FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS



Researcher : BAO Z

List of Research Outputs

BAO Z., LI W., Yin P. and Chau M.C.L., How Does the Review Tag Function Benefit Highly-Rated Popular Products in Online Markets?, Workshop on E-Business (WEB 2017). 2017.
BAO Z. and Chau M.C.L., The Effect of Marketer-Generated Content and User-Generated Content on Perceived Product Quality, Americas Conference on Information Systems. 2017.


Researcher : Buehlmaier M

Project Title:Doris Zimmern HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall Fellowships 2017-18 (Third Round)
Investigator(s):Buehlmaier M
Department:Business & Economics Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:Doris Zimmern HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall Fellowships
Start Date:09/2017


List of Research Outputs

Buehlmaier M. and Whited T.M., Are Financial Constraints Priced? Evidence from Textual Analysis, Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation. Harvard Law School, 2018.


Researcher : Chan AWH

List of Research Outputs

Chan A.W.H., Outstanding Teaching Award 2017, The University of Hong Kong. 2018.


Researcher : Chan CMK

Project Title:An Institutional Perspective of Foreign Affiliate Performance
Investigator(s):Chan CMK
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2010


Project Title:A Dynamic Institution-based View of Foreign Firm Performance
Investigator(s):Chan CMK
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2016


Project Title:A Dynamic Institution-based View of Foreign Firm Performance
Investigator(s):Chan CMK
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2017


Project Title:AIB 2018 Annual Meeting ; How Subnational Institutions Shape Foreign Ownership Structure in China?
Investigator(s):Chan CMK
Department:Business & Economics Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2018


List of Research Outputs

Chan C.M.K. and Du J.I.A.L.I.N., How Subnational Institutions Shape Foreign Ownership Structure in China?, Academy of International Business Annual Meeting. 2018.


Researcher : Chan DKW

Project Title:The Effects of Internal Control Reporting Regulation on Control Quality, Compensation and Audit Quality
Investigator(s):Chan DKW
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2014
Completion Date:09/2017


Project Title:Critical Audit Matter Disclosure
Investigator(s):Chan DKW
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2018


List of Research Outputs

Chan D.K.W. and Liu N., Does a Restriction of Nonaudit Services Improve Audit Quality and the Reliability of Audit Report?, 13th Workshop on Accounting and Economics. 2018.


Researcher : Chau MCL

Project Title:Applying Blog Mining Technologies in Suicide Research and Prevention
Investigator(s):Chau MCL
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2011


Project Title:Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2013-14
Investigator(s):Chau MCL
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Outstanding Young Researcher Award
Start Date:12/2014


Project Title:Authenticity and Helpfulness of Online Reviews
Investigator(s):Chau MCL
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2015
Completion Date:10/2017


Project Title:The Effects of Traditional Media and Social Media on Penny Stocks and Non-penny Stocks
Investigator(s):Chau MCL, Fu KW
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2015
Completion Date:03/2018


Project Title:The Impact of Average Rating and Information Disparity on Consumer Perception of Review Diagnosticity
Investigator(s):Chau MCL
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2017


Project Title:International Conference on Information Systems; Angels and Daemons: Is More Knowledge Better Than Less Privacy? An Empirical Study on a K-anonymized Openly Available Dataset
Investigator(s):Chau MCL
Department:Business & Economics Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:12/2017


Project Title:The Effect of Immersive Systems on Individual Performance
Investigator(s):Chau MCL
Department:Business & Economics Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2018


List of Research Outputs

BAO Z., LI W., Yin P. and Chau M.C.L., How Does the Review Tag Function Benefit Highly-Rated Popular Products in Online Markets?, Workshop on E-Business (WEB 2017). 2017.
BAO Z. and Chau M.C.L., The Effect of Marketer-Generated Content and User-Generated Content on Perceived Product Quality, Americas Conference on Information Systems. 2017.
LEE T.Y.P., Lui R.W.C. and Chau M.C.L., Does Competition Help Learning? An Exploratory Study on Competition, Challenge, Control, and Self-Efficacy in Digital Serious Games, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2018). 2018.
LI W. and Chau M.C.L., The Predictive Power of Online User Engagement on Product Sales, Workshop on E-Business (WEB 2017). 2017.
Pistilli L., Pennarola F. and Chau M.C.L., Angels and Daemons: Is More Knowledge Better Than Less Privacy? An Empirical Study on a K-anonymized Openly Available Dataset, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2017). 2017.
Xu J.J. and Chau M.C.L., Cheap Talk? The Impact of Lender-Borrower Communication on P2P Lending Outcomes, Journal of Management Information Systems. 2018, 35: 53-85.


