Research

Research Areas- Mergers & Acquisitions, Accounting for Intangibles, Media (Social and Traditional), Security Analysts, ESG

Publications

"Busy Directors and Monitoring: Evidence From Goodwill Impairments" with Mohamad Mazboudi,Satish Sahoo, Mark Soliman; Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (March 2025).

Grants

PI: "Do Analysts Understand Mergers and Acquisitions? Evidence from Analyst Reports," General Research Fund (GRF)-Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, Amount: $578,472 (2023-2026), Satish Sahoo; Peeyush Taori
PI: "Externalities of Fair Value Estimate of Technology Related Intangibles: Evidence from Business Combination, " Early Career Scheme(ECS)-Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, Amount: $360,000 (2022-2024), Satish Sahoo
PI: "Information Content of Proforma Disclosures for Mergers and Acquisitions," Startup Grant-City University of Hong Kong, Amount: $500,000 (2021-2024), Satish Sahoo

Working Papers

Focused Editing on Wikipedia: The Anonymous Influence of Firm-Aligned Users on Corporate Social Media Content (Coauthor: Stacey Ritter)

Revise & Resubmit at Journal of Accounting Research

Workshop- University of California Irvine, Santa Clara University (SCU), and University of Southern California (USC)

2. Real Externalities of Fair Value Estimates of Technology-related Intangibles: Evidence from Business Combinations (Coauthors: Sai Harsha Katuri, Yinghua Li, & Jingjing Xia)

Revise & Resubmit at Review of Accounting Studies

Received Early Career Scheme grant from Research Grant Council, Hong Kong (360,000 HKD)
Conference presentation- Hawaii Accounting Research Conference (HARC) (2025), and AAA Annual Meeting (2024)
Workshop- Concordia University, Hong Kong Baptist University, and City University of Hong Kong

3. Managerial Learning from Financial Reporting: Evidence from Goodwill Impairments (Coauthors: John Campbell, Sandip Dhol, & Shi Zhixi)

Under Review at Journal of Accounting and Economics

Conference presentation- Eighth Accounting Research Conference at the Indian School of Business (ISB), AAA Annual Meeting (2015)
Workshop- Monash University, University of Delaware, and Summer Research Camp at ISB

4. Does the Public Despise High Carbon Emitters? Evidence from Social Media Sentiment Towards Corporate Carbon Emissions (Coauthors: Zheng Wang, M. H. Franco Wong, & Gaole Zhang)

Under Review at Contemporary Accounting Research

Conference presentation- The Mediterranean Accounting Conference (2025), HARC (2025), AAA Current Issues in Sustainability Conference (2025), and CAAA Annual Meeting (2025)
Workshop- University of Hong Kong, and City University of Hong Kong

5. Do Analysts Understand Mergers and Acquisitions? (Coauthors: Peeyush Taori & M. H. Franco Wong)

Preparing for submission to Journal of Accounting and Economics

Received General Research Fund grant from Research Grant Council, Hong Kong (578,472 HKD)
Conference presentation- CAAA Annual Meeting (2025), and AAA Annual Meeting (2025)

6. Real Effects of Media: Evidence from Data Breaches (Coauthors: Vishal Baloria & Jee-Hae Lim)

Preparing for submission to Review of Financial Studies

Workshop- University of Connecticut

7. Impact of Disclosure Channel Consistency on Firm’s Information Environment (Coauthors: Tina Lang & Stacey Ritter)

Preparing for submission to Journal of Accounting Research

Conference presentation- HARC (2025), FARS Round Table Discussion (2025), AAA Current Issues in Sustainability Conference (2025), and Corporate Sustainability Conference at SCU (2025)
Workshop- Santa Clara University (SCU)

8. Detecting Fraud Escalation Through Constraint Accumulation: Evidence from Approximate Entropy (Coauthors: Stacey Ritter, Jonathan Ross, & Pinky Rusli)

Preparing for submission to The Accounting Review

Conference presentation- AAA SPARK Meeting (2025), AAA Annual Ethics Symposium (2025)
Workshop- Santa Clara University (SCU)

9. Too Little, Too Late: Implications of Headroom for Goodwill Impairment Testing (Coauthor: Weichang Chen)

Preparing for Submission to Contemporary Accounting Research

Based on my dissertation at the University of Southern California
Workshop- Presented at the University of Southern California, McGill University, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and the Indian School of Business

10. More is Less or Less is More: Information Loss and Cognitive Gain Experienced by Analysts After M&As (Coauthors: Deepak Jena, Abhishek Kathuria, & Ojaswi Malik)

Workshop- The Indian School of Business

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