Rate My Professor Bobae Choi

Associate Professor Bobae Choi is an Honorary Associate Professor in the Newcastle Business School (Accounting and Finance) at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She holds a PhD, a Master of Science, and a Bachelor of Science from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. Her career history at the University includes positions as Associate Professor, Deputy Head of School - Research Training (January 2021 – December 2021), Director of Post Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Business and Law (September 2019 – December 2020), Program Convenor for the Bachelor of Commerce (January 2018 – September 2020), and Assistant Program Convenor for the Bachelor of Commerce (January 2017 – February 2018). Since 2009, she has taught introductory and intermediate financial accounting courses for undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

Bobae Choi's research specializations encompass financial accounting, corporate finance, corporate governance, financial reporting, corporate social responsibility, carbon accounting, carbon disclosures, and executive compensation. Her scholarly work explores the interplay between corporate financial and non-financial information and firm performance, with publications in leading journals such as “Selective optimism of analysts affiliated with mutual funds” (Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, 2026), “Carbon Disclosure and Common Ownership” (Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, 2026), “Carbon Management System and Firm Operational Efficiency” (Accounting & Finance, 2025), “How remuneration committees incentivise executive compensation in Australia” (Australian Journal of Management, 2025), “Carbon Management System Quality and Corporate Financial Performance” (International Journal of Accounting, 2023), “Insider vs. outsider CEO and firm performance: Evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic” (Finance Research Letters, 2022), “Does a Carbon Management System Mitigate the Consequences of Carbon Emissions on Firm Value? An International Study” (Journal of International Accounting Research, 2022), “The Effect of CEO Stock-Based Compensation on the Pricing of Future Earnings” (European Accounting Review, 2017), and “Does the market value greenhouse gas emissions? Evidence from multi-country firm data” (The British Accounting Review, 2021). She has received the Faculty of Business & Law Excellence in Teaching Award (2018), Women in Research Fellowship (2019), University of Newcastle Research Excellence in Supervision Award (2019), and University of Newcastle Teaching Excellence Award (2020). Choi is Associate Editor for the Australian Accounting Review, serves on the AFAANZ Technical Committee, and has secured 13 grants totaling $290,990, while supervising nine completions and one ongoing PhD.