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School of Accountancy

BooChun Jung

Boochun
  • Professor of Accounting
  • Shidler College Distinguished Professor

Room

BusAd A-407

Phone

(808) 956-8461
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Academic Background

  • PhD, Accounting, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2007
  • MBA, College of Business Administration, Seoul National University, Korea, 2001
  • BBA, College of Business Administration, Seoul National University, Korea, 1999

Courses Taught

Research Interests

  • Labor and Accounting
  • ESG
  • CSR disclosure
  • Stock Analysts
  • Inventory Management
  • International Accounting 

Selected Publications

  • “NATURAL DISASTER AND INVENTORY HOLDINGS,” with S.H. Cho, Felipe Silva and C. Yoo, The Accounting Review, Forthcoming.
  • “LABOR SKILLS AND INCOME SMOOTHING,” with Ryan Kim, Chris Park and Minyoung Noh, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance (2025), Forthcoming.
  • “LABOR SKILL AND ACCOUNTING CONSERVATISM,” with Jeff Chen, Youngki Jang and Minyoung Noh, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (2024), Vol. 43. January – February 2024.
  • “INFORMATION CONTENTS OF CREDIT RATING AFFIRMATIONS,” with Byungki Kim, You-il (Chris) Park, and Jian Zhou, Contemporary Accounting Research (2024), 41(1): 645-678.
  • “CUSTOMER CONCENTRATION AND INCOME SMOOTHING ACTIVITIES,” with Ryan Kim, Sang Park, and Sungwook Yoon, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance (2023).
  • “INVESTOR RELATIONS AND INVESTMENT EFFICIENCY,” with David Godsell and Devan Mescall, Contemporary Accounting Research (2023), 40(3), 1966-1998.
  • “LABOR UNIONS AND POST-ACQUISITION INTEGRATION CAPABILITY: EVIDENCE FROM GOODWILL IMPAIRMENT” with Youngki Jang, Najlla Kallousa and Hussein Warsame, Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting (2023), 50(3-4): 764-794.
  • “INCOME SMOOTHING THROUGH R&D MANAGEMENT AND EARNINGS INFORMATIVENESS,” with Bok Baik, Katherine Gunny and Duri Park, The Accounting Review (2022), 97(3): 25-49.
  • “ORGANIZED LABOR AND INVENTORY HOLDINGS,” with Sophia Hamm, Woo-Jong Lee, and Daniel G. Yang, The Accounting Review (2022), 97(2): 241-266.
  • “PRO-LABOR INSTITUTIONS AND CORPORATE EMPLOYMENT EFFICIENCY” with Tony Kang, Woo-Jong Lee, and Gaoguang (Stephen) Zhou, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance (2022), 37(3): 547-561.
  • “ON THE NONLINEAR RELATION BETWEEN PRODUCT MARKET COMPETITION AND EARNINGS QUALITY” with Ying Guo and Sunny Yang, Accounting and Business Research (2019), 49 (7): 818-846.
  • “LABOR UNIONS AND EARNINGS SMOOTHING” with Sophia Hamm, and Woo-Jong Lee, Contemporary Accounting Research (2018), 35(3): 1201-1228
  • "THE IMPACT OF DIVIDEND COVENANTS ON INVESTMENTS AND OPERATING PERFORMANCE” with Woo-Jong and Sunny Yang, Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting (2016), 43(3-4): 414-447.
  • “WHEN DO STOCK ANALYSTS FIND BOND RATING CHANGES INFORMATIVE?” with K. (Shiva) Sivaramakrishnan and Naomi Soderstrom, Accounting and Business Research (2016), 46 (1): 3-30.
  • “DOES INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD NO. 27 IMPROVE INVESTMENT EFFICIENCY?” with Audrey Wen-hsin Hsu and Hamid Pourjalali, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance (2015), 30: 484-508.
  • “FINANCIAL REPORTING QUALITY AND LABOR INVESTMENT EFFICIENCY” with Woo-Jong Lee and Dave Weber, Contemporary Accounting Research (2014), 31(4): 1047-1076
  • “EARNINGS SMOOTHING ACTIVITIES OF FIRMS TO MANAGE CREDIT RATINGS” with Naomi Soderstrom and Sunny Yang, Contemporary Accounting Research (2013), 30 (2): 645–676.
  • “DO FINANCIAL ANALYSTS’ LONG-TERM GROWTH FORECASTS MATTER?  EVIDENCE FROM STOCK RECOMMENDATIONS AND CAREER OUTCOMES” with Phil Shane and Sunny Yang, Journal of Accounting and Economics (2012), 51 (1-2): 55-76.
  • “DO FINANCIAL ANALYSTS ADD VALUE BY FACILITATING MORE EFFECTIVE MONITORING OF FIRMS’ ACTIVITIES?” with Kevin Sun and Sunny Yang, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance (2012), 27 (1): 61-99.

     

Awards & Honors

  • 2019 Winner of the Lazaridis Institute Prize at Canadian Academic Accounting Association - Honorable Mention: David Godsell, Boochun Jung, and Devan Mescall, "Real Effects of Investor Relations."
  • Special Issue of Asia–Pacific Journal of Financial Studies on Corporate Culture, Media, and Politics in Finance, Research award
  • Editorial Board Member at Korean Accounting Review, 2017 - 2018
  • Shirley Lee Faculty Research Award, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, 2015
  • Shidler Distinguished Professorship: 2018 - Present

Professional Background