Allen H. Huang

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting

Professor

LSK Business School Building

HKUST

Clear Water Bay, Kowloon

Hong Kong

http://www.AllenHuang.org

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1.

FinBERT - A Large Language Model for Extracting Information from Financial Text

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 27 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2022
Allen H. Huang, Hui Wang and Yi Yang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting, Renmin University of China - School of Business and HKUST Business School
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Deep Learning; Large Language Model; Transfer Learning; Interpretable Machine Learning; Sentiment Classification; Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)

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Artificial Intelligence in Financial Decision Making

Handbook of Financial Decision Making, Forthcoming , HKUST Business School Research Paper No. 2022-082
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 04 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2022
Allen H. Huang and Haifeng You
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Accounting
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Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Financial Decision Making, Equity Investment, Fintech Lending

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The Long-Term Consequences of Short-Term Incentives

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The Long-Term Consequences of Short-Term Incentives

Journal of Accounting Research, forthcoming, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 527/2017
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 18 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2022
Alex Edmans, Vivian W. Fang and Allen H. Huang
London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting
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Repurchases, M&A, Short-Termism, CEO Incentives, Managerial Myopia

The Long-Term Consequences of Short-Term Incentives

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12305
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Alex Edmans, Vivian W. Fang and Allen H. Huang
London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting
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Repurchases; M&A; Short-Termism; CEO Incentives; Managerial Myopia; Vesting

The Long-Term Consequences of Short-Term Incentives

Journal of Accounting Research, Volume 60, Issue 3, 2022, HKUST Business School Research Paper No. 2022-083
Posted: 11 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2023
Alex Edmans, Vivian W. Fang and Allen H. Huang
London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting

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epurchases, M&A, short-termism, CEO incentives, managerial myopia

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Short Selling and Earnings Management: A Controlled Experiment

Journal of Finance, Vol 71, No. 3 (June 2016), pp. 1251-1294
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2017
Vivian W. Fang, Allen H. Huang and Jonathan M. Karpoff
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
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Regulation SHO, Pilot Program, Short Selling, Earnings Management, Fraud Discovery, Price Efficiency

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CEO Reputation and Earnings Quality

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CEO Reputation and Earnings Quality

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 01 Dec 2004
Jennifer Francis, Allen H. Huang, Shivaram Rajgopal and Amy Zang
Duke University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Accounting, Business Law & Taxation and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting
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CEO Reputation and Earnings Quality

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 25 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2007
Jennifer Francis, Allen H. Huang, Shivaram Rajgopal and Amy Zang
Duke University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Accounting, Business Law & Taxation and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting

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Evidence on the Information Content of Text in Analyst Reports

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 19 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2014
Allen H. Huang, Amy Zang and Rong Zheng
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Business School - Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management
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analyst report, naïve Bayes, textual analysis, information content

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Analyst Information Discovery and Interpretation Roles: A Topic Modeling Approach

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1229
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 16 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2016
Allen H. Huang, Reuven Lehavy, Amy Zang and Rong Zheng
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Business School - Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management
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Financial Analysts; Conference Calls; Information Content; Textual Analysis; Topic Modeling

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Communicating Corporate Culture in Labor Markets: Evidence from Job Postings

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 03 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 16 May 2024
Allen H. Huang, Joseph Pacelli, Terrence Tianshuo Shi and Yuan Zou
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting, Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Corporate Culture; Information Asymmetry; Job Search and Mobility; Job Postings

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The Usefulness of Credit Ratings for Accounting Fraud Prediction

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming, HEC Paris Research Paper No. ACC-2019-1348, HKUST Business School Research Paper No. 2023-118
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 21 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2023
Allen H. Huang, Pepa Kraft and Shiheng Wang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting, HEC Paris and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST)
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accounting fraud; fraud prediction; credit rating agency; issuer-paid rating agency; investor-paid rating agency; F-score

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Imperfect Accounting and Reporting Bias

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Imperfect Accounting and Reporting Bias

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 15-29
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 06 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2018
Vivian W. Fang, Allen H. Huang and Wenyu Wang
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance
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Financial Fraud; Accounting Errors; Restatements; Earnings Response Coefficient; Fraud Detection; Principles-Based Accounting Standards; Rules-Based Accounting Standards

Imperfect Accounting and Reporting Bias

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 55, No. 4, 2017, Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 17-77
Posted: 14 Nov 2017
Vivian W. Fang, Allen H. Huang and Wenyu Wang
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance

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accounting errors; reporting bias; fraud; accounting regulation; earnings response coefficient; fraud detection; textual analysis

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Reply to 'The Reg SHO Reanalysis Project: Reconsidering Fang, Huang and Karpoff (2016) on Reg SHO and Earnings Management' by Black et al. (2019)

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 17 Jan 2020
Vivian W. Fang, Allen H. Huang and Jonathan M. Karpoff
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
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Replication, Regulation SHO, Pilot Program, Short Selling, Earnings Management

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Cross-Industry Information Sharing among Colleagues and Analyst Research

