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Faculty & Staff

Areas of Expertise

Financial Accounting, Insider Trading

Degrees

PhD, Accounting, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MBA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MS, Applied Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MS, Finance, Seoul National University
BBA, Seoul National University

Professional Publications & Contributions

• "Are CFOs' Trades More Informative than CEOs' Trades?” (co-authored with Weimin Wang and Bill Francis), Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming.
• “The Timing of Insider Trades around Earnings Announcements: Evidence from CEOs, CFOs, and COOs” (co-authored with Weimin Wang), International Review of Accounting, Banking and Finance, Spring 2011.
• “Earnings Disaggregation and Analysts' Forecasts” (co-authored with Joshua Rosett), Journal of Modern Accounting and Auditing, September 2010.

Additional Information

Background

Before joining UMass Boston, Prof. Shin was Assistant Professor at Tulane University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He received J.F. and Jessie Lee Seinsheimer Professorship in Accounting at A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University in 2001, 2002, and 2003.  He is a member of American Accounting Association and Beta Gamma Sigma.

Courses Taught

Accounting for Decision Making, Accounting for Reporting and Control, Advanced Financial Accounting, International Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis

Research Interests

Voluntary Disclosure, Insider Trading, Segment Reporting, Product Market Competition

Professional Activities

Member of American Accounting Association

Honors

• J.F. and Jessie Lee Seinsheimer Professorship in Accounting, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, 2001 – 2004
• Institute Graduate Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994-1999
• Member of Beta Gamma Sigma, 1993
• Graduate Fellowship, Seoul National University, 1987-1989