Researcher : Chen Z

Project Title:HKU-AXA Research Program on China's Market Reform
Investigator(s):Chen Z
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:HKU-AXA Research Program
Start Date:09/2014


Project Title:Political-Economic Determinants of Imperial Anti-Corruption and Dynastic Cycles in Chinese History
Investigator(s):Chen Z
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for New Staff
Start Date:02/2017


List of Research Outputs

Chen Z., 19th Party Congress and other updates, Sharing session at Sun Hung Kai Properties. 2017.
Chen Z., Challenges for business corporations, The 16th Annual Forum for Business Leaders organized by the China Entrepreneurs. 2017.
Chen Z., China Update: Trade War and US-China Relations, Sharing session at Sun Hung Kai Properties. 2018.
Chen Z., China vs West: a business model comparison, FBE executive education - a half-day talk to a group of CEOs from mainland China. 2018.
Chen Z., Discussions on Sino-German economic relations, Chinese and German Economists closed door discussion at Chinese Embassy in Berlin. Berlin, 2017.
Chen Z., History and culture from a finance theoretic perspective, Lecture at PKU HSBC School of Business, Shenzhen. Shenzhen, PKU HSBC School of Business, 2017.
Chen Z., How Technology Facilitates Internationalization of Teaching and Learning (moderator), C9+1 Symposium T&L forum. 2018.
Chen Z., Issues in global trade, The 8th Caixin Summit. Beijing, Caixin Summit, 2017.
Chen Z., Journal editor (co-editor), Annals of Economics and Finance Volume 18(2). 2017, 18(2).
Chen Z., Journal editor (co-editor), Annals of Economics and Finance Volume 19(1). 2018, 19(1).
Chen Z., Ma D. and Long D., Journal editor (co-editor), In: Zhiwu Chen, Debin Ma and Denggao Long , Quantitative History Research Volume 3&4. 量化历史研究(第3/4合辑), Science Publishers, 2018, 3 & 4.
Chen Z., Lectures 1) A Study of Wife Prices in Qing China: How women were used as Insurance Assets 2) On quantitative history research 3) Unlocking the power of historical data in economic history research, The 5th Summer School for Quantitative History, and the 5th International Symposium on Quantitative History. Kaifeng, 2017, Henan University, Kaifeng.
Chen Z., Managing risks while going global, The 3rd Corporate Globalization Forum in Sanya, Hainan. Sanya, Hainan, 2017.
Chen Z., On the prospect of private enterprises in China from a historical perspective, NetEase Economist Forum (Beijing). Beijing, NetEase Economist Forum, 2017.
Chen Z., Quantitative History and New Knowledge Revolution: An Overview of Quantitative Studies on the History of Human Inequality, 量化历史研究与新知识革命—以财富差距与消费差距的历史研究为例, Journal of Peking University (Philosophy & Social Sciences). 北京大学学报(哲学社会科学版), Beijing, Peking University, 2018, 55 (4): 114-128.
Chen Z., Quantitative History: past and present, Lecture at the Qing Institute, Renmin University. 2018.
Chen Z., Quantitative history and the logic of civilization, Lecture at Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong. Jinan, Shandong University, 2017.
Chen Z., What is finance?, Distinguished lecture at Unirule Institute of Economics. Unirule Institute of Economics, 2017.
Chen Z., Why has income inequality increased?, Lecture at Xiangtan University. Hunan, Xiangtan University, 2017.
Chen Z., Why was finance difficult to develop in history, Why was finance difficult to develop in history. Shanghai, Fudan University, 2018.
Chen Z., “2017年度中国留学人员50人” awarded by Center For China And Globalization全球化智库(CCG). Other awardees include Neil Shen, the founding and managing partner of Sequoia Capital China, Chen Shiyi, the President of South University of Science and Technology of China, and Geling Yan, one of the most acclaimed Chinese-American novelists and screenwriters, to name a few., 2017年度中国留学人员50人, Center For China And Globalization (CCG). 全球化智库, 2017.
Yun Y., Chen Z. and Lin Z., 清代官绅家庭资产结构一般特征初探 - 以抄产档案为中心的研究, Journal of Financial Research. 金融研究, Beijing, People's Bank of China, 2018, 2: 65-81.


Researcher : Hsu P

Project Title:Accounting standards and innovation activities: International evidence
Investigator(s):Hsu P
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2015


Project Title:Technology replacement and stock returns
Investigator(s):Hsu P
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:08/2015
Completion Date:01/2018


Project Title:Knowledge transfers through innovation alliances
Investigator(s):Hsu P
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2016


Project Title:State ownership, environmental engagement, and green technologies
Investigator(s):Hsu P
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2017


Project Title:Financial Management Association Annual Meeting; Leviathan Inc. and Corporate Environmental Engagement
Investigator(s):Hsu P
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/2017
Completion Date:10/2017


Project Title:Exploration, Ambiguity, and Stock Returns
Investigator(s):Hsu P
Department:Business & Economics Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2018


List of Research Outputs

Bereskin F., Hsu P. and Rotenberg W., The Real Effects of Real Earnings Management: Evidence from Innovation, Contemporary Accounting Research. 2018, 35: 525-557.
Bhattacharya U., Hsu P., Tian X. and Xu Y., What Affects Innovation More: Policy or Policy Uncertainty?, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Cambridge University, 2017, 52: 1869-1901.
Gao H., Hsu P. and Li K., Innovation Strategy of Private Firms, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Cambridge University, 2018, 53: 1-32.


