidence from Loan-Level Data. British Journal of Management, 30(1), 106-133. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12300
• Nguyen, D., Hagendorff, J., & Eshraghi, A. (2018). Does a CEO's Cultural Heritage Affect Performance under Competitive Pressure?. The Review of Financial Studies, 31(1), 97-141. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhx046
• Nguyen, D., Hagendorff, J., & Eshraghi, A. (2016). Can Bank Boards Prevent Misconduct?. Review of Finance, 20(1), 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfv011
• Nguyen, D., Hagendorff, J., & Eshraghi, A. (2015). Which Executive Characteristics Create Value in Banking? Evidence from Appointment Announcements. https://doi.org/10.1111/corg.12084