Positions

Assistant Professor of Accounting

Research interests

Executive compensation  
Say on pay   
Corporate governance  
Credit ratings   
Financial reporting  
Impression management  
CEO succession 

PhD Dissertation title

Essays on Performance-vested Stock Options and Corporate Governance 

International publications

2015. “Say on pay votes: The role of the media” with Reggy Hooghiemstra and Yu Flora Kuang. European Accounting Review, forthcoming in Special Issue on Regulation and Disclosure of Executive Compensation.  

2015.  “The influence of CEO power on compensation contract design” with Margaret Abernethy and Yu Flora Kuang. The Accounting Review, forthcoming in the July 2015 issue. 

2014.  “CEO origin and accrual-based earnings management” with Yu Flora Kuang and Jacco Wielhouwer. Accounting Horizons 28(3): 605-626.

2013. “Credit ratings and CEO risk-taking incentives” with Yu Flora Kuang. Contemporary Accounting Research 30(4): 1524-1559.

2012. “The influence of firm and executive characteristics on performance-vested stock option grants”. International Business Review 21(5): 906-928.

2009. “Performance-vested stock options and interest alignment” with Yu Flora Kuang. The British Accounting Review 41(1): 46-61. 

Other articles

2015. "CEO overconfidence and cost stickiness" with Warsha Mohan and Yu Flora Kuang. Management Control & Accounting (2): 34-38. 

2014. “Don’t let the ball drop: Outside CEOs and earnings management” with Yu Flora Kuang and Jacco Wielhouwer. Amsterdam in Science, Business and Society (2): 6-7." 

2014. "Do compensation consultants assist in setting easy targets in performance-vested equity plans for CEOs?" with Yu Flora Kuang and Angela van Teijen. Management Control & Accounting (2): 26-32.

2012. "The influence of managerial power on the choice of performance targets in incentive contracts" with Yu Flora Kuang. Management Control & Accounting (6): 42-46.

2011. “Underrepresentation of female directors in the boardroom” with Lan-zhu Yang. Management Executive (November): 226-227.

2011. “The 2007 credit crisis and CEO risk-taking incentives in US financial sector” with Yu Flora Kuang. Management Control & Accounting (5): 30-38.

2011. “Changes of CEO compensation in the US financial sector during the credit crisis” with Arjan de Groot. Management Control & Accounting (2): 34-39.

2009. “Credit ratings and managerial incentives” with Yu Flora Kuang. Management Control & Accounting (8): 34-42.

2007. “The influence of audit committee financial expertise on earnings quality: U.S. evidence”. The IUP Journal of Accounting Research and Audit Practices (former 'The Icfai Journal of Audit Practice') IV(3): 7-28. 

Books / Book chapters

2012. “Performance-based equity grants and corporate governance choices” with Yu Flora Kuang. In: A. Jalilvand and T. Malliaris (Eds). Risk Management and Corporate Governance (pp. 28-59). Routledge.

2011. “Executive Compensation Practices in the UK: A Guide to Governance, Taxation and Accounting” with Steven Balsam and Yu Flora Kuang. WorldatWork Press (ISBN 978-1-57963-315-8).

2010. “Executive compensation practice in Sweden”. In I. Bakker, G. van Helden, P. Kamminga, and R. Scapens (Eds.), Caleidoscoop van accounting onderzoek, Liber Amicorum voor prof.dr. Jeltje van de Meer-Kooistra (pp. 161-175). Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

2010. “Essays on Performance-vested Stock Options and Corporate Governance”. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (ISBN 978-90-367-4260-3).  

“Does obfuscating excessive CEO pay work? The effects of remuneration report readability on say-on-pay votes” with Reggy Hooghiemstra and Yu Flora Kuang. 

"CFO social ties and financial restatements" with Xiaotao Kelvin Liu and Yu Flora Kuang.  

“The effects of CEO networks on analysts’ recommendations: Evidence from CEO successions” with Yu Flora Kuang.

Current year

Financial Statement Analysis (BSc Year 3 Accountancy & Control)

Corporate Governance and Risk Management (MSc Accountancy & Control)

Master thesis supervision (MSc Accountancy & Control)

Previous years (at University of Groningen)

Graduate-level courses:

Financial Management

Working Capital Management 

Master thesis supervision for Organizational & Management Control, Accountancy, and International Financial Management

Undergraduate-level courses:

International Financial Management

Financial Accounting

Management Accounting

Pre-MSc research paper supervision for Organizational & Management Control

Bachelor thesis supervision for International Business & Management 

• Course materials are available through the UvA Blackboard Server

• No ancillary activities