Prof. Szu Fan CHEN
Assistant Professor sf.chen@ust.hk




Academic qualifications
PhD (Accounting) 2014 University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
MSc (Finance) 2007 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
BBA (Finance) 2002 National Taiwan University, Taiwan

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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEAssistant Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), August 2014 - present
Research Assistant for National Science Council Project, 2007-2008
Special Assistant of CFO, Makalot Industrial Corp. Ltd,. 2004-2006
Special Assistant of CFO, Speed Tech Corp. Ltd., 2002-2003

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PUBLICATIONS “The Economic Consequences of Ceasing Option Backdating.”
Status: Accepted pending copyediting for publication in the Review of Accounting Studies
Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3978262

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HONORS AND AWARDSFellowship for Doctoral Students, University of Rochester, 2008-2013
AAA/Deloitte/J.Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2011
Academic Excellence Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPSMember of Association of Certified Fraud Examiner
Member of American Accounting Association
Certified Fraud Examiner