Lisa Chengzhu SUN (PolyU)

Lisa Chengzhu SUN (PolyU)

Lisa Chengzhu SUN

Associate Professor of Accounting , The School of Accounting and Finance, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK PolyU), July 2025 - present

Assistant Professor of Accounting, HK PolyU, July 2021 - June 2025

Education

Ph.D. Accounting, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), 2021

Visiting Ph.D. Accounting, Columbia Business School, Fall, 2019

M.Phil. Accounting, HKUST , 2018

M.Phil. Environmental Science, Policy and Management, HKUST, 2016

Research Interests:

Regulation/Law, ESG, and Information Economics

Publications

Corporate Payout Policy and Credit Risk: Evidence from CDS Markets, with Shujing Wang and Chu Zhang

1. 1. - - Management Science (2021)
      - 2018 CIRF Forum & Pacific-Basin Finance Journal Research Excellence Award

Information Acquisition and Expected Returns: Evidence from EDGAR Search Traffic, with Weikai Li

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2022）

Exchange-Traded Funds and Real Investment, with Constantinos Antoniou, Weikai Li, Xuewen Liu, and Avanidhar Subrahmanyam

Review of Financial Studies (2022)
PwC 3535 Best Paper Award 2023

Mutual Funds' Reporting Frequency and Firms' Responses to Undervaluation: The Role of Share Repurchase, with Thomas Bourveau, Xinlei Li, and Daniele Macciocchi

Contemporary Accounting Research (2023)

Say on Pay Laws and Insider Trading, with Thomas Bourveau, Francois Brochet, and Fabrizio Ferri

The Accounting Review (2024)

Working Papers

The Effect of Anti-SLAPP Statutes on Corporate Environmental Policies, with Kevin C. W. Chen and Zhihong Chen

Journal of Accounting Research, R&R

Cross-border Impact of ESG Disclosure Mandate: Evidence from Foreign Government Procurement Contracts, with Yongtae Kim, Colin Zeng and Yi Xiang

The Accounting Review, R&R
MIT Aisa Conference (2023)

Do Firms Walk the Talk in Adopting Greenpay? , with Kevin C. W. Chen and Zilan Yang

Review of Accounting Studies, R&R

Mandatory ESG Disclosure Requirements, ESG Contracting, and Executive Compensation: International Evidence, with Albert Zeng and Xiao Zeng

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, R&R

Does regulatory oversight discipline ESG funds to walk the talk?, with Dichu Bao, Nancy Su and Huai Zhang

PolyU Accounting Research Conference (2024)

The Real Effect of Local Media on CSR: Evidence from Toxic Emissions, JMP

Email: chengzhu-lisa.sun@polyu.edu.hk; Office Tel: (852)2766-7060

Address: M1046, 10/F Li Ka Shing Tower, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon , HKSAR

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