Charles Hsu

Academic qualifications

• PhD Purdue University
• Master Louisiana University
• Bachelor Xiamen University

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Acting Head of Accounting Department, HKUST, July 2016 - December 2016
• Associate Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), July 2011- present
• Assistant Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), July 2004 - June 2011
• Instructor, Purdue University, 2000-2004
• Controller, Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1997-1998
• Accountant, Baton Rouge Health Care Corp, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1993-1997

PUBLICATIONS

• "Does Accounting Conservatism Mitigate the Shortcomings of CEO Overconfidence?" The Accounting Review, forthcoming (with Kirill Novoselov and Rencheng Wang).
   
• "The Bright Side of Managerial Over-optimism”, Journal of Accounting and Economics, _2016, _Volume 62, Issue 1, pp. 46-64. (with Gilles Hilary, Benjamin Segal, Rencheng Wang).
   
• "Accounting Conservatism and Street Earnings."_ Review of Accounting Studies _20, 2015, pp 674-709. (with Frank Heflin and Qinglu Jin).
   
• "Management Forecast Consistency." _Journal of Accounting Research _52, 2014, pp. 163-191. (with Gilles Hilary and Rencheng Wang).
   
• "The Efficiency of Earnings Forecast Pricing." Journal of Accounting and Public_Policy _33, 2014. pp. 490-509. (with Qinglu Jin).
   
• "Analyst Forecasts: It Pays to be Off!" Journal of Investment Management 11, 2013, pp. 58-72. (with Gilles Hilary).
   
• "Analyst Forecast Consistency." Journal of Finance 68, 2013, pp. 271-297. (with Gilles Hilary).
   
• "Endogenous Overconfidence in Managerial Forecasts." _The Journal of Accounting and Economics _51, 2011, pp. 300-313. (with Gilles Hilary). 
   
• "The Market Pricing of Special Items That Are Included Versus Excluded From "Street" Earnings. "Contemporary Accounting Research 28, 2011, pp. 990-1017. (with William Kross).
   
• "The Impact of the SEC''s Regulation of Non-GAAP Disclosures."Journal ofAccounting and Economics 46, 2008, pp 349-365. (with Frank Heflin).

HONORS AND AWARDS 

• The Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence, Winner, HKUST, 2010
• The Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence, Finalist, HKUST, 2008, 2009
• Recognition for Teaching Excellence, Purdue University, 2000-2004
• Purdue University Research Fellowship, 2002-2003
• Deloitte & Touche AAA Doctoral Consortium, 2002

EDITORIAL BOARDS

• European Accounting Review 2012-present
• China Journal of Accounting Research, 2017-present

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• American Accounting Association
• American Finance Association
• Canadian Academic Accounting Association
• Chinese Accounting Professors'' Association of North American