Education Qualifications

PhD, Accounting, University of Minnesota, 1989 M.S., Accounting, University of Akron, 1983 CPA, Ohio University, 1983 B.A., Economics, National Taiwan University, 1978

Academic and Professional Experience

Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, 1999 Senior Lecturer, National University of Singapore, 1996 - 1999 Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, 1989 - 1999 Assistant Professor, University of Winconsin, 1988 - 1989

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Does the Stock Market See a Zero or Small Positive Earnings Surprise as a Red Flag?, with Edmund Keung; Zhi-Xing Lin, Journal of Accounting Research, forthcomin Profit as a signal of product quality and customer service: performance evaluation for plant managers, International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation, 2007 An investigation into the use of mergers as a solution for the Asian banking-sector crisis, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2003 Relationship of planning and control systems with strategic choices: A closer look, with Lee-Chien Yong, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2001 Corporate hierarchy and goal attainability, The Accounting Review, 73(4), 557-564, United States, October, 1998 Determinants of corporate leverage: A time-series analysis using US tax return data, Contemporary Accounting Research, 13(2), 487-504, Canada, Fall, 1996 Optimal transfer pricing and fixed cost allocation, Abacus, 32(2), 178-195, Australia, September, 1996 Conglomerate mergers and under-performance risk: a note, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 1995 Corporate tax incentives for conglomerate mergers: model development and empirical evidence, Contemporary Accounting Research, 1994 Design and tests of an efficient search algorithm for accurate linear valuation systems, with Shyam Sunder, Contemporary Accounting Research, 1987

Consultation and Executive Experience

Assistant Manager, Bank Paribus, 1980-1981 B.F. Goodrich Hydro Ontario

Research Interests

Compensation systems, mergers and acquisitions, income tax Financial markets and reporting, planning and control systems

Courses

FA6002  Finance and Accounting Seminars I BZ3104  Managerial planning and control MBA6003  Managerial accounting

Working Papers

"Profit Responsibilities for Pure Production Managers: An Empirical Study of Plant Managers" under review