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Cross-Industry Information Sharing among Colleagues and Analyst Research

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 07 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2022
Allen H. Huang, An-Ping Lin and Amy Zang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting, Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting
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financial analyst, information sharing, economically connected industries, supply chain, analyst performance, industry specialization

Cross-Industry Information Sharing among Colleagues and Analyst Research

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming, Singapore Management University School of Accountancy Research Paper No. 2023-152
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 29 Apr 2022
Allen H. Huang, An-Ping Lin and Amy Zang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting, Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting
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financial analyst, information sharing, economically connected industries, supply chain, analyst performance, industry specialization

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Judge Ideology and Opportunistic Insider Trading

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, accepted, HKUST Business School Research Paper No. 2024-141
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 26 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2024
Allen H. Huang, Kai Wai Hui and Yue Zheng
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting, University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST)
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Insider trading enforcements; judge ideology; opportunistic insider trading; federal judiciary; Securities and Exchange Commission; forum shopping

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Federal Judge Ideology: A New Measure of Ex-Ante Litigation Risk

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Federal Judge Ideology: A New Measure of Ex-Ante Litigation Risk

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 12 May 2018 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2019
Allen H. Huang, Kai Wai Hui and Reeyarn Zhiyang Li
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting, University of Hong Kong and Paderborn University
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Securities Litigation; Litigation Risk; Federal Courts; Judge Ideology

Federal Judge Ideology: A New Measure of Ex Ante Litigation Risk

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 57, No. 2, 2019
Posted: 24 Jun 2019
Allen H. Huang, Kai Wai Hui and Reeyarn Zhiyang Li
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting, University of Hong Kong and Paderborn University

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securities litigation; litigation risk; federal courts; judge ideology

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Determinants of Analyst Skill Specialization

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 13 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2009
Allen H. Huang and Amy Zang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting
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Analyst, Earnings Forecast, Stock Recommendation, Stock Picking, Analyst Specialization, Skill Specialization

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The Unintended Benefit of the Risk Factor Mandate of 2005

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 09 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2021
Allen H. Huang, Jianghua Shen and Amy Zang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting, Xiamen University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting
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Risk factor disclosure; Litigation risk; Forward-looking statements; Voluntary disclosure; Information environment

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Bold Security Analysts' Earnings Forecasts and Managers' Information Flow

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 07 Sep 2004
Allen H. Huang, Richard H. Willis and Amy Zang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting, Vanderbilt University - Accounting and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting
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Management communication, Earnings forecasts, Security analysts

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Expropriation Risk and Investment: A Natural Experiment

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Forthcoming, HKUST Business School Research Paper No. 2023-108
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 25 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2023
Siddharth Bhambhwani, Hui Dong and Allen H. Huang
Arkansas Tech University, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Accountancy and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting
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Property Rights, Expropriation Risk, Investment, Investment Efficiency, Employment, Legal Institutions, China

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Auditing Decentralized Finance

British Accounting Review, Forthcoming, HKUST Business School Research Paper No. 2023-123
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 09 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2023
Siddharth Bhambhwani and Allen H. Huang
Arkansas Tech University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting
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Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, DeFi, Ethereum, Smart Contracts

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Securities Law Precedents, Legal Liability, and Financial Reporting Quality

Review of Finance, Forthcoming, TRR 266 Accounting for Transparency Working Paper Series No. 131, HKUST Business School Research Paper No. 2023-117
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 31 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2023
Benedikt Franke, Allen H. Huang, Reeyarn Zhiyang Li and Hui Wang
University of Würzburg - Business Administration & Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting, Paderborn University and Renmin University of China - School of Business
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securities litigation, case law, precedents, legal liability, financial reporting quality

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Downside Risk Similarity and M&As

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 08 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2022
Lei Chen, Allen H. Huang, Xinlu Wang and Liang Xu
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting, School of Management, Jinan University and SKEMA Business School
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Downside risks; M&A quality; risk management; information asymmetry; risk factor descriptions; textual analysis

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Social Media Livestreaming: Investor Information or Persuasion?

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 21 Feb 2025
Ed deHaan, Allen H. Huang, Srijith Kannan and Lu Qiu
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST)
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Investor Relations for the Rest of Us: Engaging with Retail Investors

Number of pages: 1 Posted: 17 Sep 2024
Jin Kyung Choi, Allen H. Huang, Lu Qiu and Yue Zheng
City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST)
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The Role of Employee Reviews in Fraud Detection

Number of pages: 1 Posted: 20 Dec 2024
Allen H. Huang, Juanting Wang and Shiheng Wang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST)
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fraud prediction, employee review, Glassdoor, F-score

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Token-Based Platforms and the 'Green Dilemma': Awareness Spillover and Environmental Impact Disclosures

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 14 Sep 2023 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2024
Siyuan Jin, Allen H. Huang, Kar Yan Tam and Zitong LI
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Token-based platform, Infrastructure governance, Perception, Environmental disclosure