Faculty Profile

YOO Il Sun

Assistant Professor of Accounting; Lee Kong Chian Fellow

SOAFull-time Faculty

Email
isyoo@smu.edu.sg

Phone
68280364

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Research Areas

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School of Accountancy
- Accounting Information System
- - Information System and Fraud Detection
- Corporate Reporting & Disclosure
- - Financial Reporting Quality
  - Earnings Management / Manipulation - Incentives and Consequences
  - Voluntary Disclosures
  - Accounting Standards
- Financial Intermediation & Information
- - Information Asymmetry, Analysts, and Cost of Capital

Dr. Il Sun Yoo is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Singapore Management University. His research examines corporate disclosures and information intermediaries, emerging technologies, and supply chains. His work has been published in leading accounting and business journals, including Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, and Management Science. He received his Ph.D. and master's degree in accounting from University of California, Irvine and his B.B.A. from Konkuk University. Prior to joining SMU, he was an Assistant Professor of Accounting at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Education

PhD in Accounting, University of California, Irvine
Master of Professional Accountancy, University of California, Irvine
BA in Business Administration, Konkuk University

Research Interests

Corporate Disclosures and Information Intermediaries
Emerging Technologies
Supply Chains

Teaching Interests

Financial Accounting

Selected Recognition and Awards

AAA FARS Excellence in Reviewing Award (2021, 2025)
Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellowship Award (2022-2023)
UCI Management Fellowship (2020)

Selected Publications

“The check is in the mail: Can disclosure reduce late payments to suppliers?” with Elizabeth Chuk and Ben Lourie, Management Science, 2026, 72 (6): 4569-5489

“The unintended effects of the TCJA’s interest deduction limitation on the supply chain” with Terry Shevlin and Aruhn Venkat, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2026, 43 (1): 341-369

“Freedom of expression protection and corporate concealment of bad news: Evidence from state anti-SLAPP laws” with Jimmy Lee, Shaphan Ng, and Liandong Zhang, Journal of Accounting Research, 2026, 64 (1): 365-415

“When friends become foes: Disclosure decisions after failed M&A deals”, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2025, 42 (4): 2550-2581

“MiFID II and the unbundling of analyst research from trading execution” with Ben Lourie and Devin Shanthikumar, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2023, 40 (4): 2340-2372