Research at Finance, Accounting and Economics The Finance, Accounting and Economics faculty at NUBS China are committed to high-quality academic and applied research. The department prides itself on a board range of research interests including, but not limited to： Finance research area Corporate Finance: corporate governance, merger and acquisition, financial advisor, market based accounting research, machine Learning/ AI and its application in Corporate Finance, capital structure, cost of capital, international business finance Asset Pricing: liquidity risk, option pricing, bond valuation, stock return prediction Capital markets: commodity futures, financial derivatives, mutual fund, investment, efficient market hypothesis, market anomalies, real estate finance Finance and Innovation: Fintech, inclusive finance, innovation finance International Finance: exchange rate, central bank interventions, purchasing power parity Applied Financial Econometrics: volatility forecasting, time series modelling, high frequency data Accounting research area Environmental accounting and disclosure: legitimacy, impression management, environmental efficiency, marginal abatement cost curve Taxation: Tax planning and evasion, Corporate Social Responsibility Audit and Assurance: Auditor regulation and reporting lag, Auditing Standards Financial Reporting: IFRS adoption, reporting language and risk, disclosure attributes, earnings management Management accounting and decision marking: Management accounting change Accounting and Corporate Governance: Board characteristics, Executive turnover, CSR Economics research area Macroeconomics: Business cycles and economic growth. Macroeconomic forecasting and forecast evaluation. Monetary policy and central banks. International economics and trade: International trade and foreign direct investment. International trade and the Belt and Road Initiative. Determination of market integration. China economic development and Chinese firms: Chinese economic reforms and state-owned enterprises. Chinese firms’ internationalization in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative. Effect of digitalization and e-commerce on the Chinese Economy. Financial economics: Prediction and modelling of banking crises. Effect of financial crises on productivity. Macroeconomics and financial markets. Health economics: Healthcare in China: Reforms, supply of healthcare personnel, and health technology assessment. Health lifestyles and financial incentives. Discrete Choice Modelling and Stated Preferences applied to health.
Corporate Finance: corporate governance, merger and acquisition, financial advisor, market based accounting research, machine Learning/ AI and its application in Corporate Finance, capital structure, cost of capital, international business finance Asset Pricing: liquidity risk, option pricing, bond valuation, stock return prediction Capital markets: commodity futures, financial derivatives, mutual fund, investment, efficient market hypothesis, market anomalies, real estate finance Finance and Innovation: Fintech, inclusive finance, innovation finance International Finance: exchange rate, central bank interventions, purchasing power parity Applied Financial Econometrics: volatility forecasting, time series modelling, high frequency data
Environmental accounting and disclosure: legitimacy, impression management, environmental efficiency, marginal abatement cost curve Taxation: Tax planning and evasion, Corporate Social Responsibility Audit and Assurance: Auditor regulation and reporting lag, Auditing Standards Financial Reporting: IFRS adoption, reporting language and risk, disclosure attributes, earnings management Management accounting and decision marking: Management accounting change Accounting and Corporate Governance: Board characteristics, Executive turnover, CSR
Macroeconomics: Business cycles and economic growth. Macroeconomic forecasting and forecast evaluation. Monetary policy and central banks. International economics and trade: International trade and foreign direct investment. International trade and the Belt and Road Initiative. Determination of market integration. China economic development and Chinese firms: Chinese economic reforms and state-owned enterprises. Chinese firms’ internationalization in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative. Effect of digitalization and e-commerce on the Chinese Economy. Financial economics: Prediction and modelling of banking crises. Effect of financial crises on productivity. Macroeconomics and financial markets. Health economics: Healthcare in China: Reforms, supply of healthcare personnel, and health technology assessment. Health lifestyles and financial incentives. Discrete Choice Modelling and Stated Preferences applied to health.
