Dr. Derrald STICE
Accounting and Law

BBA / BBA (Accounting & Finance) Admissions Tutor
Associate Professor
3917 1532
dstice@hku.hk
KK 1202


Academic & Professional Qualification
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School
Ph.D., Business Administration (Accounting) – 2011
Brigham Young University, Marriott School?of?Management??? ?
B.S. in Accounting, Minor: Economics – 2006
Biography
Professor Derrald Stice joined the HKU Business School in July 2019. Previous to joining HKU, Derrald was a professor in the accounting department at HKUST for eight years. Derrald’s main research expertise relates to how accounting is used in the capital markets, with a particular emphasis on the debt markets. His research has been published in top accounting and finance journals and has been cited in The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. He has presented his research at many universities in many countries around the world. In addition to his research focus, Derrald has taught various graduate courses in accounting in Hong Kong, China, Saudi Arabia, and Russia and has provided corporate training for employees at Goldman Sachs.
Teaching
Financial and Managerial Accounting – Undergraduate, Master’s, and MBA Levels
Research Interest
The use of accounting as a source of information in capital markets, with a particular emphasis on the debt markets. Areas of interest: debt contracting, debt covenants, auditing, financial analysts, and media.
Selected Publications
“Stop the Presses! Or Wait, We Might Need Them: Firm Responses to Local Newspaper Closures and Layoffs” Journal of Corporate Finance (2021) 69: 102035 (with Min Kim, Han Stice, and Roger M. White).
“The Effect of Bank Monitoring on Public Bond Terms” Journal of Financial Economics (2019) 133: 379-396 (with Zhiming Ma and Chris Williams).
“Auditor Choice and Information Asymmetry: Evidence from International Syndicated Loans” Accounting and Business Research (2019) 49: 365-399 (with Zhiming Ma and Rencheng Wang).
“The Market Response to Implied Debt Covenant Violations” Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (2018) 45: 1,195-1,223 (Dissertation).
“Do Banks Care About Analysts’ Forecasts When Designing Loan Contracts?” Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (2018) 45: 625-650 (with Josh Coyne).
“The Information Role of Audit Opinions in Debt Contracting” Journal of Accounting and Economics (2016) 61: 121-144 (with Peter Chen, Shaohua He, and Zhiming Ma).
Working Papers
“The Power of Numbers: Base-Ten Threshold Effects in Reported Revenue” (with Lorien Stice-Lawrence, Kay Stice, and Han Stice)
“The Price of Stock Liquidity: Evidence from Audit Fees” (with John Campbell and Wei Shi)
“Strategic Disclosure and Debt Covenant Violation” (with Thomas Bourveau and Rencheng Wang)
“H-1B Visas and Wages in Accounting: Evidence from Deloitte’s Payroll” (with Thomas Bourveau, Han Stice, and Roger White)
Awards and Honours
Winner: Best 10 Lecturers on Campus, HKUST, 2012
Winner: Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence 2015
Dean’s Letter of Teaching Recognition HKUST (2012-2018)
Doctoral Fellowship, Kenan-Flagler Business School (2006-2010)
Residence Master of Hall VII – HKUST (July 2015 – June 2019)