SELECTED RECENT RESEARCH

Market for corporate control and demand for auditing: Evidence from international M&A laws. (with Ahrum Choi, Jeong Bon Kim, and Jay Junghun Lee), forthcoming at Review of Accounting Studies (FT 50 Journal)

Audit efficiency and effectiveness consequences of accounting system homogeneity across audit clients: A new form of knowledge spillover? (with Uday Murthy, Thomas Smith, and James Whitworth),  forthcoming at The Accounting Review (UTD Journal, FT 50 Journal)

Managers’ equity incentives and asymmetric cost behavior. (with Eric R. Brisker and Hakjoon Song). Journal of Management Accounting Research (Volume 34, No. 2, Summer 2022) (ABDC ranking: A*)

Labor unions and real earnings management (with Kiyoung Chang, Young Kim, and Ying Li) Journal of Corporate Finance (Volume 74, August 2022) (ABDC ranking: A*; CiteScore: 5.4)

Internal control weakness and the asymmetrical behavior of selling, general, and administrative costs. (with Jeong Bon Kim and Jay Junghun Lee) Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance (January 2022): 37(1), (ABDC ranking: A)

Stakeholder orientation and the value of cash holdings: Evidence from a natural experiment (with Rajib Chowdhury and John Doukas) Journal of Corporate Finance (Volume 69, August 2021) (ABDC ranking: A*; CiteScore: 5.4)

The impact of mobile ICT on national productivity in developed and developing countries. (with Jinho Kim and Timothy Komarek) Information and Management (February 2021): 58(3), 103442 (ABDC ranking: A*; CiteScore: 13.1)

 Common auditors in M&A transactions (with Ye Cai, Yongtae Kim, and Hal White). Journal of Accounting and Economics (Volume 61, Issue 1/ January 2016): pp. 77 - 99. (FT 50 Journal & UTD Journal; CiteScore: 8.3)

 Audit quality and the market value of cash holdings: The case of office-level auditor industry specialization, (with Jeong Bon Kim and Jay Junghun Lee) Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory (Volume 34, Issue 2/May 2015): pp. 27-57. (ABDC ranking: A*)

 Gender differences in corporate financial reporting: Evidence from accounting conservatism, (with Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, and Qiang Wu) Contemporary Accounting Research (Volume 32, Issue 3/ December 2015): pp. 1285 - 1318. (FT 50 Journal)