LOU, Yun
Associate Professor of Accounting; Associate Dean (Research)
yunlou@smu.edu.sg
68289661
Research Areas
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Business
- Finance
- Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance
- Banking and Financial Intermediation
- School of Accountancy
- Accounting Information System
- Information System and Fraud Detection
- Corporate Governance, Auditing & Risk Management
- Board of Directors and Corporate Disclosure
- Executive Compensation & Contracting and Corporate Reporting Quality
- Internal Control
- Corporate Reporting & Disclosure
- Financial Reporting Quality
- Earnings Management / Manipulation - Incentives and Consequences
- Voluntary Disclosures
- Sustainability Reporting and Disclosure
- Financial Intermediation & Information
- Information Asymmetry, Analysts, and Cost of Capital
- Private Information and Public Disclosure
- Information & Misinformation - Media and Social Media
- Financial Institutions - Accounting Issues
- Financial Performance Analysis
- Pricing of Credit Risk
Strategic Priorities
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- Digital Transformation
- Sustainable Living
Dr Lou Yun joined SMU in 2017. Prior to joining SMU, she taught the Executive, MBA, and Master programs at HEC Paris. She received her PhD in Accounting from London Business School. Her research focuses on the intersection between debt contracting and corporate disclosure. She has published in the Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies, and Management Science, among others.
EDUCATION
PhD, London Business School, 2012
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Debt Contracting
Corporate Disclosure
TEACHING INTERESTS
Accounting Thought and Governance
Business Valuation
Financial Statement Analysis
SELECTED AWARDS/RECOGNITION
Tier 2 Academic Research Fund (AcRF) by Ministry of Education, Singapore
SMU School of Accountancy Research Award: Most Promising Researcher (2018 and 2020)
RESEARCH/CO-RESEARCH ADVISOR TO
CAO Huijing, SMU-ZJU DBA(A&F) (huijing.cao.2021@dba.smu.edu.sg)
ZHAO Yuan, PhD in Accounting (yuanzhao.2021@phdacc.smu.edu.sg)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Disclosure of Pending Lawsuits and Bond Terms, Management Science 65 (2019), 1926-1947
Shareholder Litigation and Corporate Disclosure: Evidence from Derivative Lawsuits, Journal of Accounting Research 56 (2018), 797-842, with T. Bourveau and R. Wang
Accounting Quality and Debt Concentration, The Accounting Review, forthcoming, with N. Li, C. Otto, and R. Wittenberg-Moerman