Associate Professor Bobae Choi

Associate Professor

School of Business

b.choi@business.uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

Bobae is an Associate Professor of Accounting with a specialisation in financial accounting and financial analysis. Her research expertise encompasses various areas within accounting, including financial reporting, corporate governance, CEO compensation, corporate social responsibility (CSR)/ESG, and carbon accounting. Bobae’s research focuses on exploring the relationship between corporate financial and non-financial information and firm performance. Her work has been published in several top-tier A/A* journals, such as Contemporary Accounting Research, European Accounting Review, and British Accounting Review.

In addition to her research publications, Bobae has served as an academic reviewer for various prestigious journals, including the Journal of Business Ethics, European Accounting Review, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Accounting and Finance, Journal of Business, Finance & Accounting, Economic Modelling, and Journal of Business Research. Her role as an academic reviewer highlights her expertise and dedication to maintaining high research standards in the accounting field. She is also a member of the Technical Committee for AFAANZ (Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand) and currently serves as an Associate Editor for the Australian Accounting Review.

Bobae is also passionate about teaching and has been coordinating and teaching introductory and intermediate financial accounting courses, as well as financial statement analysis and valuation courses at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Publications

Journal Articles (19)

Journal Articles

Choi, Bobae, Cui, Li, Li, Shan and Luo, Le (2025). Carbon Disclosure and Firm Idiosyncratic Risk: International Evidence. The International Journal of Accounting 2541004. doi: 10.1142/s1094406025410045

Choi, Bobae, Lee, Doowon and Luo, Le (2024). Carbon disclosure and common ownership. Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance. doi: 10.1177/0148558x241264668

Shrestha, Pramila, Choi, Bobae and Luo, Le (2023). Carbon management system quality and corporate financial performance. The International Journal of Accounting, 58 (01) 2350001, 1-52. doi: 10.1142/s1094406023500014

Shrestha, Pramila, Choi, Bobae and Luo, Le (2022). Does a carbon management system mitigate the consequences of carbon emissions on firm value? An international study. Journal of International Accounting Research, 21 (3), 147-167. doi: 10.2308/jiar-2021-019

Haque, Md Reiazul, Choi, Bobae, Lee, Doowon and Wright, Sue (2022). Insider vs. outsider CEO and firm performance: evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic. Finance Research Letters, 47 (Part A) 102609. doi: 10.1016/j.frl.2021.102609

Nguyen, Van Ha, Agbola, Frank W. and Choi, Bobae (2022). Does corporate social responsibility enhance financial performance? Evidence from Australia. Australian Accounting Review, 32 (1), 5-18. doi: 10.1111/auar.12347

Choi, Bobae, Luo, Le and Shrestha, Pramila (2021). The value relevance of carbon emissions information from Australian-listed companies. Australian Journal of Management, 46 (1), 3-23. doi: 10.1177/0312896220918642

Choi, Bobae and Luo, Le (2021). Does the market value greenhouse gas emissions? Evidence from multi-country firm data. The British Accounting Review, 53 (1) 100909, 1-24. doi: 10.1016/j.bar.2020.100909

Lee, Doowon and Choi, Bobae (2020). Policies and innovations to battle Covid-19 – a case study of South Korea. Health Policy and Technology, 9 (4), 587-597. doi: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2020.08.010

Nguyen, Van Ha, Choi, Bobae and Agbola, Frank W. (2020). Corporate social responsibility and debt maturity: Australian evidence. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 62 101374, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2020.101374

Nguyen, Van Ha, Agbola, Frank W and Choi, Bobae (2019). Does corporate social responsibility reduce information asymmetry? Empirical evidence from Australia. Australian Journal of Management, 44 (2), 188-211. doi: 10.1177/0312896218797163

Choi, Bobae, Lee, Doowon and Seamer, Michael (2018). Australian enterprise risk management practices and corporate governance. Company and Securities Law Journal, 36 (5), 404-433.

Choi, Bobae and Kim, Jae B. (2017). The Effect of CEO Stock-Based Compensation on the Pricing of Future Earnings. European Accounting Review, 26 (4), 651-679. doi: 10.1080/09638180.2016.1175364

Choi, Bobae, Jung, Kooyul and Lee, Doowon (2015). Trading behavior prior to public release of analyst reports: Evidence from Korea. Contemporary Accounting Research, 32 (1), 105-138. doi: 10.1111/1911-3846.12090

Choi, Bo Bae, Kang, Jangkoo and Lee, Doowon (2014). Determinants and market implications of differentiated dividends in Korea. International Journal of Managerial Finance, 10 (4), 453-469. doi: 10.1108/IJMF-11-2012-0116

Bae Choi, Bo, Lee, Doowon and Psaros, Jim (2013). An analysis of Australian company carbon emission disclosures. Pacific Accounting Review, 25 (1), 58-79. doi: 10.1108/01140581311318968

Choi, Bo Bae, Lee, Doowon and Park, Youngkyu (2013). Corporate social responsibility, corporate governance and earnings quality: Evidence from Korea. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 21 (5), 447-467. doi: 10.1111/corg.12033

Sohn, Wook and Choi, Bobae (2010). An equity market perspective on the Korean financial crisis. Global Economic Review, 39 (1), 83-90. doi: 10.1080/12265081003696403

Choi, Bobae and Jung, Kooyul (2008). Analyst following, institutional investors and pricing of future earnings: Evidence from Korea. Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting, 19 (3), 261-286. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-646X.2008.01024.x