Michael (Zhe) Guo
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I am a fifth-year PhD candidate in Accounting at Boston University. My research focuses on executive compensation and corporate social responsibility (CSR). I am on the 2021-2022 academic job market.
In the area of executive compensation, I examine how macroeconomic factors (e.g., international trade and tariffs) affect CEOs’ relative performance evaluation through shaping product market competition. My coauthors and I also highlight an increasing trend of complexity in CEOs’ compensation contracts throughout the most recent decade, furthering our understanding of its determinants and consequences. At the intersection of executive compensation and CSR, I examine what institutional factors prompt the use of CSR performance measures in CEOs’ compensation design.
In the area of CSR, I examine the interplay between firms and their institutional environment. In one coauthored paper, we study whether mutual funds claiming to be ESG-designated “walk the talk” and vote favorably on sustainability-related shareholder proposals. In another paper, my coauthors and I examine whether auditors price ex-ante or ex-post climate risks in their audit fees. In my dissertation, I propose a new measure to quantify firms’ CSR regulatory exposure and examine firms’ responses in the form of CSR investment.
I have passed all AICPA exams. I co-developed weekly quizzes and exams for two courses on Coursera (Financial Accounting Fundamentals and Managerial Accounting Fundamentals). I also taught an undergraduate course Managerial Accounting both in-person and online in Spring 2020 (rating: 4.7/5.0).
Prior to my doctoral studies, I worked as an audit assistant manager at KPMG, a senior associate in investment banking, and a grant assistant in the Development and Cooperation arm at the Delegation of European Union to China and Mongolia. I received my bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tsinghua University in China, and an MBA from Darden School of Business, University of Virginia.
In the area of executive compensation, I examine how macroeconomic factors (e.g., international trade and tariffs) affect CEOs’ relative performance evaluation through shaping product market competition. My coauthors and I also highlight an increasing trend of complexity in CEOs’ compensation contracts throughout the most recent decade, furthering our understanding of its determinants and consequences. At the intersection of executive compensation and CSR, I examine what institutional factors prompt the use of CSR performance measures in CEOs’ compensation design.
In the area of CSR, I examine the interplay between firms and their institutional environment. In one coauthored paper, we study whether mutual funds claiming to be ESG-designated “walk the talk” and vote favorably on sustainability-related shareholder proposals. In another paper, my coauthors and I examine whether auditors price ex-ante or ex-post climate risks in their audit fees. In my dissertation, I propose a new measure to quantify firms’ CSR regulatory exposure and examine firms’ responses in the form of CSR investment.
I have passed all AICPA exams. I co-developed weekly quizzes and exams for two courses on Coursera (Financial Accounting Fundamentals and Managerial Accounting Fundamentals). I also taught an undergraduate course Managerial Accounting both in-person and online in Spring 2020 (rating: 4.7/5.0).
Prior to my doctoral studies, I worked as an audit assistant manager at KPMG, a senior associate in investment banking, and a grant assistant in the Development and Cooperation arm at the Delegation of European Union to China and Mongolia. I received my bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tsinghua University in China, and an MBA from Darden School of Business, University of Virginia.
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