Research

Published Papers

How Does Taxation Affect Corporate Social Responsibility? Evidence from a Korean Tax Reform (with Hyejin Park and Jiyoon Lee)

• Journal of Business Ethics, 2024, 192(4), 745–774.

• Presentations: 2022 AsianFA Annual Conference (2022), Allied Korea Finance Associations (2022), KFA-KDA Joint Summer Conference (2022)*, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (2022)*, Korea University (2022)*, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (2022)*, Yonsei School of Business (2022)

Corporate Governance, Compensation Mechanisms, and Voluntary Disclosure of Carbon Emissions: Evidence from Korea (with Jiyong Park and Jiyoon Lee)

• Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, 2023, 100361.

• Presentations: The SBS International Conference for Finance (2023, Shanghai Business School), Climate Risks and Net Zero Solutions Conference (2023, Nottingham Business School), Allied Korea Finance Associations (2022), ISEFI International Symposium (2022)*, SKKU International Conference (2022)*

​(* Presented by coauthors) 

Working Papers

Burdening the Young: Life Cycle Effects of Mandatory Disclosure on Investment (with Matthew Gustafson)

• Presentations: 20th Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets (CAFM) (2025), FMA Annual Meeting (2025), Northern Finance Association (NFA) 2025 Annual Meeting (2025)*, Kyoto University (2025), Kobe University (2025), 61st Annual Eastern Finance Association (EFA) Meeting (2025), Southwestern Finance Association (SWFA) 64th Annual Conference (2025), IFMB 2025 Conference (2025, Nottingham Business School), 2024 AsianFA Annual Conference (2024), Journal of International Accounting Research (JIAR) Conference (2024), Research Symposium on Finance and Economics 2024 (2024), University of Denver (2024)*, Pennsylvania State University (2024)

• Best Paper Award, 20th Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets (CAFM) (2025)

• Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance (Semifinalist), FMA Annual Meeting (2025)

• Best Student Paper Award, SWFA 64th Annual Conference (2025)

• Policy Mentions: SEC Small Business Advocate’s 2024 Annual Report

Mandatory Disclosure and ESG Profiles: Evidence from the Smaller Reporting Company Rule (sole-author)

• Presentations: Northern Finance Association (NFA) 2025 Annual Meeting (2025), 2025 AsianFA Annual Conference (2025), 61st Annual Eastern Finance Association (EFA) Meeting (2025), Southwestern Finance Association (SWFA) 64th Annual Conference (2025), 19th Annual Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets (2024), The 2024 Massey Sustainable Finance Conference (2024), FMA Annual Meeting (2024), ICABE 2024 Conference (2024), 2024 CES China Conference (2024), FMA Asia/Pacific Conference Doctoral Student Consortium (2024), Research Symposium on Finance and Economics 2024 (2024), 18th Comparative Analysis of Enterprise Data (CAED) Conference (2024), 2024 Academy of Finance Conference (2024), IFMB 2024 Conference (2024, Nottingham Business School), Pennsylvania State University (2024, 2023)

• Best Paper Award, 2025 AsianFA Annual Conference

• Best PhD Paper Award, The 2024 Massey Sustainable Finance Conference (2024)

• Best Paper Award, Research Symposium on Finance and Economics 2024 (2024)

Discerning Value from M&A Transcripts (with Charles Cao, Matthew Gustafson, and Wei Wang)

• Presentations: Pennsylvania State University (2025), Five-Star Workshop (2025)*, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (2025)*

Risk Management of Business Groups: Capital Reallocations during a Financial Crisis (with Hwanki Brian Kim and Jiyoon Lee)

Corporate Carbon Offsetting: An Empirical Analysis of Korean Firms (with Hyejin Park, Jiyoon Lee, and Eunpyo Hong)

• Presentations: Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility 2023 (2023, University of Massachusetts Boston), KFA-KDA Joint Summer Conference (2022)*, Yonsei Graduate School of Environmental Finance (2022)

From None to One: Evaluating the Impact of Moderate Gender Diversity on Corporate Value (with Jiyoon Lee)

• Presentations: Korean Securities Association Conference (2022), SKKU International Conference (2022), Allied Korea Finance Associations (2022), Yonsei School of Business (2021), Korea Academy of Business Ethics Conference (2021)*

Does corporate governance affect foreign investor ownership in emerging economies?: Evidence from the 1999 reform in Korea (with Jiyoon Lee)

• Presentations: Financial Markets and Corporate Governance Conference (2023, Deakin Business School)

​(* Presented by coauthors)

Published Papers in Korean Journals

Corporate Governance and ESG-contingent Executive Compensation in Korea (한국 기업의 ESG 성과 연계 보수 도입 분석) (with Soyeon Kim and Jiyoon Lee)

• Korean Journal of Law and Economics (법경제학연구), 22(1), 2025, 75-93.

Determinants and Value Relevance of Voluntary Disclosure of Environmental Expenditures (환경지출을 자발적으로 공시하는 기업의 특성 및 기업가치 관련성에 관한 연구) (with Jiyoung Park, Jiyoon Lee, and Narae Hwang)

• Korean Accounting Information Review (회계정보연구), 41(3), 2023, 1-28.

Reaching-for-Income Behavior in the Japanese Mutual Fund Market (with Jun Kyung Auh and Wonho Cho)

• Asian Review of Financial Research (재무연구), 36(2), 2023, 1-27.

• Based on my master’s thesis at Yonsei University

• Presentations: JFA-PBFJ Special Issue Conference

• Asian Review of Financial Research Best Paper Award, The Korean Finance Association (2023)

Board Characteristics and Carbon Emission Performance: Evidence from Korea (이사회 특성이 탄소배출 성과에 미치는 영향) (with Jooyoung Yoon and Jiyoon Lee)

• Review of Accounting and Policy Studies (회계와 정책연구), 27(3), 2022, 71-107.