Kevin C. W. Chen

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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Clear Water Bay

Kowloon

Hong Kong

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Disclosure, Corporate Governance, and the Cost of Equity Capital: Evidence from Asia's Emerging Markets

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 03 Aug 2003
Kevin C. W. Chen, K.C. John Wei and Zhihong Chen
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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corporate governance, Cost of capital, Disclosure, Investor protection

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Earnings Management and Capital Resource Allocation: Evidence from China's Accounting-Based Regulation of Rights Issue

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 Oct 2000
Kevin C. W. Chen and Hongqi Yuan
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Fudan University - School of Management
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Earnings management; Capital resource allocation; Accounting-based regulation; Rights issue

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Agency Costs of Free Cash Flow and the Effect of Shareholder Rights on the Implied Cost of Equity Capital

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 09 Apr 2009
Kevin C. W. Chen, Zhihong Chen and K.C. John Wei
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Agency costs of free cash flow, Anti-takeover provisions, Shareholder rights, Cost of equity capital, Investment opportunities

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Substitution between Real and Accruals-Based Earnings Management after Voluntary Adoption of Compensation Clawback Provisions

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 Jun 2014
Lilian H. Chan, Kevin C. W. Chen, Tai-Yuan CHEN and Yangxin Yu
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Accounting, HKUST Business School, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and City University of Hong Kong
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clawback provisions; real transactions management; accruals management

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Legal Protection of Investors, Corporate Governance, and the Cost of Equity Capital

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 09 Apr 2009
Kevin C. W. Chen, Zhihong Chen and K.C. John Wei
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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governance, Cost of equity, Legal protection of investors

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The Effects of Firm-Initiated Clawback Provisions on Earnings Quality and Auditor Behavior

Journal of Accounting and Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 29 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 02 May 2012
Lilian H. Chan, Kevin C. W. Chen, Tai-Yuan CHEN and Yangxin Yu
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Accounting, HKUST Business School, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and City University of Hong Kong
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Dodd-Frank Act, clawbacks, restatements

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Auditors Under Fire: The Association between Audit Errors and the Career Setbacks of Individual Auditors

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Auditors Under Fire: The Association between Audit Errors and the Career Setbacks of Individual Auditors

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 09 Aug 2021
Kevin C. W. Chen, Tai-Yuan CHEN, Weifang Han and Hongqi Yuan
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Accounting, HKUST Business School, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Fudan University - School of Management
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Audit errors; individual auditors; financial misstatement;

Auditors Under Fire: The Association Between Audit Errors and the Career Setbacks of Individual Auditors

Journal of Accounting Research, Volume 60, Issue 3, 2022, HKUST Business School Research Paper No. 2022-084
Posted: 11 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2022
Kevin C. W. Chen, Tai-Yuan CHEN, Weifang Han and Hongqi Yuan
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Accounting, HKUST Business School, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Fudan University - School of Management

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audit failures, audit firm management, audit opinions, audit quality, auditing market, auditor incentives, auditor punishment, financial restatements

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Disclosure of Internal Control Weaknesses and Auditors' Litigation Risk

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 10 Jul 2019
Szu-fan Chen and Kevin C. W. Chen
National Taiwan University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Auditor litigation risk, Internal control weaknesses

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Post-IFRS Revaluation Adjustments and Executive Compensation

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 04 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2016
Kevin C. W. Chen and Feng Tang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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IFRS; Fair Value Accounting; Executive Compensation; Investment Properties

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The Effects of Firm-Initiated Clawback Provisions on Bank Loan Contracting

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Posted: 23 Jun 2013
Lilian H. Chan, Kevin C. W. Chen and Tai-Yuan CHEN
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Department of Accounting, HKUST Business School, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

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Voluntary Clawbacks, Bank Loans, Information Uncertainty, financial covenants

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Accounting-Based Regulation in Emerging Markets: The Case of China's Seasoned-Equity Offerings

International Journal of Accounting, Vol. 42, 2007
Posted: 05 Jun 2013
Kevin C. W. Chen and Jiwei Wang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy

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Accounting-based regulation, Seasoned-equity offering, China

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Earnings Management and Capital Resource Allocation: Evidence from China's Accounting-Based Regulation of Rights Issues

Posted: 31 Jan 2004
Kevin C. W. Chen and Hongqi Yuan
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Fudan University - School of Management

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Earnings management, capital resource allocation, regulation of stock markets, rights issue, china's stock market

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Analysts' Interpretation of Transitory Earnings Components: Evidence from Forecast Revisions after Disclosure of the 1993 Deferred Tax Adjustment

Posted: 22 Sep 2003
Kevin C. W. Chen, Morris G. Danielson and Michael P. Schoderbek
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Saint Joseph's University - Department of Finance and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Accounting & Information Systems

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earnings components, analyst forecasts, income tax accounting

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The 1993 Tax Rate Increase and Deferred Tax Adjustments: A Test of Functional Fixation

Posted: 11 Dec 1999
Kevin C. W. Chen and Michael P. Schoderbek
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Accounting & Information Systems

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