Research Grants 

General Research Funding of Hong Kong (GRF) as PI, total amount HKD2.18 million

• What Price Conservatism? An experimental analysis.#548810, HKD493,950. Completed and published as “Recognition of future news in earnings and price bubbles in experimental asset markets.” Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance 30(4): 558–575.

• Why has stock market become more responsive to earnings announcements over time? The role of changing investor composition. #549511, HKD262,994. Completed.

•  Does stopping quarterly earnings guidance reduce opportunistic financial reporting? #597013, HKD165,326. Completed and published as “Does the cessation of quarterly earnings guidance reduce investor short-termism?” Review of Accounting Studies, 22 (2):715-752.

• CFO mandatory compensation disclosure and CFO performance. #13500517, HKD256,000. Completed and published as “The real effect of disclosure regulation: Evidence from mandatory CFO compensation disclosure.” Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 41(6): 106995.

• PCAOB International Inspections and CEO Compensation Around the World. #13501219, HKD347,500. Completed and published as “The spillover of U.S. regulatory oversight to foreign markets: Evidence from the effect of PCAOB international inspections on executive compensations.” European Accounting Review. Forthcoming.

• Short sellers' private information acquisition: Evidence from FOIA requests. #15500522, HKD342,176. On-going.

• Redact to benefit? Opportunistic insider trading and contract redaction. #15500823, HKD319,814. On-going.

Awards 

• FB Fellow 2023, PolyU

• Faculty Prize 2023, Outstanding Researcher, PolyU

• Research & Knowledge Transfer Fund Award 2020, Lingnan University 

• Research Output Excellence Award, 2019, Lingnan University 

• RGC Competitive Grants Award, 2019, Lingnan University 

• Faculty Performance Award, 2018, Lingnan University. 

• Department Research Award, 2017, Lingnan University 

• Faculty Prize for Outstanding Research and Scholarly Activities in 2007/2008, PolyU 

• American Accounting Association Doctoral Consortium Fellow, Lake Tahoe, 2005 

• Baosteel Group Scholarship, 1997 

• Outstanding Graduates, Shanghai University of Economics and Finance, 1997 

• People’s Academic Scholarship, Shanghai University of Economics and Finance, 1993-97