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Dr. Yong Tan

Associate Professor

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School of Management
Faculty of Mgmt, Law & Social Sciences
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Dr. Yong Tan

Biography

Yong is Associate Professor in Economics and Finance at the University of Bradford. Previously, he worked as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Huddersfield. Yong received his PhD in Economics from the University of Portsmouth. Besides his degrees in BA(Hons), MSc as well as PhD, he also received Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education from the University of Huddersfield. He is the fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Yong's research areas mainly focus on financial economics and production economics. He has published his research in a number of high influential academic journals including Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money; Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting; International Journal of Finance and Economics; Journal of the Operational Research Society; Annals of Operations Research; European Journal of Operational Research; International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Journal of Environmental Management, among others. 

Yong's sole authored paper entitled "The impact risk and competition on bank profitability in China" was one of the most downloaded articles in the Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money. Yong's research is widely recognized internationally, he has been featured in the list of the Top 2% scientists in the world published by Stanford University. Yong is also ranked as one of the top 0.5% scholars worldwide by ScholarsGPS. 

Research

Banking; Production Economics; Performance evaluation

Teaching

Yong's teaching interests span across comprehensive areas in Economics and Finance such as Microeconomics, Business Economics, International Economics, Financial Services and Financial Markets, among others. 

Publications

  • Efficiency and Competition in Chinese Banking

    Yong Tan (2016) Elsevier.

  • Investigating the Performance of Chinese Banks: Efficiency and Risk Features

    Yong Tan (2016) Palgrave Macmillan.

  • Performance, Risk and Competition in the Chinese Banking Industry

    Yong Tan (2014) Elsevier.