Researcher : Hu X

Project Title:Tri-party Repo Pricing
Investigator(s):Hu X
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2014
Completion Date:09/2017


List of Research Outputs

Hu X., Pan J. and Wang J., Early peek advantage? Efficient price discovery with tiered information disclosure, Journal of Financial Economics. 2017, 126: 399-421.


Researcher : Huang S

Project Title:Information Sales and Insider Trading with Diversified Information
Investigator(s):Huang S
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for New Staff
Start Date:01/2016
Completion Date:07/2018


Project Title:Dividend Catering and Learning from Stock Prices
Investigator(s):Huang S
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:07/2017


Project Title:13th Annual Central Bank Conference on the Microstructure of Financial Markets; Speed Acquisition
Investigator(s):Huang S
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/2017
Completion Date:10/2017


Project Title:A Model of Portfolio Delegation with Trading Cost and Contracting
Investigator(s):Huang S
Department:Business & Economics Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2018


List of Research Outputs

Huang S., Lin T.C. and Huang Y., Attention Allocation and Return Comovement: Evidence from Repeated Natural Experiments, In: G. William Schwert, Journal Of Financial Economics. 2018.
Huang S. and Zou H., Best Paper Award At China Academy Of Management Annual Meeting, 2018, China Academy Of Management Association. 2018.
Huang S., O'Hara M. and Zhong Z., Innovation and Informed trading: Evidence from industry ETFs, LSE Paul Woolley Conference 2018.


Researcher : Huang ZT

Project Title:The Effects of Nostalgia on Consumer Switching Behavior
Investigator(s):Huang ZT
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for New Staff
Start Date:02/2017


Project Title:2017 Association for Consumer Research Conference; Sleepiness, Need for Stimulation, and Variety-Seeking by Consumers
Investigator(s):Huang ZT
Department:Business & Economics Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/2017
Completion Date:10/2017


List of Research Outputs

Huang Z.T., Liang Y.S., Weinberg C.B. and Gorn G.J., Choosing Variety to Fight Sleepiness, Association for Consumer Research European Conference. 2018.
Huang Z.T., Liang Y.S., Weinberg C.B. and Gorn G.J., Choosing Variety to Fight Sleepiness, European Association for Consumer Research Conference. 2018.
Huang Z.T., Huang X.I. and Jiang Y., Seducing Customers with Fond Memories: The Effect of Nostalgia on Consumer Switching Behavior, Association for Consumer Research European Conference,. 2018.
Huang Z.T., Huang X.I. and Jiang Y., Seducing Customers with Fond Memories: The Effect of Nostalgia on Consumer Switching Behavior, European Association for Consumer Research Conference. 2018.
Huang Z.T., Huang X.I. and Jiang Y., Seeing Death-Related Media Information Decreases Price Sensitivity, Society for Consumer Psychology. 2018.
Huang Z.T., Liang Y.S., Weinberg C.B. and Gorn G.J., Sleepiness, Need For Stimulation, and Variety-Seeking By Consumers, Association ofr Consumer Research. 2017.
Huang Z.T., Huang X.I. and Jiang Y., The Effects of Death-Related Media Information on Value Orientation and Consumer Scope Sensitivity, European Association for Consumer Research Conference. 2018.
Huang Z.T., Liang Y.S., Weinberg C.B. and Gorn G.J., The Effects of Sleepiness on Consumer Variety Seeking, Society for Consumer Psychology. 2018.
Huang Z.T., Huang X.I. and Jiang Y., The Impact of Death-Related Media Information on Consumer Value Orientation and Scope Sensitivity, In: Rebecca Hamilton, Journal of Marketing Research. 2018, 55: 432-445.


Researcher : Hui C

Project Title:A temporal perspective of employee psychological ownership
Investigator(s):Hui C
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2006


Project Title:Workplace ostracism: A longitudinal examination of its antecedents and work and family outcomes
Investigator(s):Hui C
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme
Start Date:12/2010


List of Research Outputs

Hui C., I am a Researcher: So…, International Association for Chinese Management Researcher. 2018.
Hui C., Theory-based research: Mapping theory to hypotheses, School of Professional Education and Executive Development, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. 2017.


Researcher : Jia HM

Project Title:When Does Processing Difficulty Increase Perceived Durability of Products? The Metaphorical Effects of Metacognitive Experiences
Investigator(s):Jia HM
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for New Staff
Start Date:11/2016
Completion Date:10/2018


Project Title:When Consumers Perceive Products as Biological Entities: Exploring a New Perspective on How Product Anthropomorphism Affects Consumer Decision Making
Investigator(s):Jia HM
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:12/2017


List of Research Outputs

Jia H.M., Yang S., Lu X. and Park C.W., The Inverted U-Shaped Effect of Coupon Face Value on Consumer Spending Level, Research Seminar, Hunan University. 2018.
Jia H.M., Yang S., Lu X. and Park C.W., The Inverted U-Shaped Effect of Coupon Face Value on Consumer Spending Level, Research Seminar, University of International Business and Economics. 2018.


