Yu Hou, Queen's University

Research

audit partners political preferences audit outcomes

Latest funding

CEOs' Legal Expertise and Strategic Disclosures of Litigation Loss Contingencies
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$91,105
Cultural Imprinting, Top Executives' College Experience, and Corporate Outcomes
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$41,140
Patisan Auditors: Do Auditors' Political Preferences Influence Audit Outcomes
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$92,150

All 4 grants and awards

CEOs' Legal Expertise and Strategic Disclosures of Litigation Loss Contingencies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Chen, Feng

Keywords: CEO legal expertise; litigation loss contingency disclosures; strategic disclosures

$91,105

Cultural Imprinting, Top Executives' College Experience, and Corporate Outcomes

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Chen, Feng

Keywords: Cultural Imprinting; CEOs' College Experience; College Culture; R&D Investment; Financial Reporting Quality; Corporate Disclosure

$41,140

Patisan Auditors: Do Auditors' Political Preferences Influence Audit Outcomes

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hou, Yu

Keywords: audit partners; political preferences; audit outcomes

$92,150

Audit office switches and opinion shopping

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Hou, Yu

Keywords: (1) opinion shopping; (2) audit quality; (3) auditor independence

$66,030

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: audit partners Dear Professor Hou, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on audit partners connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Patisan Auditors: Do Auditors' Political Preferences Influence Audit Outcomes" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]