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List of Recent Faculty Research Publications
DONG, Qingkai and Le Anthony. "The Impact of Financial Reporting Mandates on Labor Unions." Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Qingkai DONG for the paper Forthcoming at Journal of Accounting Research
DONG, Qingkai and Le, Anthony. "The Impact of Financial Reporting Mandates on Labor Unions." Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Allen HUANG for the paper Forthcoming at Journal of Accounting and Economics
DeHaan, Ed, HUANG, ALLEN, Kannan, Srijith, and Qiu, Lu. "Social Media Livestreaming: Investor Information or Persuasion?" Journal of Accounting and Economics, Forthcoming.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Allen HUANG for the paper Forthcoming at Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Chow, Travis, HUANG, ALLEN, Hui, Kai Wai and Shevlin Terry. "Judge Ideology and Corporate Tax Planning" Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Forthcoming.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Mingyi HUNG for the paper Forthcoming at The Review of Accounting Studies
HUNG, MINGYI. "Horizon Problems in the Implementation of Bank Reporting Regulation: Evidence from China." Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Mingyi HUNG and Emily WANG for the paper Forthcoming at The Accounting Review
DeFord, Mark, HUNG, MINGYI and WANG, EMILY. "The Impact of Mandatory Sustainability Reporting on Institutional Investment: The Role of Reporting Location." The Accounting Review,Forthcoming.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Allen HUANG for the paper Forthcoming at Contemporary Accounting Research
Chen, Lei, HUANG, ALLEN, Wang, Xinlu and Xu, Liang. "Downside Risk Similarity and M&As." Contemporary Accounting Research,Forthcoming.
FACULTY
Prof. Benda YIN joined the Department of Accounting on 2 July 2025
FACULTY
Prof. Jaesik KIM joined the Department of Accounting on 2 July 2025
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Allen HUANG promoted to the Head of the Department of Accounting on 1 July 2025
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Yue ZHENG for the paper at Strategic Management Journal
Hann, Rebecca, Subasi Musa and ZHENG, Yue. "Building Credible Commitments via Board Ties."Strategic Management Journal, V46 (11), 2025, pp. 2839-2873.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Arthur MORRIS for the paper at The Accounting Review
Dyreng, Scott, Elia, Ferracuti and MORRIS, ARTHUR. "Renegotiation Costs and Debt Contract Design."The Accounting Review, 2025-07, p. 1-26.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Daniel YANG for the paper at The Accounting Review
Sam Bonsall, John Donovan, Eric Holzman, Xue Wang and YANG, DANIEL. “Do Credit Ratings Reflect Private Information about SEC Investigations?” The Accounting Review, (2025), 100 (2): 21-44.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Chao TANG for the paper Forthcoming at the Journal of Accounting & Economics
Cen, Xiao, Li, Nan, TANG, CHAO and Wang Juanting. “Preference Dynamics and Risk-Taking Incentives" Journal of Accounting & Economics, Forthcoming.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Daniel YANG for the paper at Journal of Accounting and Economic
YANG, DANIEL. “Foreign Bank Branch Participation and U.S. Syndicated Loan Contract Design" Journal of Accounting and Economics Volume 79, Issue 1, February 2025, 101714.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Peter F. CHEN for the paper at Pacific-Basin Finance Journal
CHEN, PETER F, Hou, Qingchuan, Wang, Yihong and Xu, Lifang. "The Underwriter's Conflict of Interest and Earnings Forecast Bias in Prospectus: Evidence from Hong Kong." Pacific-Basin Finance Journal ,Vol. 87, October 2024, 102481.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Mingyi HUNG for the paper Forthcoming at Review of Management Science
HUNG, MINGYI, Lin, Yupeng, Wang, Lynn and Zhang Zilong. “The Impact of Bank Financing on Borrowers’ Voluntary Disclosures and Real Investments" Management Science, Forthcoming.
FACULTY
Prof. Tommy LEUNG joined the Department of Accounting on 1 Aug 2024
FACULTY
Congratulations to Dr Kelvin Mak for receiving the Dean's Faculty Service Award 2022
Selected by a five-member independent selection committee, Dr. Kelvin Mak, Senior Lecturer, has been named the recipient of the Dean’s Faculty Service Award for year 2022.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Allen HUANG and Prof. Yue ZHENG for the paper at Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
HUANG, ALLEN, Hui, Kai Wai and ZHENG YUE." Judge Ideology and Opportunistic Insider Trading." Journal of Financial land Quantitative Analysis, V60 (4), June 2025, pp. 1656-1685.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Allen HUANG for the paper at British Accounting Review
Bhambhwani, Sidd and HUANG, ALLEN. "Auditing Decentralized Finance." British Accounting Review,Vol. 56, Issue 2, March 2024, 101270.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Allen HUANG for the paper at Review of Finance
Franke, Benedikt, HUANG, ALLEN, Li, Reeyarn and Wang Hui. "Securities Law Precedents, Litigation Risk, and Misreporting." Review of Finance, Vol. 28, Issue 2, 2024, pp. 413-445.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Allen HUANG for the paper at Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Bhambhwani, Sidd, Dong, Hui and HUANG, ALLEN. "Expropriation Risk and Investment: A Natural Experiment." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Aug 2023, p. 1-31.
