Prof. Tai-Yuan CHEN
Professor taiyuan.chen@ust.hk




Academic qualifications
PhD 2006 University of Texas at Dallas, Accounting
MSc 2001 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BBA 1997 National Cheng-chi University, Accounting, Taipei Taiwan

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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEFull Professor of Accounting, July 2017 to present
Associate Dean, School of Business and Management, 2017 to present
Director, MBA Programs, 2017 to present
Academic Director, MBA Programs, 2016 to present
Founding Director, Digital MBA for Global Leaders (DiMBA), 2021 to present
Associate Professor, July 2013 to June 2017
Assistant Professor, August 2006 - June 2013

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PUBLICATIONS SSRN Author page
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T.Y. Chen, Y.C. Chen, and M.Y. Hung. "Uneven Regulatory Playing Field and Bank Transparency Abroad" Journal of International Business Studies, forthcoming.
Kevin C W Chen,T. Y. Chen, W.F. Han, and H. Yuan. "Auditors under Fire: The Association between Audit Errors and the Career Setbacks of Individual Auditors"Journal of Accounting Research, forthcoming.
T. Y. Chen, Z, Chen, and Y. Li. "Restriction on Managerial Outside Job Opportunities and Corporate Tax Policy: Evidence from a natural Experiment" Journal of Accouting and Public Policy, forthcoming.
T. Y. Chen, G. Zhang, and Y. Zhou. “Enforceability of non-compete covenants, discretionary investments, and financial reporting practices: Evidence from a natural experiment” Journal of Accounting and Economics Vol 65, Issue 1, Feburary 2018, pp 41-60.
T. Y. Chen, C. L. Chin, S. Wang, and C. Yao, “The effects of financial reporting on bank loan contracting in global markets: Evidence from mandatory IFRS adoption” Journal of International Accounting Research, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2015, pp. 45-81.
L. Chan, K. C. W. Chen, T. Y. Chen, and Y. Yu, “Substitution between real and accrual- based earnings management after voluntary adoption of compensation clawback provisions” The Accounting Review, Vol. 90, No. 1, 2015, pp. 147 – 174.
*Featured in the monthly press release by American Accounting Association, January 2015
*Covered in CFO.com; Accounting Today; Thomson Reuters; Financial Director; National Law Review;
T. Y. Chen, S. Dasgupta and Y. Yu, “Transparency and financing choices of family firms” Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Vol. 49, No. 2, 2014, pp. 381-408.
*Covered in South China Morning Post
L. Chan, K. C. W. Chen, and T. Y. Chen, “The effects of firm-initiated clawback provisions on bank loan contracting” Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 110, Issue 3, 2013, pp. 659-679.
*Covered in South China Morning Post
L. Chan, K. C. W. Chen, T. Y. Chen, and Y. Yu, “The effects of firm-initiated compensation clawback provisions on earnings quality and auditor’s behavior” Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 54, Issues 2-3, 2012, pp. 180-196.
*Presented at 2011 JAE Conference at the Wharton School (Univ. of Penn.)
L. Chan, T. Y. Chen, S. Janakiraman, S. Radhakrishnan, “Reexamining the relation between audit and non-audit fees: Dealing with weak instruments in two-stage least squares estimation” Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance, Vol. 27, Issue 3, 2012, pp. 299- 324 (Lead article).
R. D. Banker, I. Bardhan, and T. Y. Chen, “The role of manufacturing practices in mediating the impact of Activity-Based Costing on plant performance” Accounting Organizations and Society, Vol. 33, Issue 1, January 2008, pp. 1 – 19 (Lead article).
A. Ali, T. Y. Chen, and S. Radhakrishnan, “Corporate disclosures by family firms” Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 44, Issues 1-2, 2007, pp. 238 – 286.
*4th most cited JAE article among those published in the journal since 2007 based on Scopus citation counts
*Reprinted in Governance and Family Firms (Elgar Research Reviews in Business edited by J. Pindado and I. Requejo, Edward Elgar Publishing)
*Presented at 2005 JAE Conference at the MIT Sloan Management School

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HONORS AND AWARDS (received after joining HKUST)Most Cited Journal of Accounting and Economics Articles
Dean's Recognition of Excellent Teaching Performance, every year since 2006
Winner of Best 10 Lecturers Award, 2008 (was elected by undergraduate students at HKUST from a pool of more than 400 faculty members)
Finalist of The Franklin Teaching Prize- undergraduate teaching, 2008
Two times Winner of The Franklin Teaching Prize - MBA core course teaching, 2009 and 2012
High Honor Faculty (with teaching rating above 90/100 for at least five consecutive years) on the Honor Roll of MBA Program, 2010 (inaugural year) to now
Finalist of the The Michael G. Gale,2011, 2015, 2017
Faculty of the Year, EMBA, 2019

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PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONCertified Public Accountant (Australia)
Certified Global Management Accountant (CGMA)