Dr. Bo Qin joined the University of Melbourne in July 2015 as Associate Professor of Accounting and became tenured in December 2019. Before joining UniMelb, he held appointments at University of Amsterdam as well as University of Groningen where he earned his PhD in 2010.
In 2005, Bo received his MSc in Accounting from Tilburg University in the Netherlands. Before moving to the Netherlands, Bo was a market entry consultant with Frost & Sullivan, one of the world-leading growth strategy consulting firms. Bo's research interests include but not limited to corporate governance, executive compensation, financial reporting, textual analysis, say on pay, CEO succession, and top management team. His PhD research focused on performance-vested stock options and corporate governance, while his current research projects sit at the interface between financial accounting system and management accounting system. Bo has published in prestigious journals, including The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, and European Accounting Review. His research on say on pay has been covered by popular media such as PR Magazine and ANZ bluenotes. In 2011, his monograph (co-authored with Steven Balsam and Yu Flora Kuang) “Executive Compensation Practices in the UK: A Guide to Governance, Taxation & Accounting” was published by WorldatWork, the world-leading human resources association. Bo is currently an editor for Corporate Governance: An International Review (CGIR), with a one-year (5-year) impact factor of 3.390 (4.408) in 2018. Bo also serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for journals including The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Management Science, European Accounting Review, Management Accounting Research, Accounting and Business Research, Abacus, Accounting and Finance, European Financial Management, and Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics. Bo has been ranked #3 top reviewers for the University of Melbourne and #1 top handling editors for CGIR on Publons.
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS:
2020. “CFO social ties to non-CEO senior managers and financial restatements” with Srikanth Paruchuri, Xiaotao Kelvin Liu, and Yu Flora Kuang. Accounting and Business Research Forthcoming.
2020. “Whistleblowing allegations, audit fees, and internal control deficiencies” with Gladys Lee and Yu Flora Kuang. Contemporary Accounting Research Forthcoming.
2020. “Female representation on boards and CEO performance-induced turnover: Evidence from Russia” with Oksana Kim and Yu Flora Kuang. Corporate Governance: An International Review 28(3): 235-260.
2020. “Does government report readability matter? Evidence from market reactions to AAERs” with Gladys Lee and Yu Flora Kuang. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 39(2): 106697.
2019. “The relation between strategy, CEO selection, and firm performance” with Margaret Abernethy and Yu Flora Kuang. Contemporary Accounting Research Forthcoming.
2015. “Say on pay votes: The role of the media” with Reggy Hooghiemstra and Yu Flora Kuang. European Accounting Review 24(4): 753-778.
2015. “The influence of CEO power on compensation contract design” with Margaret Abernethy and Yu Flora Kuang. The Accounting Review 90(4): 1265-1306.
2013. “Credit ratings and CEO risk-taking incentives” with Yu Flora Kuang. Contemporary Accounting Research 30(4): 1524-1559.
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Does government report readability matter? Evidence from market reactions to AAERs
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Top Handling Editors of Corporate Governance: An International Review
AFAANZ Research Fund Mentoring Developing Researchers
# 3 Top Reviewers for the University of Melbourne
Dean’s Certificate for Research Excellence for 2015
Faculty Research Grant
Visiting Research Scholar Grant
Top 5 most valued courses in Semester 2a 2012/13
Top 5 most valued courses in Semester 2b 2009/10
Credentials
Positions
Associate Professor
Accounting
Accounting And Finance Association Of Australia And New Zealand (Afaanz) Member
Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ)
American Accounting Association Membership
American Accounting Association (AAA)
European Accounting Association Membership
European Accounting Association (EAA)
Education
PhD in Accounting
University of Groningen
MSc in Accounting
Tilburg University
Master of Management
Tongji University
Bacherlor of Engineering (cum laude)
Tongji University