Published and Accepted Papers:

1. The Falling Roe and Relocation of Skilled Women 

(with Yupeng Lin, Rui Shi, and Jean Zeng). Contemporary Accounting Research. Conditional Acceptance

1. • Presented at the 2024 Contemporary Accounting Research Conference

2. Labor Market Outcomes of Restatements for Corporate Accountants
   (with John (Xuefeng) Jiang). Management Science. Accepted

   • Accountants in restatement firms, particularly senior staff, suffer negative outcomes in the labor market after a restatement is announced

3. How Does Artificial Intelligence Shape Audit Firms? 

(with Kelvin K.F. Law). Management Science (Lead Article). 2024

3. • AI does not replace auditor jobs but leads to upskilling in auditor jobs and improves audit quality

   • Best Archival Paper Award at the 2021 AAA Audit Midyear Meeting

4. The Information Content of Credit Rating Action Reports: A Topic Modeling Approach 

(with John (Xuefeng) Jiang and Jing Kong). The British Accounting Review. 2024

4. • Use topic modeling to analyze Moody's rating action reports, identifying two key topics—Metrics and Liquidity—that significantly impact market reactions to rating action reports and predict future default likelihood and financial performance

5. The SEC Revolving Door and Comment Letters 

(with Samuel T. Tan). Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. 2023

5. • Former SEC lawyers help firms achieve better outcomes in the SEC comment letter process by facilitating more extensive negotiations and reducing the number of amendment filings

   • Featured in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance

6. Green New Hiring 

(with Alper Darendeli and Kelvin K.F. Law). Review of Accounting Studies. 2022

6. • Introduce a new measure, Green Score, to capture firms' investment in green human capital based on the concentration of green skills required in firms' job postings

   • Presented at the 2021 Review of Accounting Studies Conference

   • Featured in NBS Research Blog; Strategic Finance

Selected Working Papers: 

1. Banking Crisis Regulator (with Sumit Agarwal, Yupeng Lin, and Sirui Wu)

2. Profits Lost in the Haze: Evidence from Wildfire Smoke (with Jing Kong and Harlow Loch)

3. The Value of Human Capital for Firm Performance: Roles of Individual and Group Expertise (with Sudipta Basu and Xinjie Ma)