Choong-Yuel Yoo

Choong-Yuel Yoo joined KAIST College of Business in 2009, right after completing his PhD at Queen’s University, Canada. His research interest includes traditional accounting topics and those in the boundaries of accounting and finance. In particular, he empirically examines the judgement and decision making of accounting information providers (e.g., CEOs and directors) as well as accounting information users (e.g., equity analysts and investors).

Education

• Queen’s University at Kingston (Canada), Ph.D.
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, MAS
• Seoul National University, MBA

• Kyungwon University, BBA

• D.I. McLeod Fellowship (Queen’s) 2003-2007

• Knowledge Management Research Support, the Monieson Centre (Queen’s) 2007

• International Accounting Research Consortium Fellowship 2002

• Lillian & Morrie Moss Fellowship (Illinois) 2001-2002

• UIUC Pre-doc fellowship 2001-2002

• ILJU Academic Foundation Study Abroad Fellowship (USD 120,000), 2000

• Hyundai Securities Ltd. Fellowship 1998

Career

• Editor in Chief of Korean Accounting Journal, Korean Accounting Association
• Dow Jones Newswires (WSJ), Seoul Bureau
• Clarion Capital Asia Ltd.
• United Nations Headquarter, Management Policy Office
• S.N.U., Advanced Banking Program (ABP)
• Hyundai Electronics (hynix) Co., Corporate Planning Office

Industry Advisory Activities

• Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) Advisory Council, Member.
• Korea Accounting Standards Board (KASB) Advisory Council, Member.
• KASB Special Committee on Financial Disclosure Initiative, Chairperson.
• Korean Institute of Certified Public Accountants (KICPA), K-IFRS Advisor.
• FSS-KASB Joint Committee for K-IFRS Interpretation, Member.

Non-Executive Directorships:

• Daehan Synthetic Fiber Co. Ltd.
• Heungkuk Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.
• HDC Asset Management Co. Ltd.
• HDC I-Service Co. Ltd.

Publications & Research

*Publications *

• An Analyst by Any Other Surname: Surname Favorability and Market Reaction to Analyst Forecasts. Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE) 2019
• Business Groups and Tunneling: Evidence from Corporate Charitable Contributions by Korean Companies. Journal of Business Ethics (JBE) 2019
• Demand for Fair Value Accounting: The Case of the Asset Revaluation Boom in Korea during the Global Financial Crisis. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting (JBFA) 2018
• Do Analysts Who Understand Accounting Conservatism Exhibit Better Forecasting Performance? Journal of Business Finance & Accounting (JBFA) 2017
• Do Analysts Strategically Employ Cash Flow Forecast Revisions to Offset Negative Earnings Forecast Revisions? European Accounting Review (EAR) 2016
• Professors on the Board: Do They Contribute to Society Outside the Classroom? Journal of Business Ethics (JBE) 2015
• Corporate Charitable Contributions: Business Award Winners’ Giving Behaviors. Business Ethics: A European Review (BEER) 2015
• Impact of Measuring Operational-Level Planning Reliability on Management-Level Project Performance. Journal of Management in Engineering (JME) 2014.
• Do Analysts Treat Winners and Losers Differently When Forecasting Earnings? International Journal of Forecasting (IJF) Special Issue on "International Financial Forecasting: Global Economic Linkages and Corporate Earnings" 2014
• Estimation and Prediction Tests of Cash Flow Forecast Accuracy. Journal of Forecasting (JF) 2013.

Research Areas

• Analysts' forecasts;
• corporate governance;
• corporate social responsibilities;
• IFRS and financial accounting issues in capital market.