FACULTY
Prof. Hwa Young KIM joined the Department of Accounting on 10 July 2023
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Prof. Qingkai DONG joined the Department of Accounting on 3 July 2023
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Prof. Yang Ha CHO joined the Department of Accounting on 3 July 2023
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Congratulations to Prof. Allen HUANG promoted to Professor on 1 July 2023
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Mingyi HUNG for the paper at The Journal of Accounting and Economics
Dou, Yiwei, HUNG, MINGYI, She Gyoman, and Wang, Lynn. “Learning from Peers: Evidence from Disclosure of Consumer Complaints.” Journal of Accounting and Economics, 101620.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Hwa Young KIM for the paper at The Accounting Review
Bloomfield, Matthew, Friedman, Henry and KIM, HWA YOUNG. "Common Ownership, Executive Compensation, and Product Market Competition." The Accounting Review, 99, (2): 31-56.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof Chao TANG for the paper Forthcoming at Contemporary Accounting Research - Cloned
Nan, Lin, TANG, CHAO, Wang, Xin, and Zhang, Gaoqing. "The Real Effects of Transparency in Crowdfunding." Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof Chao TANG for the paper Forthcoming at Contemporary Accounting Research
Nan, Lin, TANG, CHAO, Wang, Xin, and Zhang, Gaoqing. "The Real Effects of Transparency in Crowdfunding." Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Qingkai DONG for the paper Forthcoming at Review of Accounting Studies
DONG, QINGKAI, Raghunandan, Aneesh and Rajgopal. “When Do Firms Deliver on the Jobs They Promise in Return for State Aid?” Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Allen HUANG and Prof. Shiheng WANG for the paper at The Accounting Review
HUANG, ALLEN, Kraft, Pepa and WANG, SHIHENG. .“The Usefulness of Credit Ratings for Accounting Fraud Prediction.” The Accounting Review (2023), 98 (7): 347-376.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Arthur MORRIS for the paper at Journal of Accounting and Economics
Arif, Salman, Donovan, John, Gopalan, Yadav and MORRIS, ARTHUR and “Pay for Prudence" Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 77, Issue 1, February 2024, 101619.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Charles HSU for the paper at Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
HSU, CHARLES, Li, Xi, Ma, Zhiming and Philips, Gordon "Does Industry Competition Influence Analyst-level Coverage Decisions and Career Outcomes?" Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Vol. 58, No. 2, Mar, 2023, pp. 711-745.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Chao TANG for the paper at The Accounting Review
Xu, Jiang, TANG, CHAO and Zhang, Gaoqing. "Harmonized Accounting Standards and Investment Beauty Contests." The Accounting Review(2023) 98 (7): 377-404.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Mingyi Hung for being appointed as Senior Fellow of the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research
Founded by academics from Asia, North America and Europe, ABFER is an independent research organization based in Singapore. Aiming to promote Asia-Pacific oriented financial and economic research at local and international levels, ABFER connects prominent academic researchers, practitioners and public policy makers around the globe to enhance the research capabilities and development of strong clusters of finance and economics research groups in academic and other institutions in Asia-Pacific. Taking up this new role, Prof. Hung will develop stronger ties with leading universities and research institutions in Asia, thus steering towards advancing finance and economics research capacities and agendas.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Mingyi HUNG for the paper at The Accounting Review
Chen, Yi-Chun, HUNG, MINGYI and Wang, Lynn. "Do Depositors Respond to Banks' Social Performance?" The Accounting Review , (2023), 98, (4): 89-114.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Allen HUANG for the paper at Contemporary Accounting Research
HUANG, ALLEN, Wang, Hui and Yang, Yi. "FinBERT—A Large Language Model for Extracting Information from Financial Text." Contemporary Accounting Research, Vol. 40, Issue 2, Summer 2023.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Mingyi HUNG and Emily WANG for the paper at Review of Accounting Studies
Fauver, Larry, HUNG, MINGYI, Taboada, Alvaro G and WANG, EMILY JING. "Boardroom Gender Diversity Reforms and Institutional Monitoring: Global Evidence." Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 29, Issue 1, No. 18, 621-664.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Wilbur CHEN for the paper at Review of Accounting Studies
CHEN, WILBUR and Suraj, Srinivasan. "Going Digital: Implications for Firm Value and Performance." Review of Accounting Studies,Forthcoming.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Arthur MORRIS for the paper at Review of Accounting Studies
Christensen, Dane, MORRIS, ARTHUR, Walther, Beverly and Wellman, Laura. "Political Information Flow and Management Guidance." Review of Accounting Studies 2023, 1466-1499.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Allen HUANG Prof. Amy ZANG for the paper at Review of Accounting Studies
HUANG, ALLEN, Shen, Jianghua and ZANG, Amy. "The Unintended Benefit of the Risk Factor Mandate of 2005" Review of Accounting Studies 2022, 1319-1355 April 2022.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Tai-Yuan CHEN and Prof. Mingyi HUNG for the paper at Journal of International Business Studies
