Albert Tsang Feburary, 2012

School of AccountancyTel: (852) 3943 1548

ChineseUniversity of Hong KongEmail:

ShatinHong Kong

Position

  • Assistant Professor, ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong, H.K., 2008 - Present

Education

  • Ph.D. in Accounting, University of Texas At Dallas, U.S.A,
  • M.B.A., University of Texas At Dallas, U.S.A.,
  • M.Sc. in Accounting, University of Texas At Dallas, U.S.A.,
  • M.Sc. in Management Information System, University of Texas At Dallas, U.S.A.,
  • B.Sc. in Physics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, H.K.

Publications

  • “Nonfinancial Disclosure and Analyst Forecast Accuracy: International Evidence on Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure” with Dan Dhaliwal, Suresh Radhakrishnan, and George Yang, The Accounting Review, forthcoming 2012.Paper featured in PRI Academic Network.
  • “The Valuation-Relevance of the Foreign Translation Adjustment: The Impact of Barriers to Entry” with Suresh Radhakrishnan, The International Journal of Accounting, forthcoming 2012.
  • “Discussion – The Impact of Market Segmentation on the Value-Relevance of Accounting Information: Evidence from China” Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, forthcoming 2012.
  • “Voluntary Nonfinancial Disclosure and the Cost of Equity Capital: The Initiation of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting” with Dan Dhaliwal, Oliver Li, and George Yang, The Accounting Review, 2011, Vol. 86 No. 1, p59-100. Paper featured in the blog of Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation on October 2010 and PRI Academic Network.
  • “Institutional Investors, Managerial Ownership and Executive Compensation” with Surya Janakiraman and Suresh Radhakrishnan, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Fall 2010, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p673-707.

Working Papers

  • “Nonfinancial Disclosure and Cost of Capital: International Evidence on Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure” with Dan Dhaliwal, Oliver Li, and George Yang (under review of Accounting, Organization and Society).
  • “CorporateLobbying and Accounting Conservatism” with Xiangting Kong, and Suresh Radhakrishnan.
  • “Management Forecast around the World” with Suresh Radhakrishnan, and George Yang.
  • “How Do Auditors Responds to Corporate Social Performance” with Wei Yu, Long Chen and Bin Srinidhi.
  • “IPO, Earnings Quality, and Media Exposure” with Suresh Radhakrishnan and Robert Kieschnick (under review of Journal of Accounting and Public Policy).

Works in Progress

  • “The Role of Accountants in the Quality of Financial Reporting around the World” with Suresh Radhakrishnan.
  • “Institutional Investors and Management Forecast: An International Study” with George Yang.
  • “Management Forecast and Cost of Capital around the World” with George Yang.
  • “What Do Managers Forecast around the World” With Oktay Urcan and George Yang.

Conference Papers &Presentations

  • AAA Southwest Regional Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 2007
  • AAA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, Aug. 2007
  • AAA International Accounting Section and IAAER Midyear Conference, San Diego, California, Feb. 2008
  • AAA Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, Aug. 2008
  • The Illinois International Accounting Symposium, Catania, Italy, Jun. 2009
  • AAA Annual Meeting, New York City, New York, Aug. 2009
  • Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance Special Issue Symposium, Milan, Italy, Sep. 2009
  • AAA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, Aug. 2010
  • AAA Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, Aug. 2011
  • Accounting Symposium of the Asia Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, Hawaii, Mar. 2011
  • Academic Conference on Social Responsibility, University of WashingtonTacoma,July 2011
  • AAA Financial Reporting and Accounting Section (FARS) meeting, Chicago, Jan. 2012
  • AAA Auditing Section Midyear Meeting, Georgia, Jan. 2012

Invited Seminar Presentations

2008:Georgia Institute of Technology, New York University, London Business School, Imperial College London, McGill University, University of Alberta, Tilburg University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and The Chinese University of Hong Kong; City University of Hong Kong;

2011: City University of Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong, Sun Yet Sen University, National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University

Professional Services

  • Ad-Hoc reviewer for AAA annual meeting, The Accounting Review, Business and Society, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting, and Public Policy, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, Managerial Finance, Research Grant Council of Hong Kong, CAPANA annual conference.

Awards

  • American Accounting Association Southwest Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2005
  • American Accounting Association Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2006
  • Faculty Teaching Awards2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011
  • Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award 2009/2010

Research Grant

  • Competitive Earmarked Research Grant of Hong Kong Government, CUHK 451409 2009/2010, HK$ 413,448
  • REGA Financial Research Fellowship, June 2011, HK$ 50,000
  • Competitive Earmarked Research Grant of Hong Kong Government, CUHK 455311 2011/2012, HK$ 273,222

Teaching

  • University of Texas at Dallas,

Intermediate Accounting I,

Spring 2007 (rating: 4.7/5), Summer 2007 (rating: 4.7/5);

Intermediate Accounting II,

Fall 2007 (rating: 4.8/5),

  • ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong,

Introductory Financial Accounting,

Fall 2008 (mean raw scores adjusted for class size: 5.84/6),

Fall 2009 (mean raw scores adjusted for class size: 5.86/6),

Fall 2010 (mean raw scores adjusted for class size: 5.60/6),

Fall 2011 (mean raw scores adjusted for class size: 5.87/6).

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