Dr. Travis CHOW
Accounting and Law

Assistant Professor
3917 4216
travischow@hku.hk
KK 1234


Academic & Professional Qualification
PhD in Accounting, University of Waterloo, Canada
MSc in Statistics, University of Toronto, Canada
MA in Economics, University of Toronto, Canada
BA (First Class Honors), University of Alberta, Canada
Biography
Dr.?Travis Chow’s?research?focuses on how taxes affect corporate decision making. His works have?been published in Contemporary Accounting Research. He has?taught taxation and financial accounting at the undergraduate level and empirical tax research seminar for PhD students? at Singapore Management University.?Born?and raised in Hong Kong, Travis pursued further studies in Canada and?received his PhD in accounting from the?University of Waterloo.?Prior to his doctoral studies, he worked as an economic analyst in Toronto.
Teaching
Travis currently teaches Management Control. His teaching experience includes taxation and financial accounting at the undergraduate level and empirical tax research at the doctoral level.
Research Interest
Taxes and corporate decision making.
Selected Publications
Jiang Cheng, Travis Chow, Tzu-Ting Lin, and Jeffrey Ng, “The Effect of Accounting for Income Tax Uncertainty on Tax‐Deductible Loss Accruals for Private Insurers.” Journal of Risk and Insurance, forthcoming.
Travis Chow, Sterling Huang, Kenneth J. Klassen, and Jeffrey Ng, “The Influence of Corporate Income Taxes on Investment Location: Evidence from Corporate Headquarters Relocations.” Management Science, forthcoming.
Xia Chen, Qiang Cheng, Travis Chow, and Yanju Liu (2021), “Corporate In‐house Tax Departments.” Contemporary Accounting Research, 38 (1), 443–482.
Travis Chow, Ken Klassen, and Yanju Liu (2016), “Targets’ Tax Shelter Participation and Takeover Premiums.” Contemporary Accounting Research, 33 (4), 1440–1472. Presented at 29th CAR Conference.
Awards and Honours
FARS Excellence in Reviewing Award, 2016, American Accounting Association.
PI, Singapore Ministry of Education Tier 1 Research Grant, 2016-2018
PI, Singapore Ministry of Education Tier 1 Research Grant, 2015-2017
AAA/Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow, Lake Tahoe, 2012
Service to the University/ Community
Discussants for ATA Midyear Meeting, Oxford Tax Academic Symposium, EIASM Conference on Research in Taxation, SMU Accounting Symposium, Xiamen University Accounting Symposium, AAA Annual Meeting, CAAA Annual Conferences, LBS Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Conference.
Ad hoc reviewer for journals:?Contemporary Accounting Research, CAR Conference, European Accounting Review, International Journal of Accounting, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Review of Accounting Studies, The Accounting Review, Journal of International Accounting Research, etc.
Ad hoc reviewer for conferences: ATA Mid-year Meetings, FARS Mid-year Meetings, AAA Annual Meetings (ATA), CAAA Annual Conferences, and SMU Accounting Symposium, etc.