Researcher : Jia SJ

Project Title:Hedonic combinatorics: How combining unrelated products affects product enjoyment
Investigator(s):Jia SJ
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2017


Project Title:Field Studies on Phishing Susceptibility in Mobile Social Networks
Investigator(s):Jia SJ
Department:Faculty of Business and Economics
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2017




Researcher : Kim S

Project Title:Understanding the Motivation to Help under Mortality Salience
Investigator(s):Kim S
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:11/2015
Completion Date:04/2018


Project Title:The role of service employees’ performance attribution in consumer behavior
Investigator(s):Kim S
Department:Business & Economics Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for Resubmission of GRF/ECS Proposals
Start Date:07/2017
Completion Date:11/2017


Project Title:European Association for Consumer Research (EACR) 2018; Understanding the Motivation to Help Others under Mortality Salience: Self-Worth Enhancement versus Cultural Standards Reinforcement
Investigator(s):Kim S
Department:Business & Economics Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2018
Completion Date:06/2018


List of Research Outputs

Kim S. and McGill A.L., Helping Others by First Affirming the Self: When Self-Affirmation Reduces Ego-Defensive Downplaying of Others’ Misfortunes, In: Colin Wayne Leach, Michael D. Robinson, and Tessa V. West, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. SAGE, 2017, 44: 345–358.


Researcher : Kwok SKC

List of Research Outputs

Kwok S.K.C., Unleash the Power of PowerPoint in Teaching Economics, Eighth Annual Conference on Teaching and Research in Economic Education (CTREE), 2018.


Researcher : LEE TYP

List of Research Outputs

LEE T.Y.P., Lui R.W.C. and Chau M.C.L., Does Competition Help Learning? An Exploratory Study on Competition, Challenge, Control, and Self-Efficacy in Digital Serious Games, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2018). 2018.


Researcher : LI W

List of Research Outputs

BAO Z., LI W., Yin P. and Chau M.C.L., How Does the Review Tag Function Benefit Highly-Rated Popular Products in Online Markets?, Workshop on E-Business (WEB 2017). 2017.
LI W. and Chau M.C.L., The Predictive Power of Online User Engagement on Product Sales, Workshop on E-Business (WEB 2017). 2017.


Researcher : Lau SH

Project Title:Rapid population aging and an alternative measure of economic dependency
Investigator(s):Lau SH
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2016
Completion Date:01/2018


Project Title:Effects of mortality decline on life-cycle variables: A state-dependent approach
Investigator(s):Lau SH
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2018


Project Title:16th edition of the International Conference on Pension, Insurance and Saving; Mortality decline, productivity increase, and positive feedback between schooling and retirement choices
Investigator(s):Lau SH
Department:Faculty of Business and Economics
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:04/2018
Completion Date:04/2018


List of Research Outputs

Lau S.H. and Cai Z., Impact of mortality reductions on years of schooling and expected lifetime labor supply, Journal of Mathematical Economics. 2017, 72: 134-144.


Researcher : Lee DS

List of Research Outputs

Lee D.S., Faculty of Business & Economics Outstanding Teacher Award (Undergraduate Teaching) 2016-2017, Faculty of Business & Economics. 2017.
Lee D.S. and Lee D.S., International MBA (with Fudan University) Teaching Award 2016-2017, Faculty of Business & Economics. 2017.


Researcher : Lee H

Project Title:The determinants and consequences of international innovation spillovers
Investigator(s):Lee H
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2015
Completion Date:12/2017


Project Title:Mitigating supply chain risks with robust supply chain designs
Investigator(s):Lee H
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2016
Completion Date:12/2018


Project Title:Mitigating the Impacts of Natural Disasters on Firms and Supply Chains
Investigator(s):Lee H, Hsu P
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2016


Project Title:2018 Informs International; Strategic Product Recall/Responsible Sourcing: Production Scale And Monitoring In The Nike Supply Network
Investigator(s):Lee H
Department:Faculty of Business and Economics
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2018
Completion Date:06/2018


List of Research Outputs

Lee H. and Li C., Supplier Quality Management: Investment, Inspection, and Incentives, Production and Operations Management. 322, 2, 2017, 27: 304.
Lee H., Zhou J. and Wang J., Trade Credit Financing Under Competition and Its Impact on Firm Performance in Supply Chains, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 2018, 20: 36-52.


Researcher : Leung SLO

List of Research Outputs

Leung S.L.O., Teaching Feedback Award 2017-18, The University of Hong Kong. 2018.


Researcher : Li D

Project Title:HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards 2012-13
Investigator(s):Li D
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards
Start Date:06/2012


Project Title:the 41st European Finance Association (EFA) Annual Meeting ; Stock Liquidity and Bankruptcy Risk
Investigator(s):Li D
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2014


Project Title:The 2nd Dauphine Microstructure Workshop; The Competitive Landscape of High-Frequency Trading Firms
Investigator(s):Li D
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2017


Project Title:Supply Chain, News and Post-earnings Announcement Drift
Investigator(s):Li D, Hu X
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:07/2017


List of Research Outputs

Boehmer E., Li D. and Saar G., The Competitive Landscape of High-Frequency Trading Firms, The Review of Financial Studies. 2018, 31: 2227-2276.


