Research Field
- Voluntary disclosure
- Executive compensation
- Capital market research
Teaching Interest
- Financial Accounting
- Financial Analysis
- Corporate Finance
Sponsored Research Projects
- National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2014 - 2017 (Project No. 71402120, Principal investigator), RMB¥ 200,000 (roughly £20,000), National Natural Science Foundation, China
- Tongji Foundation for Female Scholars, 2018 - 2019 (Principal Investigator), RMB¥ 20,000 (roughly £2,000), Tongji University, China
- Tongji Foundation for Young Talented Scholars, 2013 - 2014 (Project No: 1200219282, Principal Investigator), RMB¥ 60,000 (roughly £6,000), Tongji University, China
Published Papers
- “CEO Foreign Experience and Green Innovation: Evidence from China.” (with Xiaofeng Quan, Yiting Qian, and Yun Ke). 2023 Journal of Business Ethics 182: 535-557.
- “Management Forecast Optimism During Credit Watch and Credit Rating Agencies’ Disciplinary Role” (with Kaiwai Hui and Alfred Liu). 2022 Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance 37 (2):352-377.
- “The Rewards for Meeting or Beating Managers’ Own Earnings Guidance.” (with Kaiwai Hui and Alfred Liu) 2021. Accounting Horizons 35 (1): 87-103.
- “Analyst Report Readability and Stock Returns.” (with Chia-Chun Hsieh and Kaiwai Hui) 2016. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 43 (1&2): 98-130.
- “New Chinese accounting standards and the usefulness of accounting information in debt contracts?” (with Hongqi Yuan, Yubo Li, and Fang Lou) 2013. China Accounting and Finance Review 15(1): 85-111.
- “The Spillover Effect of Disclosure Rule and Materiality Thresholds: Evidence from Prof-it Warnings Issued in Hong Kong Markets.” (with Rencheng Wang) 2011. China Journal of Accounting Research 4: 63-80.
Invited Conference
- May 2025, Annual Congress of European Accounting Association, Italy
- May 2024, Annual Congress of European Accounting Association, Romania
- July 2023, The China International Conference in Finance (CICF), Shanghai
- July 2018, Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance Conference, South Korea
- November 2017, Accounting Horizons Forum Conference, China
- July 2017, The 2017 MIT Asia Conference in Accounting, China
- August 2016, Annual Conference of American Accounting Association, US
- May 2016, Annual Congress of European Accounting Association, Netherland
- July 2016, Annual Conference of Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, Australia
- May 2015, Annual Conference of European Accounting Association, UK
- 2011 Annual Australian Summer Accounting Symposium
