Assistant Professor
Accounting | Sustainability
About
Shawn Kim is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He holds a PhD in Accounting and a BSc in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Kim’s research focuses on strategic ESG (environmental, social, governance) disclosure, governance and incentives, and the role of information in the capital markets. Prior to pursuing his PhD, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Republic of Korea Army.
Outside of work, Shawn enjoys coffee, wine, jazz, and tennis.
Expertise and Research Interests
- Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosure
- Disclosure and the role of information in the capital markets
- Corporate governance and incentives
- Insider trading
- Sustainability
- Xiaoyan Jiang, Shawn Kim, and Shirley Lu. Limited Accountability and Awareness of Corporate Emissions Target Outcomes. Nature Climate Change. 2025
- Spillover Effects of Sustainability Reporting Mandate through Subsidiaries with Piia Korri and Emma-Riikka Myllymäki
- How Do Managers Greenwash? Evidence from Earnings Conference Calls with Luzi Hail and Rachel Zhang
- Emissions Target Design and Choice of Emissions Management Controls with Carolyn Deller and Joe Moran
- The Dark Side of Digital Transformation: The Case of Mobile Apps and Insider Gains with Xi Wu
- Investor Preferences and Responses to Disclosure: Evidence from Carbon Net-Zero Pledges
- Determinants of Insider Trading Windows with Wayne Guay and David Tsui.
At Haas since 2023
2023 – Present, Assistant Professor of Accounting, Haas School of Business
2023 – Present, Affiliated Faculty, Sustainable & Impact Finance Initiative
- Reviewer: Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Management Science, Review of Accounting Studies, Contemporary Accounting Research
- Academic board member: Center for Financial Reporting and Management, Berkeley Haas
Korean
- Accountability of Corporate Emissions Reduction Targets, Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, 02/07/2024
- Are Companies Getting Away with ‘Cheap Talk’ on Climate Goals?, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge, 01/17/2024.
- How Companies Are Working to Curb Insider Trading, Knowledge @ Wharton, 07/06/2021.
- Determinants of Insider Trading Windows, Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, 06/02/2021.
- Managerial Accounting (UGBA 102B) – Haas Undergraduate Program
- Doctoral Seminar in Accounting (PHDBA 229B) – Haas PhD Program
- Research Seminar in Accounting (PHDBA 229S) – Haas PhD Program