Researcher : Li X

Project Title:Monitoring Role of the Press ??Evidence from Press Coverage of Chinese Firms Listed in the U.S.
Investigator(s):Li X
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2016


Project Title:Does Increased Mandatory Risk Disclosure Lead to Investor Perceptions of Higher Risk? – Evidence from Cross-listed Firms in China and Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Li X
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2018


List of Research Outputs

Brockman P., Li X. and Price S.M., Conference Call Tone and Stock Returns: Evidence from the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies. 2017, 46: 667-685.
Brockman P., Cicon J.E., Li X. and Price S.M., Words versus Deeds: Evidence from Post-Call Manager Trades, Financial Management. 2017, 46: 965-994.
Dong Y., Hu N., Li X. and Liu L., Analyst Firm Coverage and Forecast Accuracy: The Effect of Regulation Fair Disclosure, Abacus. 2017, 53: 450-484.
Hu N., Huang R., Li X. and Liu L., The impact of CEOs’ accounting backgrounds on earnings management and conservatism, Journal of Centrum Cathedra. 2017, 10: 4-24.


Researcher : Lin TC

Project Title:Losing by Trading? The Index Futures Investment Performance of Day Traders
Investigator(s):Lin TC
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2011


Project Title:Gambling for five-star rating? A regression discontinuity approach on mutual fund risk-shifting behavior
Investigator(s):Lin TC
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2016


Project Title:Social capital in mergers and acquisitions
Investigator(s):Lin TC
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2017


Project Title:The Effect of Stock Market Indexing on the Quality of Options Market
Investigator(s):Lin TC, Chang EC
Department:Faculty of Business and Economics
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:12/2017


Project Title:2018 Western Finance Association Meetings; Gender Differences in Crowdfunding - Entrepreneur Overconfidence and Campaign Outcomes (Final report: Gender Differences in Reward-Based Crowdfunding)
Investigator(s):Lin TC
Department:Business & Economics Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2018
Completion Date:06/2018


List of Research Outputs

Huang S., Lin T.C. and Huang Y., Attention Allocation and Return Comovement: Evidence from Repeated Natural Experiments, In: G. William Schwert, Journal Of Financial Economics. 2018.


Researcher : Lok CK

List of Research Outputs

Lok C.K., Editorial Advisory Board Member, International Interdisciplinary Business-Economics Advancement Journal (IIBAJ). 2017.


Researcher : Lowry PB

Project Title:Identifying factors for improving international organizational information security compliance and protection motivation through meta-analysis
Investigator(s):Lowry PB
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2017


Project Title:Exploration into online addiction in social networks
Investigator(s):Lowry PB
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for New Staff
Start Date:04/2017
Completion Date:08/2018


List of Research Outputs

Lowry P.B., Moody G.D. and Chatterjee S., Using IT Design to Prevent Cyberbullying, Journal of Management Information Systems. 2017, 34: 863-901.


Researcher : Ma C

Project Title:Hometown Favoritism and Banking Development: Evidence from Nineteenth Century China
Investigator(s):Ma C
Department:Faculty of Business and Economics
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for New Staff
Start Date:01/2018


List of Research Outputs

Ma C., 2018 International Workshop on Long-run Development, The rise of Confucianism. 2018.
Ma C., Advanced Economics Seminar of Shandong University, The rise of Confucianism. 2018.


Researcher : Meng R

Project Title:What do managers do when immune from hostile takeover threats?
Investigator(s):Meng R
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2010


Project Title:Building Empires or Enjoying a Quiet Life? Corporate Governance and Managerial Preferences: A Revisit
Investigator(s):Meng R
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2011


List of Research Outputs

Meng R. and Ou-Yang H., ETFs in Mainland China, Financial Times (in Chinese). 2017.
Meng R., Financial Technology, Study Guide of Fundamentals of Banking. 2018.
Meng R., Hong Kong Financial Market, Invited talk from China Affairs Office . 2017.
Meng R., Hong Kong’s Financial Market and Its Link to Mainland China, Invited talk from China Affairs Office . 2017.
Meng R. and Ou-Yang H., Hong Kong’s Interest Rate Structure and Outlook, Financial Times (in Chinese). 2018.
Meng R., TPG Outstanding Teaching Awards, The University of Hong Kong. 2017.
Meng R. and Ou-Yang H., The Impact of the Russiagate Investigation on US Stock Market, Financial Times (in Chinese). 2017.
Meng R., UG Outstanding Teaching Awards, The University of Hong Kong . 2017.
Meng R. and Ou-Yang H., US Debt Ceiling and Its Impact, Financial Times (in Chinese). 2017.
Meng R., University Outstanding Teaching Awards, The University of Hong Kong. 2018.
Meng R., Value Partners Group Ltd., 2017.
Meng R. and Ou-Yang H., What It Means if US Names China a Currency Manipulator, WallStreetCN (in Chinese). 2017.
Meng R. and Ou-Yang H., Why is Inflation So Low after Multiple Rounds of QE?, Financial Times (in Chinese). 2018.


