Staff profile
Dr Guanming He
Associate Professor in Accounting
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Associate Professor in Accounting in the Business School | +44 (0) 191 33 40397 |
Biography
Guanming's research appears in varied prestigious international journals (FT 50/ABS 4-3 ranked) and has been featured in various mainstream media and press releases. He serves as the ac hoc reviewer for a wide range of internationally reputable accounting, finance, management, and economics journals (FT 50/ABS 4-3 ranked) and books (by Cengage/Pearson/SAGE). Thus far, he has performed hundreds of paper reviews as fairly and objectively as possible for various top-tier and second-tier international journals. He presented his papers at the American Accounting Association annual meeting in 2009, 2010, 2012-2016, as well as at other major accounting conferences including AAA Financial Accounting and Reporting Section mid-year meeting. His papers also went for presentations at a host of major economics and finance conferences, including the American Economic Association annual meeting, Society of Government Economist conference, European meeting of the Econometric Society, China International Conference in Finance (CICF), SAFE Market Microstructure conference, Money, Macro, & Finance conference, Financial Risks International forum, and International Behavioral Finance conference, among others. He won best paper awards at the 3rd Australian Financial Market & Corporate Governance conference, 7th Indonesian Finance Association International Conference, 24th & 26th International Business Research conference, obtained a top paper award at the 28th annual Global Finance conference, as well as a Best-in-Track paper award at the 35th annual meeting of the Academy of Finance, and was nominated as a finalist for the best conference paper award of European Financial Management Association. Besides, he was honored with excellent teaching awards in the Nanyang Technological University and University of Warwick, respectively. He attained a number of teaching evaluation scores of 90%+ for his module teaching at the Durham University and received the faculty awards for research contribution to pedagogy, research mentorship, cross-disciplinarity, and internationalisation. He has served as the director of accounting PhD program, and on the university's research degree committee, from 2019 to 2023.
Research interests: Guanming's research covers corporate reporting and disclosures, executive compensation, insider trading, financial analysts, digitalization, market anomalies, institutional investors, risk management, credit rating, corporate innovation, corporate social responsibility, taxes, and business strategies, among others. He is also interested in the interdisciplinary research that straddles management and marketing as well, and is currently serving on the editorial advisory board of International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, and on the editorial board of Corporate Governance: An International Review. His related research has been covered by the Columbia Law School's Blue Sky Blog on corporations and capital markets, the Canadian HR Reporter, the European Climate Change Review, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) insights, Bloomberg media, and MarketWatch, etc.
Publications
Chapter in book
- He, G., & Li, A. Z. (2024). The Roles of Financial Analysts in the Stock Market. In C. Few Lee, A. C. Lee, & J. C. Lee (Eds.), Handbook of Investment Analysis, Portfolio Management, and Financial Derivatives (2293-2308). World Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811269943_0073
- He, G., Li, Z., & Slack, R. (2023). The economic consequences of corporate social irresponsibility and policy implications. In F. Moshirian, & C.-Y. Park (Eds.), Climate Change and Climate Finance: Current Experience and Future Directions (60-86). Asian Development Bank. https://doi.org/10.22617/TCS230333-2
- He, G., Li, Z., & Shen, D. (2022). The role of earnings management in equity valuation. In C. Lee, & A. Lee (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Finance (2061-2094). (3rd edition). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73443-5_90-1
Journal Article
- He, G., & Shen, D. (online). The impact of superstition on corporate tax avoidance: How do CEOs trade off risks associated with tax avoidance?. Journal of Accounting Literature, https://doi.org/10.1108/JAL-02-2024-0020
- He, G., & Li, A. Z. (2024). Does media coverage of firms' environment, social, and governance (ESG) incidents affect analyst coverage and forecasts? A risk perspective. International Review of Financial Analysis, 94, Article 103289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103289
- He, G., Li, Z., & Shen, D. (2024). How to make long-term investments in a stock market? A generic strategy for investors. Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies, 27(1), Article 2450002. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219091524500024
- He, G., Sun, Y., & Li, A. Z. (2024). Does analysts’ industrial concentration affect the quality of their forecasts?. Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, 38(1), 37-91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11408-023-00435-0
- He, G., Li, Z., Yu, L., & Zhou, Z. (2023). Contribution to poverty alleviation: A waste or benefit for corporate financing?. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 89, Article 101875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2023.101875
- He, G., Li, X., & Luo, J. (2023). The impact of the Shanghai – Hong Kong stock market connection on corporate innovation: Evidence from mainland China. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 28(3), 3132-3161. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2587
- He, G., & Ren, H. (2023). Are financially constrained firms susceptible to a stock price crash?. European Journal of Finance, 29(6), 612-637. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847x.2022.2075280
- Ferry, L., He, G., & Yang, C. (2023). How do executive pay and its gap with employee pay influence corporate performance? Evidence from Thailand tourism listed companies. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights, 6(1), 362-381. https://doi.org/10.1108/jhti-03-2021-0061
- Chen, L., He, G., & Krishnan, G. (2023). Does CEO debt-like compensation mitigate corporate social irresponsibility?. Accounting Forum, https://doi.org/10.1080/01559982.2023.2195983
- He, G., & Ren, H. M. (2023). Derivative disclosures and managerial opportunism. Journal of Futures Markets, 44(3), 384-419. https://doi.org/10.1002/fut.22472
- He, G. (2023). How do insider trading incentives shape nonfinancial disclosures? Evidence from product and business expansion disclosures. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 60(1), 147-194. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-022-01093-5
- He, G., & Lin, T. (2022). Does air pollution impair investment efficiency?. Economics Letters, 215, Article 110490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110490
- He, G., Ren, H., & Taffler, R. (2022). Do enhanced derivative disclosures work? An informational perspective. Journal of Futures Markets, 42(1), 24-60. https://doi.org/10.1002/fut.22275
- He, G. (2021). Credit rating, post‐earnings‐announcement drift, and arbitrage from transient institutions. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 48(7-8), 1434-1467. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbfa.12520
- He, G., Ren, H., & Taffler, R. (2021). Do corporate insiders trade on future stock price crash risk?. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 56(4), 1561-1591. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-020-00936-3
- He, G., Ren, H., & Taffler, R. (2020). The Impact of Corporate Tax Avoidance on Analyst Coverage and Forecasts. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 54(2), 447-477. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-019-00795-7
- He, G., & Marginson, D. (2020). The impact of insider trading on analyst coverage and forecasts. Accounting Research Journal, 33(3), 499-521. https://doi.org/10.1108/arj-08-2019-0148
- He, G., Marginson, D., & Dai, X. (2019). Do voluntary disclosures of product and business expansion plans impact analyst coverage and forecasts?. Accounting and Business Research, 49(7), 785-817. https://doi.org/10.1080/00014788.2018.1559717
- He, G., Bai, L., & Ren, H. (2019). Analyst Coverage and Future Stock Price Crash Risk. Journal of Applied Accounting Research, 20(1), 63-77. https://doi.org/10.1108/jaar-09-2017-0096
- He, G. (2018). Credit ratings and managerial voluntary disclosures. Financial Review, 53(2), 337-378. https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12149
- He, G. (2016). Fiscal support and earnings management. The International Journal of Accounting, 51(1), 57-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intacc.2016.01.009
- He, G. (2015). The effect of CEO inside debt holdings on financial reporting quality. Review of Accounting Studies, 20(1), 501-536. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-014-9305-8
Supervision students
Yazhe Huang
Dongxiao Shen
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