Education

• PhD Business Administration (Finance Major) Korea University Business School

• MS Business Administration (Finance Major) Korea University Business School

• BSc Business Administration (Accounting Major) University of Ghana Business School

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor of Finance, KMU International Business School, Kookmin University (2024.09-Present)

• Invited Teaching Professor, Business School, Dongguk University (2024.03-2024.08)

• Lecturer, KMU International Business School, Kookmin University (2024.03-2024.08)

• Lecturer, Economics Department, Korea University (2024.03-2024.08)
• Financial Data Scientist, Generate Next Economy (2023.04-2023.10)
• Research Professor, Department of Business Administration, Seoul National University of Science and Technology (2021.03-2023.02)
• Researcher, Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (2016.09~2017.02)

Research Areas

• Corporate Finance: Mergers & Acquisitions, ESG, Dividend and Payout Policy

• Corporate Governance: Board of Directors, Audit Committee

• Risk Management: Crash Risk, Loss Ratios

• Financial Analytics: Machine Learning, Interpretable Machine Learning (IML, xAI eg. SHAP)

Publications

• Ephraim Kwashie Thompson, Samuel Buertey and Kim So Yeun (2025). “How important is Corporate Social Responsibility for Corporate Financial Performance?: A Machine Learning Prediction and Model Interpretable Approach". Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, Forthcoming. (SSCI: Q1)

• Ephraim Kwashie Thompson (2025). “ESG and stock price crash risk mitigation: Evidence from Korea”. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12:278, 1-13. (SSCI: Q1)

• Ephraim Kwashie Thompson, Changki Kim and Kim So Yeun (2024). “On Modeling Acquirer Delisting Post-merger Using Machine Learning Techniques”. Journal of Management Analytics, 11(2): 247-275. (SSCI: Q1)

• Samuel Buertey, Tuan_Thanh Chu and Ephraim Kwashie Thompson (2024). “An empirical study on the cushioning effect of corporate social responsibility on the negative impact of COVID-19 on firm performance” Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 31(2):1364-1379. (SSCI: Q1)

• Ephraim Kwashie Thompson and Samuel Buertey (2023). “Which firms opt for Corporate Social Responsibility Assurance: A Machine Learning Prediction?” Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, 32(2), 599-611. (SSCI: Q1)

• Kim Seonhyeon, Ephraim Kwashie Thompson, and Changki Kim (2023). “Credit Rating and Managerial Behavior in Investment Decision Making: Evidence from the Korean Market”. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 37, 100791, 1-18. (SSCI: Q1)

• Ephraim Kwashie Thompson, Olivier Ashimwe, Samuel Buertey and So-Yeun Kim (2022). “The value relevance of sustainability reporting: does assurance and the type of assurer matter?” Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 13(4): 858-877. (SSCI: Q1)

• Samuel Buertey, Ha Thanh Nguyen and Ephraim Kwashie Thompson (2024). “The Audit Committee Size and Dividend Policy: An Empirical Study of the Post-SOX Era” Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, 24(2): 346-364. (SCOPUS)

• Ephraim Kwashie Thompson (2022). “An empirical test of the Three-Factor Model: The Ghanaian case”. African Journal of Business and Economic Research, 17(2): 225-245. (SCOPUS)

• Ephraim Kwashie Thompson and Sylvester Adasi Manu (2021). “The Impact of Board Composition on the Dividend Policy of US Firms”. Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, 21(5):737-753. (SCOPUS)

• Ephraim Kwashie Thompson and Changki Kim (2020). “Information Asymmetry, Time until Deal Completion and Post-M&A Performance”. Journal of Derivatives and Quantitative Studies, 28(3):321-346. (SCOPUS)

Awards

• Outstanding Teaching Award, Korea University (Course: Financial Derivatives, 2024 Fall Semester)

• Best English Thesis Award, Korea University Business School (2021)

• Best Published Paper, The Journal of Risk Management (2021) ​