Researcher : Ng TWH

Project Title:Effects of Psychological Contract Breaches on Innovation-Related Behavior: Examining the Role of Changes in Workplace Relationships
Investigator(s):Ng TWH
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2011


Project Title:Discrete Employee Emotions and Voice Behavior: A Longitudinal Investigation of the Reciprocal Relationships
Investigator(s):Ng TWH
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2015


Project Title:Why Idiosyncratic Deals Can Have Both Positive and Negative Consequences: A Conservation of Resources Perspective
Investigator(s):Ng TWH
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2016
Completion Date:03/2018


Project Title:You Speak, I Speak: The Dynamic Contagion Effects of Coworker Voice on Employee Voice
Investigator(s):Ng TWH
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2017


Project Title:Idiosyncratic Deals, Learning Orientation, and External Networking Behavior
Investigator(s):Ng TWH
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2017


Project Title:Two Sides of the Same Coin: Disentangling the Contrary Effects of Perspective Taking on Employee Creativity
Investigator(s):Ng TWH
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2018


Project Title:An Impression Management View of Apologizing Behavior at Work
Investigator(s):Ng TWH
Department:Business & Economics Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2018


List of Research Outputs

Ng T.W.H., Can idiosyncratic deals promote perceptions of competitive climate, felt ostracism, and turnover?, Journal of Vocational Behavior. 2017, 99: 118-131.
Ng T.W.H. and Allen T.D., Organizational attachment and health, Journal of Vocational Behavior. 2018, 107: 1-14.
Ng T.W.H., Transformational leadership and performance outcomes: Analyses of multiple mediation pathways, Leadership Quarterly. 2017, 28: 385-417.


Researcher : Ng YM

List of Research Outputs

Yim B.C.K. and Ng Y.M., Cathay Pacific’s Loss of Altitude: Where Can It Land?, Asia Case Research Centre. 2018.


Researcher : Ouyang H

Project Title:Improve healthcare operations using simulation analytics
Investigator(s):Ouyang H
Department:Business & Economics Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for New Staff
Start Date:09/2017


Project Title:Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) 2017; Simulation-based Predicative Analytics for Dynamic Queueing Systems
Investigator(s):Ouyang H
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:12/2017
Completion Date:12/2017


List of Research Outputs

Ouyang H. and Nelson B. .L., Simulation-based predictive analytics for dynamic queueing systems, In: W. K. V. Chan, A. D’Ambrogio, G. Zacharewicz, N. Mustafee, G. Wainer, and E. Page, eds., 2017 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC). IEEE, 2018, 1716-1727.


Researcher : Park E

Project Title:Data-driven Analysis of Emergency Department Resource Management
Investigator(s):Park E
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for New Staff
Start Date:11/2016


Project Title:INFORMS 2018 International Meeting Conference; Does Limiting Time on Ambulance Diversion Reduce Diversions? A Simulation Study Based on a Policy Intervention in Los Angeles County
Investigator(s):Park E
Department:Faculty of Business and Economics
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2018
Completion Date:06/2018




Researcher : Shen H

Project Title:Business Analytics and Big Data
Investigator(s):Shen H
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for New Staff
Start Date:06/2016


Project Title:the IMS Asia Pacific Rim Meeting (IMS-APRM); To Wait or Not to Wait: Two-way Functional Hazards Model for Understanding Waiting in Call Centers
Investigator(s):Shen H
Department:Faculty of Business and Economics
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2018
Completion Date:06/2018


List of Research Outputs

Shen H., A Survey of High Dimension Low Sample Size Asymptotics, Australia and New Zealand Journal of Statistics. 2018, 60: 4-19.
Shen H., The Network of Shanghai Stroke Service System (4S): A Public Healthcare Web-Based Database using Automatic Extraction of Electronic Medical Records, International Journal of Stroke. 2018, 13: 539-544.


Researcher : Sinclair AJ

List of Research Outputs

Sinclair A.J. and Mojir N., Hedge Fund Media Exposure: Third-Party Marketers as Gatekeepers, In: Byoung Kang, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong Brown Bag. 2017.
Sinclair A.J., Hedge Fund Performance and Analysis, In: Yu Wang, Bohui Zhang, Seeking Alpha. 2017.
Sinclair A.J., Scarce Institutional Capital and Hedge Fund Performance Persistence, In: Thomas Schmid, Jinghan Meng, HKU Brownbag. 2018.
Sinclair A.J., The Allocative Role of Prime Brokers, In: Wenxi Jiang, Po-Hsuan Hsu, Kai Li, Yaxuan Qi, Yong (Jimmy) Jin, Gilbert Park, 5th Hong Kong Joint Finance Research Workshop . 2017.
Sinclair A.J., The Allocative Role of Prime Brokers, Georgia State University Seminar. 2017.
Sinclair A.J., The Allocative Role of Prime Brokers, In: Olga Kolokolova, George Wang, Nicola Pike, The Role Of Hedge Funds And Other Collective Investments In The Modern World. 2017.


