Yile (Anson) Jiang
G'day! I am an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the HKU Business School, The University of Hong Kong. My research lies at the intersection of accounting, environmental economics, and public policy, with a focus on the role of disclosure and transparency in environmental regulatory settings. I received my PhD and master's degrees from The University of Melbourne and a BA from Tsinghua University. I am a licensed CPA in mainland China.
Research interests: pollution information; information-based regulation; environmental economics & policy; management control system
RESEARCH PAPERS
Pollution Information
[1] "Comply or explain: Do firms opportunistically claim trade secrets in mandatory environmental disclosure programs?". Journal of Accounting Research, 62(5), (2024), 1755-1794. (Dissertation) [paper]
[2] "Mandatory environmental disclosure and public avoidance behavior" with Baohua Xin. [paper]
Covered by Chicago Booth Review. [link]
Management Control System
[3] "The interdependence between the choice of fixed-term professional workers and the control environment" with Sujay Nair, Margaret Abernethy, and Anne Lillis. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 113, (2024), 101525. [paper]
[4] "Manager 'growth mindset' and resource management practices" with Margaret Abernethy, Shannon Anderson, and Sujay Nair. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 91, (2021), 101200. [paper]
[5] "Competition and reward practices: Evidence from public schools" with Sujay Nair.
Revise and resubmit, The Accounting Review.