Interests
Managerial attributes, financial reporting and voluntary disclosure, Analysts’ forecasts and recommendations

Published Papers

15. “Flu Fallout: Information Production Constraints and Corporate Disclosure”

•  with Chen Chen, Leonard Leye Li, and Louise Yi Lu 2023.

• Journal of Accounting Research 61 (4): 1063–108.

14. “Strategic Disclosure and Debt Covenant Violation” 

•  with Thomas Bourveau and Derrald Stice 2022.

• Journal of Management Accounting Research 34 (3): 29–57.

13. “Non-GAAP Earnings and Stock Price Crash Risk” 

• with Charles Hsu and Ben Whipple 2022.

• Journal of Accounting Economics 73 (2–3): 101473

12. “Insider Sales under the Threat of Short Sellers: New Hypothesis and New Tests”

• with Kemin Wang, John Wei, Bohui Zhang, and Yi Zhou 2022. 

• The Accounting Review​ 97 (2): 427–51.

11. “Bundled Earnings Guidance and Analysts’ Forecast Revisions” 

• with Charles Hsu 2021. 

• Contemporary Accounting Research 38 (4): 3146–81​.

10. “Generalist CEOs and Audit Pricing” 

• with Zhiming Ma and Kaitang Zhou 2021. 

• AUDITING: A Journal of Practice & Theory​ 40 (4): 123–47​.

9. “Labor Market Mobility and Expectation Management: Evidence from Enforceability of Non-Compete Provisions”  

• with Michael Tang and Yi Zhou 2021. 

• Contemporary Accounting Research 38 (2): ​867-902.

8.  “Does Media Exposure Affect Financial Reporting Quality Through Auditors?”

• with Steven Cahan and Chen Chen 2020. 

• Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance 36 (4): 750–75​.

7.  “Auditor Choice and Information Asymmetry: Evidence from International Syndicated Loans”

• with Zhiming Ma and Derrald Stice 2019. 

• Accounting and Business Research 49 (4): 365-99​.

6. “Shareholder Litigation and Corporate Disclosure: Evidence from Derivative Lawsuits”

• with Thomas Bourveau and Yun Lou 2018. 

• Journal of Accounting Research 56 (3): 797-842​.

5. “Does Accounting Conservatism Mitigate the Shortcomings of CEO Overconfidence?”

• with Charles Hsu and Kirill Novoselov 2017. 

• The Accounting Review 92 (6): 77-101.

4. “The Bright Side of Managerial Over-optimism”

• with Gilles Hilary, Charles Hsu, and Benjamin Segal 2016. 

• Journal of Accounting and Economics 62 (1): 46-64.

3. “Management Forecast Consistency”

• with Gilles Hilary and Charles Hsu 2014. 

• Journal of Accounting Research 52 (1): 163-91. 

2. “The Impact of Internal Control Weakness Reporting on External Financing” 

• with Wei Shi 2012. 

• Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics 8 (2): 92-109.

1. “The Spillover Effect of Disclosure Rule and Materiality Thresholds: Evidence from Profit Warnings Issued in Hong Kong Markets”

• with Yao Zhang 2010. 

• China Journal of Accounting Research 4 (1-2): 63-80.

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Selected Working Papers
1. “Messaging without a Message: Executive Value and Social Media Activity”

(with Tina Gao and Gilles Hilary).

2. “Auditor Competencies, Organizational Learning, and Audit Quality: Spillover Effects of Auditing Cross-Listed Clients”

(with Wei Luo, Xinyan Luo, and Zhiming Ma).

3. “Attorney Self-Interest, Managerial Discretion over Tax Avoidance, and Firm Value”

(with Travis Chow).

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