• “The Effects of a Mixed Approach toward Management Earnings Forecasts: Evidence from China” (with Xiaobei Huang, Senyo Tse, and Jennifer Wu Tucker), 2018, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 45 (3-4), pp. 319-351.
• “A Review of the IFRS Adoption Literature” (with Emmanuel De George and Lakshmanan Shivakumar), 2016, Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 21 (3), pp. 898-1004. [Web of Science]
• “Mandatory Financial Reporting and Voluntary Disclosure: The Effect of Mandatory IFRS Adoption on Management Forecasts” (with Holly Yang), 2016, The Accounting Review, Vol.91 (3), pp. 933-953. [Web of Science]
• “Contractibility and Transparency of Financial Statement Information Prepared under IFRS: Evidence from Debt Contracts around IFRS Adoption” (with Ray Ball and Lakshmanan Shivakumar), 2015, Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 53 (5), pp. 961-953. [Internet Appendix] [Web of Science]
• Active Ownership” (with Elroy Dimson and Oguzhan Karakas), 2015, Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 28 (12), pp. 3225-3268. [Web of Science]
• “Accounting Conservatism and the Cost of Capital: International Analysis”, 2015, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 42 (5-6), pp. 555-582.
• “The Impacts of Product Market Competition on the Quantity and Quality of Voluntary Disclosures”, 2010, Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 15 (3), pp. 663-711. [Web of Science]

Working papers

1. “Coordinated engagements” (with Elroy Dimson and Oguzhan Karakas), R&R at Journal of Finance
2. Corporate Social Responsibility Committee: International Evidence (with Jenny Chu and Yuxia Zou)
3. “Institutional ownership and workplace misconduct: Evidence from federal labor law violations” (with Aneesh Raghunandan)
4. “Foreign Institutional Ownership and Cross-Border Lending: Evidence from International Syndicated Loans” (with Yun Lou)

Editorial Board Membership 

• Review of Accounting Studies, November 2018 – Present

• The Accounting Review, June 2017 -

Selected Awards

• First Prize Winner of Brandes Institute 2020 Research Paper Contest
• Excellence in Education Award, London School of Economics, 2017-2018
• International Centre for Pension Management (ICPM) Research Award, April 2018
• FIR-PRI Award for Best Published Research Article, September 2016
• IRRC Institute Paper Prize - Honorable Mention, December 2015
• Best Paper Award, AAA International Accounting Section Mid-Year Meeting, January 2015
• Moskowitz Prize for Socially Responsible Investing, Hass School of Business, University of California Berkeley, October 2012
• Best Paper Award, Review of Accounting Studies Conference, Tilburg University, Netherlands, October 2009

Selected Grants

• INQUIRE Europe Research Grant, 2008, 2016
• PRI Research Fund on ESG Engagements, 2016-2017
• The Risk Institute Research Grant, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, 2016-2018
• French SIR Research Grant, 2009