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Srijith Kannan
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Associate Professor I of Accounting
Srijith Kannan is an Associate Professor I of Accounting at the Asia School of Business. His research examines how regulation, technology, and uncertainty alter information environments and shape the behavior of institutional investors, firms, and capital markets. His particular interests are in mutual funds, social media, fintech, and financial reporting.
His work has been published in the Journal of Accounting and Economics, one of the two leading journals in accounting research, and has received support from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (HKRGC) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. It has been presented at prominent academic conferences and institutions, including the American Accounting Association’s FARS Midyear Meeting, the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER), Stanford University, the Singapore Accounting Symposium, the Conference on FinTech Advances in Emerging Markets, and the Tsinghua University Artificial Intelligence and Capital Market Research Conference.
Dr. Kannan earned his PhD in Accounting from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), where he was awarded the HKRGC PhD Fellowship. He also holds an MSc in Accounting (with a concentration in Analytics) from HKUST, and dual undergraduate degrees, a B.S. in Business Administration and a B.S. in Accounting, from the University of Southern California. He was a Visiting Scholar at Duke University in 2025.
Publications
- deHaan, E., Huang, A.H., Kannan, S., Qiu, L., 2026. Social media livestreaming: Investor information or persuasion? Journal of Accounting and Economics, 81(3), 101861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2026.101861.
Working Papers
- Kannan, S., 2026. Do Monitors Induce Pressure? Mutual Fund Transparency and Financial Reporting Quality. Working Paper.
- Kannan, S., Ku, Y., 2026. Mutual Fund Disclosure Frequency and Firm Labor Investment. Working Paper.
- Kannan, S., 2022. ESG Uncertainty and Cost of Debt. Working Paper.
Conferences
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American Accounting Association (AAA) Midyear Meeting of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS), Atlanta, Georgia, USA (2025)
Presented: “Social Media Livestreaming: Investor Information or Persuasion?” -
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Business School PhD Conference, Hong Kong SAR (2024)
Presented: “Mutual Funds’ Use of Social Media and its Capital Market Effects”
(Earlier version of “Social Media Livestreaming: Investor Information or Persuasion?”)
University Seminar / Presentations / Workshops
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European Accounting Association (EAA) Talent Workshop, Madrid, Spain (2025)
Presented: “Do Monitors Induce Pressure? Mutual Fund Transparency & Financial Reporting Quality” -
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong SAR (2025, 2026)
Presented: “Do Monitors Induce Pressure? Mutual Fund Transparency & Financial Reporting Quality”
(Department of Accounting Seminar) -
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Shenzhen, China (2025)
Presented: “Do Monitors Induce Pressure? Mutual Fund Transparency & Financial Reporting Quality”
(Department of Accounting Seminar) -
Asia School of Business, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2025)
Presented: “Do Monitors Induce Pressure? Mutual Fund Transparency & Financial Reporting Quality”
(Research Seminar Series)
Srijith Kannan is an Associate Professor I of Accounting at the Asia School of Business. His research examines how regulation, technology, and uncertainty alter information environments and shape the behavior of institutional investors, firms, and capital markets. His particular interests are in mutual funds, social media, fintech, and financial reporting.
His work has been published in the Journal of Accounting and Economics, one of the two leading journals in accounting research, and has received support from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (HKRGC) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. It has been presented at prominent academic conferences and institutions, including the American Accounting Association’s FARS Midyear Meeting, the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER), Stanford University, the Singapore Accounting Symposium, the Conference on FinTech Advances in Emerging Markets, and the Tsinghua University Artificial Intelligence and Capital Market Research Conference.
Dr. Kannan earned his PhD in Accounting from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), where he was awarded the HKRGC PhD Fellowship. He also holds an MSc in Accounting (with a concentration in Analytics) from HKUST, and dual undergraduate degrees, a B.S. in Business Administration and a B.S. in Accounting, from the University of Southern California. He was a Visiting Scholar at Duke University in 2025.
Publications
- deHaan, E., Huang, A.H., Kannan, S., Qiu, L., 2026. Social media livestreaming: Investor information or persuasion? Journal of Accounting and Economics, 81(3), 101861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2026.101861.
Working Papers
- Kannan, S., 2026. Do Monitors Induce Pressure? Mutual Fund Transparency and Financial Reporting Quality. Working Paper.
- Kannan, S., Ku, Y., 2026. Mutual Fund Disclosure Frequency and Firm Labor Investment. Working Paper.
- Kannan, S., 2022. ESG Uncertainty and Cost of Debt. Working Paper.
Conferences
-
American Accounting Association (AAA) Midyear Meeting of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS), Atlanta, Georgia, USA (2025)
Presented: “Social Media Livestreaming: Investor Information or Persuasion?” -
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Business School PhD Conference, Hong Kong SAR (2024)
Presented: “Mutual Funds’ Use of Social Media and its Capital Market Effects”
(Earlier version of “Social Media Livestreaming: Investor Information or Persuasion?”)
University Seminar / Presentations / Workshops
-
European Accounting Association (EAA) Talent Workshop, Madrid, Spain (2025)
Presented: “Do Monitors Induce Pressure? Mutual Fund Transparency & Financial Reporting Quality” -
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong SAR (2025, 2026)
Presented: “Do Monitors Induce Pressure? Mutual Fund Transparency & Financial Reporting Quality”
(Department of Accounting Seminar) -
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Shenzhen, China (2025)
Presented: “Do Monitors Induce Pressure? Mutual Fund Transparency & Financial Reporting Quality”
(Department of Accounting Seminar) -
Asia School of Business, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2025)
Presented: “Do Monitors Induce Pressure? Mutual Fund Transparency & Financial Reporting Quality”
(Research Seminar Series)