Shawn Kim in outside setting

Research Expertise and Interest

corporate social responsibility, outcomes and metrics of corporate social responsibility, determinants and consequences of voluntary disclosure, corporate governance, insider trading, investor and shareholder engagement, accounting information and capital markets, capital markets, incentives

Research Description

Shawn Kim is an assistant professor at Berkeley Haas. His expertise and research interests are in:

  • Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosure
  • Disclosure and the role of information in the capital markets
  • Corporate governance and incentives
  • Insider trading
  • Institutional investors and shareholder engagement

Featured in the Media

Please note: The views and opinions expressed in these articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or positions of UC Berkeley.
January 17, 2024
Tim Gray

Many companies set emissions targets with great fanfare—and never meet them, says research by Shirley Lu and colleagues, including Shawn Kim, assistant professor at the Haas School of Business. But what if investors held businesses accountable for achieving their climate plans?

July 6, 2021

Wharton account professor Wayne Guay, speaks with Wharton Business Daily about what firms are doing to prevent insider trading.  “Insider trading often gets a bad rap,” said Guay, who co-authored "Determinants of Insider Trading Windows" with Shawn Kim and David Tsui

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