Chen, Yi-Chun, CHEN, TAI-YUAN and HUNG, MINGYI. (2022) “Uneven Regulatory Playing Field and Bank Transparency Abroad” Journal of International Business Studies53, 379-404.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Kevin CHEN and Prof. Tai Yuan CHEN for the paper at Journal of Accounting Research
CHEN, KEVIN, CHEN, TAI-YUAN, Han, Weifang and Yuan, Hongqi. “Auditors under Fire: The Association between Audit Errors and the Career Setbacks of Individual Auditors.” Journal of Accounting Research, 60: 853-900.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Charles HSU for the paper at Journal of Business Finance & Accounting
Chang, Hsihui, HSU, CHARLES and Ma, Zhiming. (2022) "Does Product Similarity of Audit Clients Influence Audit Efficiency and Pricing Decisions?" Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 2022, 49, 807-840.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Charles HSU for the paper at Journal of Accounting and Economics
HSU, CHARLES, Wang, Rencheng and Whipple, Benjamin. (2022) “Non-GAAP Earnings and Stock Price Crash Risk " Journal of Accounting and Economics, 73, Issues 2-3, April-May, 101473.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Allen HUANG and Prof. Amy ZANG for the paper at Journal of Accounting and Economics
HUANG, ALLEN, Lin, An-Ping and ZANG, AMY. (2022) "Cross-Industry Information Sharing among Colleagues and Analyst Research." Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 74, August 2022, 101496.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Mingyi HUNG and Shiheng WANG for the paper at Journal of Accounting and Economics
HUNG, MINGYI and WANG, SHIHENG. (2021) "Market Power and Credit Rating Standards: Global Evidence." Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2021, 101474.
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Prof. Daniel YANG joined the Department of Accounting on 9 July 2022
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Prof. Wilbur CHEN joined the Department of Accounting on 2 July 2022
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Congratulations to Prof Arthur MORRIS for the paper at Journal of Accounting and Economics
Christensen, Hans Bonde, Macciocchi, Daniele, MORRIS, ARTHUR and Nikolaev Valeri V. "Financial Shocks to Lenders and the Composition of Financial Covenants." Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 73, Issue 1, Feb 2022, 101426.
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Congratulations to Prof. Yue ZHENG for the paper at The Accounting Review
Kimbrough, Michael, Lee, Hanna and ZHENG, YUE. "Can Managers be Wrong and Still be Right? An Examination of the Future Realization of Current Management Forecast Errors" The Accounting Review V. 96 (1), January 2021, p. 349-376.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Charles HSU for the paper at Contemporary Accounting Research
HSU, CHARLES and Wang, Rencheng. "Bundled Earnings Guidance and Analysts' Forecast Revisions" Contemporary Accounting Research, 2021, 30(4), 3146-3181.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Charles HSU for the paper at Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
HSU, CHARLES, Jin, Qinglu, Ma, Zhiming and Zhou, Jing. "Does Voluntary Balance Sheet Disclosure Mitigate Post-earnings-announcement Drift" Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 2021, 40(2), 106821.
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Allen HUANG and Prof. Charles HSU for the paper at The Accounting Review
Ang, James, HSU, CHARLES, Tang, Di and Wu, Chaopeng. "The Role of Social Media in Corporate Governance" The Accounting Review, 2021, 96(2), 1-32
FACULTY
Congratulations to Prof. Taiyuan, CHEN and Prof. ZHIHONG CHEN and Yongbo for the paper at Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
CHEN, TAIYUAN, CHEN, ZHIHONG and Li Yongbo, "Restriction on Managerial Outside Job Opportunities and Corporate Tax Avoidance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment.” Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, August 2021, 106879.
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Dr. Steven CHEUNG joined the Department of Accounting on 2 July 2021
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Congratulations to Prof. Allen HUANG for the paper at Journal of Accounting Research
Edmans, Alex, Fang, Vivian and HUANG, ALLEN. (2021) "The Long-Term Consequence of Short-Term Incentives." Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 60, Issue 3, 1007-1046.
RESEARCH
SBM Remarkable Performance in Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)
In the latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) by the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong (UGC), HKUST Business School takes on the No.1 overall standing in Business & Economics Panel, as “World Leading” and “Internationally Excellent” among all HK universities.
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Congratulations to Prof. Shiheng WANG for the paper at Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Hou, Kewei, Hsu, Po-Hsuan, WANG, SHIHENG, Watanabe, Akiko and Xu Yan. "Corporate R&D and Stock Returns: International Evidence" Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, April 2021, p. 1-72
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Congratulations to Dr. Kelvin P. MAK has been appointed as a committee member of Qualification and Examinations Board (“QEB”) of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Dr. Kelvin P. MAK has been appointed as a committee member of Qualification and Examinations Board (“QEB”) of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“HKICPA”) for one year, beginning January 2021. The QEB is one of the statutory boards of the HKICPA. As an advisory board, the QEB is delegated with the authority to conduct and control the professional examinations of the HKICPA and approve the appointment and remuneration of examiners.