Assistant Professor
Accounting
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
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Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosure
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Disclosure and the role of information in the capital markets
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Corporate governance and incentives
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Insider trading
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Institutional investors and shareholder engagement
- Investor Preferences and Responses to Disclosure: Evidence from Carbon Net-Zero Pledges
- Accountability of Corporate Emissions Reduction Target with Xiaoyan Jiang and Shirley Lu.
- 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
- Ad Hoc Reviewer: Journal of Accounting and Economics, Review of Accounting Studies, American Accounting Association Annual Meetings, AAA Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Midyear Meetings
- 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