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Hongping Tan

Title: 
Professor, Accounting
Hongping Tan
Contact Information
Phone: 
514-398-4013
Email address: 
hongping.tan [at] mcgill.ca
Alternate email address: 
nicoleta.anton [at] mcgill.ca
Address: 

472 Bronfman Building []
1001 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
H3A 1G5

Area(s): 
Accounting
Office: 
472
Specialization: 

Financial analysts, corporate disclosure and data analytics.

Courses: 

MGCR211 Introduction to Financial Accounting

Acct434(451) Advanced Topics of Data Analytics in Capital Market

ACCT696 Data Analytics in Capital Market

ACCT705 Phd Advanced Topics: Data Analytics

Curriculum vitae: 
Group: 
Faculty
Tenured & Tenure Track
Research areas: 
Big Data & Machine Learning
Capital Markets
Corporate Finance
Data Analytics
Disclosure
International Finance
Law & Finance
Graduate supervision: 

PhD accounting supervisor for Yaping Zheng, Peng Wang, Ken Duan, Ximi Wang, Tomas Milos, Drewer Ng

Taught previously at: 

July 2014 - June 2017ÌýÌýÌý Associate Professor, York University

July 2012 - June 2014ÌýÌý ÌýAssociate Professor, University of Waterloo

Aug 2012 - Apr 2013 ÌýÌýÌýÌýVisiting Associate Professor, SUNY at Buffalo

July 2008 - June 2012 ÌýÌýÌýAssistant Professor, University of Waterloo

July 2006 - June 2008Ìý ÌýÌýAssistant Professor, UNBC, Canada

June 2000 - June 2001ÌýÌýÌý Visiting scholar at University of Toronto, Canada

July 1996 - Aug. 2001ÌýÌý ÌýLecturer, Associate Professor, Hubei University, China

Selected publications: 
  1. Valuation Uncertainty and Analysts’ Use of DCF Models, 2021, with Shengzhong Huang, Xiongyuan Wang, and Changqiu Yu, 2023. Review of Accounting Studies 28: 827–861.
  2. Institutional Trading around Corporate News: Evidence from Textual Analysis, with Alan Huang and Russ Wermers, 2020.ÌýReview of Financial Studies 33(10): 4627-4675.
  3. The Effects of Analyst-Country Institutions on Biased Research: Evidence from Target Prices, 2019, Journal of Accounting ResearchÌý57 (1): 85-120, with Mark Bradshaw and Alan Huang.
  4. Geographic ProximitÌýy and IPO Firm Coverage, 2015, Journal of Accounting and Economics 59 (1), pp. 41-59, with Patricia C. O'Brien.
  5. Do Foreigners Facilitate Information Transmission in Emerging Market? Journal of Financial Economics 105, 2012, with Kee-Hong Bae, Arzu Ozoguz, and Tony S. Wirjanto, pp. 209–227.
  6. Foreign Analyst Following and Forecast Accuracy after Mandated IFRS Adoptions. Journal of Accounting Research 49 (5), 2011, with Shiheng Wang and Mike Welker, pp. 1307-1357.
  7. Do Local Analysts Know More? A Cross-country Study of the Performance of Local Analysts and Foreign Analysts. Journal of Financial Economics 88, 2008, with Kee-Hong Bae and René Stulz, pp. 581–606. Featured in the February 2009 issue of the CFA Digest, a CFA Institute publication.
  8. International GAAP Differences: The Impact on Foreign Analysts. The Accounting Review 83, 2008, with Kee-Hong Bae and Michael Welker, pp. 593-628.
Awards, honours, and fellowships: 

2023 Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýÌý SSHRC Connection Grant, 2023 Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Accounting Research Conference: Accounting and Sustainability, 2023-2025, co-applicant with Brian Wenzel and Peter Oh, $21,783.

2022ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý SSHRC Insight Grant Stream B 435-2022-0757, Private Interaction with Management: Evidence from Textual Analysis of Analyst Reports, 2022-2026, principal investigator, $147,966, with Minkang Lu, Guang Ma, Changqiu Yu

2019ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý SSHRC Insight Grant 435-2019-0435, 2019-2022, co-applicant with Jing Wang and Li Yao, $94,126,

2016ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý SSHRC Insight Grant, 2016-2020, principal investigator, $89,600

2012ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý SSHRC Insight Grant, 2012-2016, co-applicant with Alan Huang, $117,558

2012ÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Best International Paper Award at the EFA 2012 Boston, MA

2011ÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý CFA Best Paper Award at the 2011 FMA Asian Conference, New Zealand

2011ÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Vernon Zimmerman Best Paper Award at the 23rd Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues in Beijing, China

2011 ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý SSHRC Standard Research Grant, 2011-2014, with Patricia O'Brien and Tony Wirjanto, $87,062

2010 ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý WatRISQ Research Award, 2011-2012, with Alan Huang, $5,000

2009 ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý SSHRC Standard Research Grant, 2009-2012, with Michael Welker and Shiheng Wang, $75,000, Research Time Stipend included

2008 ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý SSHRC Standard Research Grant, 2008-2011, $22,726

2006ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Best Paper Award at the Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, Seoul, Korea

2001-2005ÌýÌýÌýQueen’s Graduate Award, Mcleod-D.I. Fellowship, Geoffrey H. Wood Scholarship

1999ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Graduate Research Award of the Construction Bank of China, Wuhan University

1998ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Top 10 Distinguished Youth Faculty of Hubei University, China

Projects: 
  1. Climatic Disasters and Distracted Analysts, 2023, with Yuqi Han, Connie X. Mao, and Chi Zhang. Conditional acceptance at CAR, Presented at 2020 FMA, EFA Boston, Florida International, Kent State, Massachusetts Lowell, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº, Temple, and Willamette University.
  2. Corporate Textual Transparency and Economic Growth, 2023, with Minkang Lu, Ziwei Qiao and Li Yao, Presented at Marquette, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº, Renming, UBC, and ZUEL.
  3. Corporate Textual Transparency and FDI, 2022, with Minkang Lu and Ziwei Qiao.
  4. Linguistic Ambiguity of Analyst Reports, 2021, with Minkang Lu and Ziwei Qiao, Presented at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº and Thomas River University
  5. Foreign Analyst Superiority in Risk Assessment, 2021, with Changqiu Yu.
  6. Analysts’ Technological Expertise, 2020, with Jin Wang and Li Yao. Presented at Concordia University, Jinan University, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº, The University of Hong Kong, Wuhan University, York University, CAAA 2016 conference, and 2016 Telfer Conference on Accounting and Finance.
  7. WACC Assessment and Analysts’ Target Price Forecasts, 2020, with Zhu Chen. Presented at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº.
  8. Managerial Expectations and Corporate Risk-Taking: Evidence from Textual Analysis of Form 20-F Filings, 2020, with Zhu Chen and Minkang Lu. Presented at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº.
  9. Societal Trust and the Informativeness of Analyst Research, with Kee-Hong Bae and Kiridaran Kanagaretnam, 2019, Presented at Brock, CUFE, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº, Peking, Wuhan, ZUEL and EFA at Baltimore.
  10. The Walk-down to Beatable Forecasts: International Evidence, 2019, with Michael Welker and Rania Zhang.
  11. Too Much of a Good Thing? Mandatory Risk Disclosure and Corporate Innovation, 2021, with Shiu-Yik Au. Presented at University of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and York University.
Current research: 

Textual analysis of corporate disclosure and financial analyst reports.

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