2021 Provost Fellows at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Best Paper Award, American Accounting Association Mid-Atlantic Region 2018 Conference
Best Paper Award, Northeast Business & Economics Association 2017 Conference

Research

Research interests

Auditing
Corporate Governance
Financial Reporting Quality
Tax Research
International Accounting

Select publications

Hongkang Xu (2024).
Regulatory fragmentation and internal control weaknesses
Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 44, 107191.
Mai Dao, Duong Nguyen, Hongkang Xu (2023).
Financial Restatements and the Demand for Trade Credit
Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance
Hongkang Xu, Mai Dao, Hua Sun (2023).
Accounting Firms' Employee Satisfaction and Audit Fees
Accounting and Business Research, 53(7), 821-852.
Mai Dao, Hongkang Xu, Trung Pham (2022).
Auditors' Responses to Classification Shifting: Evidence from US Firms
Accounting Horizons, 36(1), 25-48.
Hongkang Xu, Mai Dao, Alex Petkevich (2019).
Political Corruption and Auditor Behavior: Evidence From U.S. Firms
European Accounting Review, 28(3), 513-540.

Hongkang's research contributions are recognized through his publications in academic journals, including the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, European Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Accounting Horizons, Accounting and Business Research, and Journal of Accounting Literature. He presently holds positions on the Editorial Advisory Board for the Managerial Auditing Journal and the Journal of Forensic Accounting Research. Additionally, Hongkang is an ad hoc referee for a range of academic journals, such as the Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Business Ethics, European Accounting Review, British Accounting Review, Accounting Horizons, and Journal of Accounting Literature.

Within academia, he plays an active role on dissertation committees for PhD students and contributes significantly to the Master of Science in Accounting program. His rich professional background includes positions at accounting firms in both the US and Asia prior to his transition into academia.