Researcher : Suen WC

Project Title:Competing for Limited Attention in Large Media Markets
Investigator(s):Suen WC, Chen H
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2016


List of Research Outputs

Chan J., Lizzeri A., Suen W.C. and Yariv L., Deliberating Collective Decisions, The Review of Economic Studies. 2018, 85: 929-963.


Researcher : Tang Y

Project Title:Research Output Prize (Faculty of Business and Economics)
Investigator(s):Tang Y
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:01/2014


Project Title:Do Credit Default Swaps Reduce the Information Advantage of Corporate Insiders?
Investigator(s):Tang Y
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2016


Project Title:SFS Cavalcade North America 2018; Subnational Debt of China: The Politics-Finance Nexus
Investigator(s):Tang Y
Department:Faculty of Business and Economics
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2018
Completion Date:05/2018




Researcher : Tang Y

Project Title:Cross-Listing and Performance in Cross-Border Acquisitions
Investigator(s):Tang Y
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for New Staff
Start Date:03/2016


Project Title:The Growth of Emerging Market Firms and Capital Market Choice
Investigator(s):Tang Y
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:01/2017


Project Title:2018 Global Strategies and Emerging Markets (GSEM); The Value of Productivity in Emerging Market Firms Cross-Border Acquisitions of Developed Market Firms
Investigator(s):Tang Y
Department:Faculty of Business and Economics
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2018


List of Research Outputs

Tang Y., SHI W.E.I. and Cuervo-Cazurra A.L.V.A.R.O., Institutional Adaptability: State Corruption and Cross-Border Acquisitions., Academy of International Business Conference. 2018.
Tang Y. and Madhavan R.A.V.I., The Productivity and Cross-Border Acquisitions of Emerging Market Firms, 2018 Global Strategy and Emerging Market Conference. 2018.


Researcher : Wang D

Project Title:You invest and I get promoted: The Impact of Political Leaders on FDI Inflows in China
Investigator(s):Wang D
Department:Business & Economics Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:01/2018


List of Research Outputs

Wang D., The State, Government Officials’ Political Incentives and Corporate Diversification in an Emerging Economy, Research seminar at Sun Yat-sen University. 2017.
Wang D., You Invest and I Get Promoted: The Impact of Political Leaders on FDI Inflows in China, Research Seminar at Nanjing University. 2018.
Wang D., You Invest and I Get Promoted: The Impact of Political Leaders on FDI Inflows in China, Reserch Seminar at Antai college, Shanghai Jiaotong University. 2018.


Researcher : Wang J

Project Title:Optimizing Reliability and Extended Warranty Pricing Decisions in a Supply Chain
Investigator(s):Wang J
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2016


Project Title:Which queue should I join: a study of customer queue joining decisions in services
Investigator(s):Wang J
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2016
Completion Date:06/2018


Project Title:The Impact of the Bundled Payment Policy Scheme on Operational Performance in Health Care
Investigator(s):Wang J
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2017


Project Title:INFORMS 2017 Annual Conference; Managing Technology And Licensing In Supply Chains
Investigator(s):Wang J
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/2017
Completion Date:10/2017


List of Research Outputs

Lee H., Zhou J. and Wang J., Trade Credit Financing Under Competition and Its Impact on Firm Performance in Supply Chains, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 2018, 20: 36-52.
Wang J., Wu X. and Krishnan V., Decision Structure and Performance of Networked Technology Supply Chains, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 2018, 20: 199-216.


Researcher : Wang L

List of Research Outputs

Wang L. and Yao D., Production with Risk Hedging—Optimal Policy and Efficient Frontier, Operations Research. 2017, 65(4): 837-1113.


Researcher : Wang SH

Project Title:Evoking Novelty-Seeking Adoption of User-Innovations: Effects of Differential Sequencing of Category Positioning Strategies between Domain and Non-Domain Adopters
Investigator(s):Wang SH, Yim BCK
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:12/2016


List of Research Outputs

Wang S.H., Will Live Video Chat-Powered Sales/Service Assistance Backfire? The Significance of Private–Public Hypercontext, Marketing Science Conference 2018.


Researcher : Wang X

Project Title:CEO’s Subsidiary Position and Firm’s Tax Avoidance
Investigator(s):Wang X
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:12/2016


Project Title:2017 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting; Parent-Subsidiary Common Managers and Corporate Tax Planning: Evidence from China
Investigator(s):Wang X
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2017
Completion Date:08/2017


List of Research Outputs

Chen C., Martin X., Roychowdhury S., Wang X. and Billett M.T., Clarity Begins at Home: Internal Information Asymmetry and External Communication Quality, The Accounting Review. 2018, 93: 71-101.
Chen F., Hope O., Li Q. and Wang X., Flight to Quality in International Markets: Investors’ Demand for Financial Reporting Quality during Political Uncertainty Events, Contemporary Accounting Research. 2018, 35: 117-155.


