• School of Humanities & Social Science

    • Prof In-Mu Haw Prof In-Mu Haw
    Professor HAW In-Mu （許仁茂教授）
    PhD (University of Alabama, USA)
    MBA (University of Alabama, USA)
    BA (Cheong-Ju University, SKorea)

    Visiting Chair Professor
    Department of Accountancy

    Email :
    ihaw@hsu.edu.hk


    Professor Haw is J Vaughn and Evelyne H Wilson Professor of Business and Professor of Accounting at M J Neeley School of Business, Texas Christian University. He was Visiting Chair Professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, and University of Macau. He currently serves as Co-Editor of The International Journal of Accounting, published at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research projects are related to corporate governance issues, market valuation of accounting information, earnings quality, disclosure, and auditing issues in emerging and advanced capital markets. His research projects were published in the top-tier accounting journals, including Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Review of Accounting Studies, Contemporary Accounting Research, Financial Management, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, and Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory. He taught MBA, Executive MBA, PhD and executive training programmes in USA, Europe and Asia (including Peking University, CEIBS, and CKGSB). He received numerous research and teaching awards. 

     


    EducationSelected Recent Journal ArticlesProfessional ActivitiesSelected Committee Services
    TopEducation

    • Doctor of Philosophy (Accounting), University of Alabama, USA
    • Master of Business Administration (Finance, Accounting), University of Alabama, USA
    • Bachelor of Arts (Accounting), Cheong-Ju University, S Korea
      (Graduated with the Highest Academic Award)

    TopSelected Recent Journal Articles
    • “Debt Financing and Accounting Conservatism in Private Firms,” Contemporary Accounting Research 31 (December 2014), I. Haw, J. Lee and W. Lee, pp. 1220-1259.
    • “Board Structure and Propping: Evidence from Family Business Groups in Hong Kong,” Financial Management 43 (Fall 2014), Y. Cheung, I. Haw, W. Tan, and W. Wang, pp. 569-601.
    • “The Investor Protection and Price Informativeness about Future Earnings: International Evidence,” Review of Accounting Studies 17 (June 2012), I. Haw, B. Hu, J. Lee and W. Wu, pp. 389-419.
    • “Corporate Governance and Earnings Management by Classification Shifting,” Contemporary Accounting Research 28 (2011), I. Haw, S. Ho and A. Li, pp. 517-553.
    • “The Contribution of Stock Repurchases to the Value of Firm and Cash Holdings around the World,” Journal of Corporate Finance 17 (2011), I. Haw, S. Ho, B. Hu, and X. Zhang, pp. 152-166.  
    • “Analysts’ Forecast Properties, Concentrated Ownership and Legal Institutions,” Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance (Spring 2010), I. Haw, S. Ho, B. Hu, and W. Wu, pp. 235-260.
    • “Concentrated Control, Institutions, and Banking Sector: An International Study,” Journal of Banking and Finance 34 (March 2010), I. Haw, S. Ho, B. Hu, and D. Wu, pp 485-497. 
    • "The Economic Consequence of Voluntary Auditing," Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance 23 (Winter 2008), I. Haw, D. Qi and W. Wu, pp. 63-93.
    • “Market Consequences of Earnings Management in Response to Security Regulations in China," Contemporary Accounting Research 22 (Spring 2005), I. Haw, D. Qi, D. Wu, and W. Wu, pp. 95-140.
    • “Ultimate Ownership, Income Management, and Legal and Extra-Legal Institutions,” Journal of Accounting Research 42 (May 2004), I. Haw, B. Hu, L. Hwang, and W. Wu, pp. 423-462.

    TopProfessional Activities
    • Co-Editor, The International Journal of Accounting (published at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign): 2006 - present
    • Referee, The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Management Science, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Journal of Banking and Finance, The International Journal of Accounting, Journal of International Accounting Research, International Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Taxation (Editorial Board), International Journal of Auditing

    TopSelected Committee Services
    • Member – Research Assessment Exercise, Hong Kong Universities Grants Committee
    • President, Korean-American Accounting Professors Association 
    • Member – IAAER World Congress Organizing Committee
    • Co-chair – IAAER Scientific Committee
    • Member – International Committee, the Inaugural Asia-Pacific Corporate Governance Conference
    • Co-chair – Review and Program Committee, the 2nd Asia Pacific Corporate Governance Conference