Labor Market for Accounting Experts and Investment Efficiency
Grant Data
Project Title
Labor Market for Accounting Experts and Investment Efficiency
Principal Investigator
Dr Kim, Tae Wook
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Professor Zheng Ronghuo
(Co-Investigator)
Duration
36
Start Date
2020-01-01
Completion Date
2022-12-31
Amount
240000
Conference Title
Labor Market for Accounting Experts and Investment Efficiency
Keywords
Accounting experts, Audit, Financial reporting, Investment efficiency, Labor market
Discipline
Accounting
Panel
Business Studies (B)
HKU Project Code
17503019
Grant Type
General Research Fund (GRF)
Funding Year
2019
Status
Completed
Objectives
1 To examine market players' incentives to hire highly skilled and experienced accounting experts as the state of the economy changes 2 To investigate the effect of the labor market equilibrium on investment efficiency 3 To provide a rationale for why the quality of financial information varies with the state of the economy 4 To study how the labor market and accounting information contribute to boom-bust cycles