Researcher : Wong KP

Project Title:Research Output Prize (Faculty of Business and Economics)
Investigator(s):Wong KP
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:01/2013


Project Title:Asian Finance Association (ASIANFA) 2018 Conference; What Explains the Dispersion Effect? Evidence from Exogenous Variation in Institutional Ownership
Investigator(s):Wong KP
Department:Faculty of Business and Economics
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2018
Completion Date:06/2018


List of Research Outputs

Stoughton N.M., Wong K.P. and Yi L., Investment Efficiency and Product Market Competition, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Cambridge University Press, 2017, 52: 2611-2642.
Wong K.P., Optimal Two-Part Pricing under Demand Uncertainty, In: Kazuhiro Ohnishi, Firms' Strategic Decisions: Theoretical and Empirical Findings. Bentham Science Publishers, 2018, 3: 1-35.


Researcher : Xie X

List of Research Outputs

Xie X., HKU FBE IMBA Teaching Award 2017-2018, HKU FBE. 2017.


Researcher : Xu Y

Project Title:Corporate R&D and the cross section of stock returns: International evidence
Investigator(s):Xu Y, Hsu P
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2014
Completion Date:10/2017


Project Title:Displacement risk and value premium: a global analysis
Investigator(s):Xu Y
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2017


List of Research Outputs

Bhattacharya U., Hsu P., Tian X. and Xu Y., What Affects Innovation More: Policy or Policy Uncertainty?, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Cambridge University, 2017, 52: 1869-1901.


Researcher : Yen BP

Project Title:Analytical Modeling, Evaluation and Enhancement of Website Design
Investigator(s):Yen BP
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2009


Project Title:Single Machine Scheduling with Cache Buffers
Investigator(s):Yen BP
Department:Business & Economics Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2018


List of Research Outputs

Yen B.P., Ni J. and Chu L.K., Graph Transformation Based Guidance for Web Navigation, The Seventeenth International Conference on Electronic Business. 2017.


Researcher : Yuen WHV

List of Research Outputs

Yuen W.H.V., The obstacle to home ownership among youth people and its social implications, In: Dr. Rosanna Wong, DBE, JP, Journal of Youth Studies. Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, 2017, 20: 48-60.


Researcher : Zhang G

Project Title:Accounting Information Quality and Equity Investment Risk: A Test Based on Dual-class Share Prices
Investigator(s):Zhang G
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2016


Project Title:A theoretical analysis of investors’ information need and the implications for reporting enterprises’ business performance
Investigator(s):Zhang G
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for New Staff
Start Date:06/2017


List of Research Outputs

Chen T., Zhang G. and Zhou Y., Enforceability of non-compete covenants, discretionary investments, and financial reporting practices: Evidence from a natural experiment, Journal of Accounting and Economics. 2018, 65: 41-60.


Researcher : Zhou KZ

Project Title:Research Output Prize (Faculty of Business and Economics)
Investigator(s):Zhou KZ
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:12/2011


Project Title:Outstanding Researcher Award 2015-16
Investigator(s):Zhou KZ
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:Outstanding Researcher Award
Start Date:11/2016


Project Title:Ambidexterity of International Joint Ventures in China: Institutional Drivers and Performance Implications
Investigator(s):Zhou KZ
Department:School of Business
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2017


Project Title:2018 AMA Global Marketing SIG Conference; Panelist: Challenges and Opportunities of Conducting High-Impact International Marketing Strategy Research /Present paper: Does Institutional Support Cultivate Firms' Entrepreneurial Orientation in Emerging Economies?
Investigator(s):Zhou KZ
Department:Faculty of Business and Economics
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2018
Completion Date:05/2018


List of Research Outputs

Shu C., JIN L. and Zhou K.Z., A Contingent View of Partner Coopetition in International Joint Ventures, Journal of International Marketing. 2017, 25: 42-60.
Wang L., Zhao J. and Zhou K.Z., How do Incentives Motivate Absorptive Capacity Development? The Mediating Role of Employee Learning and Relational Contingencies, Journal of Business Research. 2018, 85.
Zhang Q., Zhou K.Z., Wang Y. and Wei H., Untangling the safeguarding and coordinating functions of contracts: Direct and contingent value in China, Journal of Business Research. 2017, 78: 184-192.


Researcher : Zou H

Project Title:Director liability, talent attraction and retention: Evidence from a natural experiment
Investigator(s):Zou H
Department:Sch of Economics & Finance
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2017


Project Title:How Do Investors Perceive Corporate Social Responsibility? Evidence from a Law Change
Investigator(s):Zou H
Department:Business & Economics Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2018


List of Research Outputs

Huang S. and Zou H., Best Paper Award At China Academy Of Management Annual Meeting, 2018, China Academy Of Management Association. 2018.
Zou H., Best Paper Award At China Academy Of Management Annual Meeting, 2018, China Academy Of Management Association. 2018.
Zou H., Winner of Best Paper Award at the China Academy of Management Annual Meeting, the China Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2018. 2018.


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