Dr Rita YIP

BBA-PA Programme Director

Associate Professor
Department of Accountancy

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Academic & Professional Qualifications

PhD (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
BBA (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

FCCA

Biography

Dr Rita Yip is an associate professor at the department of Accountancy and the programme director of BBA-Professional Accountancy. Her research interests include financial reporting and corporate governance in international and emerging markets. She has published her research in The Accounting Review, Journal of Banking and Finance, Accounting and Business Research, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal. Dr Yip has taught courses in financial accounting, intermediate accounting and financial statement analysis at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Dr Yip is a fellow member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA). She obtained her PhD in Accountancy from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Research and Teaching Interests

Financial Reporting and Disclosure, Corporate Governance, Institutions, International Capital Markets, Emerging Markets.

Intellectual Contributions (Publications, Conferences, Books, Book Chapters, etc.)

Selected Journal Publications

“Does Mandatory IFRS Adoption Improve Information Comparability?”, with D. Young, 2012, The Accounting Review 87(5): 1767-1789.
“Social responsibility, professional commitment and tax fraud”, with W. E. Shafer and R. S. Simmons, 2016, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 29 (1).
“Is tax education good or evil to boost tax compliance? Evidence from Hong Kong”, with B. Kwok, 2019, Asian Economic Journal, 32: 359-386.
“Does Access to Developed Audit Markets Improve Home Audit Quality? Evidence from China”, with K. Lam and J. J. Liu, 2021, Accounting and Business Research, 51:6-7, 707-743.
“Are Non‐controlling Foreign Institutional Investors a Friend or Foe to Equity Liquidity? Evidence from China”, with B. Liu and Z. Wang, 2021, Asia Pacific Journal of Financial Studies, 50: 25-52.
“Intra-industry information transfer in emerging markets: Evidence from China”, with Liu, B., Tan, K., Wong, S. M. L., 2022, Journal of Banking & Finance, 140,106518.
“Mandatory IFRS Adoption: friend or foe of M&As? International evidence”, with D. Young and B. Liu, 2022, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, 29:1, 233-254.
“Acquiring Firms’ Transparency and Their Returns around M&A Announcements: Evidence from China”, with D. Young, B. Liu, and Z. Wang, 2022, Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, 48, 100487.

Research Grants and Awards

Principal Investigator, Hong Kong Research Grants Council Faculty Development Scheme Grant (FDS) 2017–2019
Co-investigator, Hong Kong Research Grants Council General Research Fund (GRF) 2018-2019
Co-Investigator, Hong Kong Research Grants Council Faculty Development Scheme Grant (FDS) 2020–2021

Business and Professional Engagement

Editorial Board members, Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation (2023 – now)

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