Bin Ke

Dr. Ke is a Professor of Accounting and Provost’s Chair at the NUS Business School since 2015. He is a holder of the prestigious “Chang Jiang Scholar” (“长江学者”) title awarded by China’s Ministry of Education and the Li Ka Shing Foundation. He was the President of the Chinese Accounting Professors Association of North America, a leading academic organization that promotes high-quality accounting research on China, the Asia Pacific region, and other emerging market economies.

Dr Ke’s primary teaching interests include financial accounting principles, financial statement analysis, and doctoral seminars on empirical financial accounting research. He has also taught U.S. federal income taxation.

Dr. Ke’s primary research interests focus on the economic forces that determine the production and use of accounting information in business decisions. He is interested in using interdisciplinary approaches to tackle today’s complex business problems. Examples of his research include earnings management, insider trading, institutional investors, and financial analysts. Dr. Ke’s recent research focuses on financial reporting, managerial incentives, and investor protection in emerging markets with a particular focus on China. His research has been published in all major accounting journals, including The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, and Contemporary Accounting Research.

Dr. Ke is a consulting editor of the China Journal of Accounting Research, a current or former editorial board member of the Journal of American Taxation Association, The Accounting Review, and The International Journal of Accounting. He was an advisory board member of the Accounting Research in China published by the Accounting Society of China. He was an editor of The Accounting Review over June 2011-May 2014.

Recognition & Awards

• Best paper award, the Chinese Accounting Professors Association of North America (CAPANA) Annual Conference, The Chinese Accounting Professors Association of North America (CAPANA) Annual Conference - 2019
• MIT Asia Conference in Accounting best discussant award, MIT Asia Conference in Accounting - 2017
• Shanghai Qianren, Shanghai Municipal Government - 2013
• Best Paper Award, Chinese Accounting Professors Association of North America (CAPANA) Annual Conference - 2011
• Chang Jiang Scholar, China’s Ministry of Education and the Li Ka Shing Foundation - 2010
• Best paper Award, 2007 Asian Finance Association Annual Meeting - 2007
• Best paper Award, 5th China International Empirical Accounting Research Conference - 2006
• Andersen Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship - 1998
• University Outstanding Student Award, The Institute of International Relations - 1986 - 1989
• Academic advisor to the Collaborative Innovation Centre for State-owned Assets Administration, Beijing Technology and Business University funded by the Beijing Municipal Government

Educational Qualifications

• Ph.D, Michigan State University, 1999
• M.S, Pennsylvania State University, 1994
• B.A, The Institute of International Relations, China, 1989

Academic Experience

• Professor, National University of Singapore, 06/2015 - present
• Professor, Nanyang Technological University, 06/2010 - 05/2015
• Professor, Penn State University, 07/2009 - 05/2010
• Associate Professor, Penn State University, 7/2003 - 06/2009
• Assistant Professor, Penn State University, 07/1999 - 06/2003
• Teaching and Research Assistant, Michigan State University, 08/1995 - 06/1999
• Teaching and Research Assistant, Purdue University, 08/1994 - 06/1995
• Research Assistant, Penn State University, 08/1992 - 06/1994

Corporate Experience

• Manager Assistant, Sony Corporation China Representative Office, 1991 - 1992
• Staff, China International Public Relations Association, 1991
• staff, Chinese Universities Overseas Alumni Association, 1989 - 1991