Dr Ofir GEFEN
Research Assistant Professor
PhD
- M507c
- +852 2766 7067
- ofirg.gefen@polyu.edu.hk
- Curriculum Vitae
Biography
Dr. Ofir Gefen is a Research Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His primary research interests are Entrepreneurship, Financial Accounting, Financial Misconduct, and Disclosure Choices, where he employs Randomized Control Trials, specifically Field Experiments, as his primary research design for identification.
Before that, Ofir was a management consultant and a former law professional, having worked in Singapore and Israel. He graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Ph.D. in Finance and holds an LL.M. and an LL.B (cum laude) from Raichman University in Israel.
Before that, Ofir was a management consultant and a former law professional, having worked in Singapore and Israel. He graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Ph.D. in Finance and holds an LL.M. and an LL.B (cum laude) from Raichman University in Israel.
Research Interests
Research Output
- Startups' Demand for Accounting Expertise: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment with David Reeb and Johan Sulaeman
- Decoding Startup Culture: The Revealing Power of Voluntary Disclosures with David Reeb, Johan Sulaeman, and Rachel Zhang
- Confidential Advertising Expenditures with Po-Hsuan Hsu, Hsiao-Hui Lee, Hunghua Pan, and David Reeb
- Does Gender Matter in Choosing Startup Investors? A National Field Experiment with David Reeb and Johan Sulaeman
- Green or Greed? Revealing Startups’ Funding Preferences with David Reeb, Johan Sulaeman, and Rachel Zhang
