Prof. Kim Jeong Bon

Biography

Professor Jeong-Bon Kim joined the Department of Accountancy in July 2017 as Chair Professor of Accountancy, with concurrent appointment as Acting Head. Prior to joining CityU, he was a tenured full Professor and J. Page R. Wadsworth Chair in Accounting and Finance, School of Accounting and Finance, University of Waterloo where he also served as the Ph.D. Program Director. Professor Kim has been Honored Professor at the School of Management, Fudan University, Distinguished Honorary Professor at the Business School of Sun Yat-sen University, and Distinguished Professor at the Institute of International Business and Governance, The Open University of Hong Kong. He obtained his BBA and MSc. in Accounting degrees from Seoul National University, and his Ph.D. degree from Temple University. Previously, he worked as Chair Professor of Accountancy with concurrent appointment as the Head of the Department of Accountancy at City University of Hong Kong for six years (2009 to 2015). Professor Jeong-Bon Kim joined the Department of Accountancy in July 2017 as Chair Professor of Accountancy, with concurrent appointment as Acting Head. Prior to joining CityU, he was a tenured full Professor and J. Page R. Wadsworth Chair in Accounting and Finance, School of Accounting and Finance, University of Waterloo where he also served as the Ph.D. Program Director. Professor Kim has been Honored Professor at the School of Management, Fudan University, Distinguished Honorary Professor at the Business School of Sun Yat-sen University, and Distinguished Professor at the Institute of International Business and Governance, The Open University of Hong Kong. He obtained his BBA and MSc. in Accounting degrees from Seoul National University, and his Ph.D. degree from Temple University. Previously, he worked as Chair Professor of Accountancy with concurrent appointment as the Head of the Department of Accountancy at City University of Hong Kong for six years (2009 to 2015).

Research Interest

He is widely known as one of pioneer researchers on the causes and consequences of stock price crash risk. Professor Kim is currently one of the editors for Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, an associate editor for Journal of Contemporary Accounting Research, and has served on the editorial board of Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: Journal of Practice & Theory; and Journal of International Accounting Research. Professor Kim is currently one of the two chief editors for China Journal of Accounting Research.  He was one of the two chief editors of China Accounting and Finance Review. He supervised many Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows who are currently teaching at leading business schools in major universities in Canada, China, Hong Kong, and Norway.