Hong Qu

Assistant Professor in Accounting
Department: Accounting
Office: 357 Business Building
Phone: 814-865-3209
Fax: 814-863-8393
E-mail: hxq2@psu.edu
Member of Faculty Since: 2010

Introduction

Professor Qu’s research interest is in experimental finance and behavioral economics. Her research applies experimental methods to study decision making in financial market and organizational contexts. Her research interest includes the coordination role of public information, the impact of public disclosure quality on price efficiency and the cost of capital, and the impact of social norm on honesty.

Current Research

How Do Market Prices and Cheap Talk Affect Coordination,” under revise and resubmit to The Journal of Accounting Research

Information Asymmetry and the Impact of Disclosure Quality on Pre-Disclosure Price Efficiency and the Cost of Capital: Evidence from the Laboratory Market, with Orie Barron, under revise and resubmit to The Accounting Review

Peer influences on honesty in managerial reporting and moral reasoning, with Steven Huddart, working paper

Expertise

Information disclosure and strategic coordination;
Feedback effect of asset markets on real investments

Education

PhD, Accounting, Carnegie Mellon University,  2010 
MS, Accounting and Finance, LSE,  2003 
BE, Industrial Foreign Trade, Tongji University,  2000 

Courses

ACCTG471, Intermediate Financial Accounting I