ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD Purdue University
- Master Louisiana University
- Bachelor Xiamen University
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Chair Professor, HKUST, July 2022- Present
- Professor, HKUST, July 2017 - June 2022
- Acting Head of Accounting Department, HKUST, July 2016 - December 2016
- Associate Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), July 2011- June 2017
- Assistant Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), July 2004 - June 2011
PUBLICATIONS
- "Options Trading and Firm Investment Efficiency." Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 2024 (with Junqiang Ke, Zhiming Ma, and Lufei Ruan)
- "Does Industry Competition Influence Analyst-level Coverage Decisions and Career Outcomes?" Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Mar 2023, pp. 711-745. (with Xi Li, Zhiming Ma and Gordon Phillips)
- "Non-GAAP Earnings and Stock Price Crash Risk." Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2022, 73, 101473 (with Rencheng Wang and Benjamin Whipple)
- "Does Product Similarity of Audit Clients Influence Audit Efficiency and Pricing Decisions?" Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 2022, 49(5-6), 807-840. (with Hsihui Chang and Zhiming Ma)
- "Bundled Earnings Guidance and Analysts' Forecast Revisions." Contemporary Accounting Research, 2021, 38(4), 3146-3181 (with Rencheng Wang)
- "The Role of Social Media in Corporate Governance." The Accounting Review, 2021,96 (2), 1-32 (with James Ang, Di Tang and Chaopeng Wu)
- "Does Voluntary Balance Sheet Disclosure Mitigate Post-earnings-announcement Drift? Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 2021, 40 (2), 106821 (with Qinglu Jin, Zhiming Ma and Jing Zhou)
- "The Effect of Stock Liquidity on Corporate Risk-Taking." Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance 2018, (with Zhiming Ma, Liansheng Wu, Kaitang Zhou)
- "Does Accounting Conservatism Mitigate the Shortcomings of CEO Overconfidence?" The Accounting Review 92, 2017, pp. 77-101. (with Kirill Novoselov and Rencheng Wang).
- "The Bright Side of Managerial Over-optimism”, Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2016, Volume 62, Issue 1, pp. 46-64. (with Gilles Hilary, Benjamin Segal, Rencheng Wang).
- "Accounting Conservatism and Street Earnings." Review of Accounting Studies 20, 2015, pp 674-709. (with Frank Heflin and Qinglu Jin).
- "Management Forecast Consistency." Journal of Accounting Research 52, 2014, pp. 163-191. (with Gilles Hilary and Rencheng Wang).
- "The Efficiency of Earnings Forecast Pricing." Journal of Accounting and PublicPolicy 33, 2014. pp. 490-509. (with Qinglu Jin).
- "Analyst Forecasts: It Pays to be Off!" Journal of Investment Management 11, 2013, pp. 58-72. (with Gilles Hilary).
- "Analyst Forecast Consistency." Journal of Finance 68, 2013, pp. 271-297. (with Gilles Hilary).
- "Endogenous Overconfidence in Managerial Forecasts." The Journal of Accounting and Economics 51, 2011, pp. 300-313. (with Gilles Hilary).
- "The Market Pricing of Special Items That Are Included Versus Excluded From "Street" Earnings. "Contemporary Accounting Research 28, 2011, pp. 990-1017. (with William Kross).
- "The Impact of the SEC's Regulation of Non-GAAP Disclosures."Journal ofAccounting and Economics 46, 2008, pp 349-365. (with Frank Heflin).
HONORS AND AWARDS
- The Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence, Winner, HKUST, 2011, 2019
- The Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence, Finalist, HKUST, 2009, 2010, 2018
- Recognition for Teaching Excellence, Purdue University, 1999-2001, 2003-2004
- Purdue University Research Fellowship, 2002-2003
- Deloitte & Touche AAA Doctoral Consortium, 2002
EDITORIAL BOARDS
- The Accounting Review 2020-2023
- China Journal of Accounting Research 2017-present
- European Accounting Review 2012-present
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- American Accounting Association
- American Finance Association
- Canadian Academic Accounting Association
- Chinese Accounting Professors' Association of North American